28 people rescued after amusement park ride malfunctions, strands them upside down for half an hour
Dozens of passengers at a Portland, Oregon amusement park were trapped upside down on a popular thrill ride for 30 minutes on Friday, but passengers said it felt like hours. The Atmosphere ride at Oak Park broke down around 2.55pm, leaving 28 passengers stranded with their feet in the air. Reported by KGW8. The park […]
Yankees’ Alex Verdugo crushes home run in return to Fenway Park
BOSTON — Alex Verdugo had hit 21 career home runs at Fenway Park before Friday, but his 22nd will likely mean even more. In his first game back since being traded from the Red Sox to the Yankees, Verdugo hit the first pitch for a two-run home run. The outfielder, who was booed by the […]
Oregon officials rescue 30 riders trapped upside-down at amusement park
An amusement park ride in Oregon malfunctioned, leaving a visitor hanging upside down on Friday. Announced by Portland Fire Rescue X Post They were called to the scene in Oaks Park on Friday evening after the Atmosphere, a rotating pendulum ride, had malfunctioned. The ride malfunction occurred on the park’s first day of opening for […]
NYC 13-year-old girl sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Queens park: NYPD
Police say a 13-year-old girl was lured into a wooded area of a Queens park in broad daylight on Thursday and sexually assaulted by a knife-wielding assailant. According to the NYPD, the teenager was in Kissena Park with a 13-year-old boy around 3:30 p.m. when a man brandished a knife and ordered the pair to […]
Wild Videos Show Escaped Camels Attack Amusement Park Guests
Videos circulating on social media show two escaped camels running after guests at an Ohio amusement park. The incident took place Tuesday at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, according to Fox 8. Two camels reportedly escaped from their enclosure at the park’s petting zoo and began running rampant around the surrounding area. In […]
Camels at Ohio’s Cedar Point amusement park escape: video
Two camels were seen on video making a spectacular escape at a rollercoaster park on Tuesday, escaping their enclosure and roaming free. The incident happened at Cedar Point, an amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, on June 11. Footage of the incident shows the camel trotting down the park’s sidewalks. “That guy was gonna die,” an […]
Body of missing skier in Mount Rainier National Park recovered after 200-foot fall from waterfall: officials
The body of a missing skier who is believed to have fallen 200 feet (about 61 meters) in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state has been found, park officials said Tuesday. The National Park Service (NPS) said the female skier, whose name has not been released, was last heard from on May 18 before […]
Man arrested after four US academics stabbed in park during China visit | China
Four American university lecturers teaching in China were stabbed while visiting a public park, U.S. authorities said. Cornell University in Iowa President Jonathan Brand said in a statement that the lecturers were at a park in northeastern China’s Jilin province on Monday with faculty from Beihua University, a private Iowa university affiliated with the university […]
Park ranger dies in freak accident
A ranger at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah died Friday after being injured while attending to visitors at an annual astronomy event. According to the National Park Service (NPS), 78-year-old park ranger Tom Lorig was assisting visitors at Bryce Canyon’s annual astronomy festival around 11:30 p.m. on Friday when he fell while directing visitors […]
Blaze News investigates: ‘Hung us out to dry’: Park Police were understaffed and did not have riot gear for WH protest
The Fraternal Order of Police of the US Park Police has spoken out to explain why anti-Israel protesters were free to destroy statues and attack officers without arrest in Lafayette Square, a park directly across from the White House. The police union told The Blaze News that police were “rigged to fail” to contain the […]