Multiple people who got stuck hanging upside down on an amusement park ride have spoken up about the experience, with some saying that they thought they might die. Though the ride is called AtmosFEAR, the 28 people who got stuck on the ride for more than 20 minutes had no idea just how terrifying the experience would be.
On Friday, June 14, 2024, emergency crews in Oregon rescued the 28 people that were dangling upside down on the ride at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon. One of them, high school student Hazen Hathorn, told KPTV that he “heard screaming, crying, pleas for help” while stuck on the ride.
At the same time, some of the people around him were silent, he told the outlet.
“I didn’t even know what to say,” he said. “These could be my last moments with these people. Some of my friends weren’t saying anything, some of them were saying some of their secrets, it was really scary.”
He also told the outlet that he “thought it very well might be the end of my life.” He wasn’t the only person on the ride who thought this.
Jordan Harding, 18, was on the ride with her boyfriend and “thought we were going to die there,” she told People.
“I remember thinking that I was going to die like that and miss out on so many major things that I had hoped to experience,” she said to the outlet.
Evie Yannotta, 14, told NewsNation that the people who were stuck on the ride were only getting information from megaphone announcements. “I had no idea what was going on,” she told the outlet. “A lot of people were screaming their heads off.”