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Oregon Amusement Park Ride Left People Hanging Upside Down For 30 Minutes

Author Dave & Chuck the Freak
Oregon Amusement Park ride left people hanging upside down (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Kevin & Steffiana James)

An Oregon amusement park ride left people hanging upside down for 30 minutes! That’s a nightmare scenario turned real!

It happened on the ride called “AtmosFEAR” at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon. It seems like what happened really fits the ride’s name. Here’s more on what happened and you can watch the video below!

Oregon Amusement Park Ride Leaves People Hanging

This is exactly why I don’t like roller coasters or any sort of thrill ride at amusement parks. They don’t always go as planned, and when something bad happens you could be left in a situation you don’t want to be in. You could be stuck up very high, you could be stranded, or you could end up upside down for 30 minutes! Unfortunately, that’s actually what happened at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon!

According to KATU 2, Portland Fire & Rescue said it received calls about riders being stuck around 3pm and arrived shortly after to get the riders down. It’s uncomfortable to be upside down on a ride for the mere seconds that the ride allows, let alone for almost half an hour! This gives me so much anxiety! Who knows what you’d be thinking, certainly you’d be thinking this is the end. You could slip out of the thing, you could go unconscious, you could be up there for hours! You have no idea and it’s natural to assume the worst when you find yourself in a situation like that.

One rider, Daniel Allen, told KATU News, “I was crying, not of joy, not of anything, I was just crying. I was more happy I was alive. I don’t think I’ve ever appreciated my life more. This is really an acknowledgement moment for me.”

Check out video of the incident below. I don’t think I will ever go on a ride like this again. I can’t imagine being stuck up there like that. Nope, no thank you! Have you ever had something like this happen to you?

@evie_s_y

I was trapped with my 10 friends upside down for 26 minutes on the Atmosfear at Oaks Park in Portland, Oregon. Multiple people threw up, we all still have a headache and are very sore. We still had to finish the ride once we got out of the ipside down position which was very hard on our bodies. Never go to Oaks Park! @ace #fyp #oakspark #portlandoregon

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Emergency crews rescued 28 people Friday after they were stuck dangling upside down high on a ride at an amusement park in Portland, Oregon. No injuries were reported. The ride, called AtmosFEAR, has been in operation since 2021 and has not had any prior incidents, Oaks Park said. It will remain closed until further notice. #portlandoregon #amusementpark #news #abcnews

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5 Extreme Red Bull Sports That Should Be In The Olympics

The Summer Olympics will take place in Paris, France this Summer! Unfortunately, there’s not much to look forward to this year. There aren’t many well-known athletes competing in the games this year. Ratings aren’t expected to be great this time around. However, there is a way to bring a huge amount of viewers to the TV to watch the games. It will just require some changes to the games. Here are 5 extreme Red Bull sports that should be in the Olympics!

These extreme sports will likely not be in the games any time soon. However, if they want good ratings they should definitely add these sports to the lineup.

5 Extreme Red Bull Sports That Should Be In The Olympics

The Paris games kick off Friday, July 26th and it will conclude on August 11th. At the 2024 Paris Games, there will be swimming, archery, rhythm gymnastics, tennis, diving, wrestling, and more. Sound exciting? Yeah, didn’t think so. However, if they added some extreme sports, things would probably be more interesting! Honestly, right now the thing I’m looking forward to seeing the most are cool shots of Paris. It’s a beautiful city. The competition? Not very exciting this time around.

Red Bull Sports have been making waves for a while now. They’ve done some very extreme stuff that has gone viral. Some of the things they’ve done have never been attempted before, and probably never will be again. That’s the kind of activity I want to see at the games! I can watch people swim in any public pool at any time during the summer months. These extreme sports are much harder to find.

Seriously, they should consider doing this. It’s not like they’d struggle to find athletes to compete in the games. There are people doing daring stunts and participating in extreme sports in every country in the world, I imagine. Additionally, people love watching this kind of stuff! It’s time to update the games a little. We need to bring them into the 21st century. How do we do that? Extreme sports. Here are 5 Red Bull sports I’d like to see integrated into the Olympics.

  • Wingsuit Racing

    Come on! Who wouldn’t want to watch this? They’re going at insanely fast speeds at ridiculous heights! Not to mention someone could get seriously hurt at any minute. You wouldn’t be able to look away. Well, I know I wouldn’t be able to. This needs to be added at the games.

  • Space Free Fall

    Remember this? It went viral when it happened back in 2012, turning Felix Baumgartner into a household name. Now, we’ve seen it’s possible. Let’s bring it to the games! You could see who does the most tricks, has the best landing, I’m not sure if you could do speed because of gravity, but there’s a lot you can do! Sure, it might take a while, but so does the swimming! Countries have fought over the Space Race for years, now we could bring that battle back, in a slightly different way!

  • Cliff Diving

    Diving is already a part of the Olympic Games, why not add a little extra flavor? Those gyms and pools they dive into are so boring. Can’t we have them jump from a cliff? Or throw some sharks in the water, or something? They need to think about we the viewer. Then they can address the athlete’s needs and safety.

  • Extreme Kayaking

    This would be really cool to see! Of all the options, this might be the closest to reality. I could see it actually happening! At least, to an extent. The sounds, the view, the rush! It’s all so amazing. I’d much rather watch this than two guys wrestling. Not even the cool wrestling, either!

  • Funky Bike Race

    Is it me, or do the Olympic Games take themselves a little too seriously? Let’s add some lighthearted fun with this Funky Bike Race. Each team could built their own, or use something native to their home country. It was be fascinating, entertaining, and educational! Think about all the culture and things you could learn about unfamiliar countries around the world! This could end up becoming the most entertaining game in all of the Olympics. They just need to take a leap and add it to the lineup!

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