It’s every kid’s dream to be stuck in an amusement park.  Right next to being stuck in the mall, it’s probably the most awesome place in the world you can get stuck.  You can ride all the rides for free, you can eat the junk food, play the games… it’s the time of your fantasy life (besides the creepiness factor of a darkened amusement park).  Then, there’s the reality, where you don’t get stuck in an amusement park but DO get stuck on a Ferris wheel for two hours.  Seventeen people needed to be rescued from the frozen Ferris wheel by firefighters.

The accident happened at Racine, Wisconsin’s Party on the Pavement.  The party stopped when the Ferris wheel went out of alignment and ground to a halt, stranding 17 riders in various positions in midair.  They were stuck there for two hours while the wheel was stabilized, and then they were stuck there even longer as firefighters had to bring in a cherry picker to rescue those stranded off the ground.  No one was injured, but a lot of folks will never ride a Ferris wheel again.

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