Traumatized teens finally rescued after dangling in the air on faulty California rollercoaster for hours

Terrified riders trapped connected a rollercoaster astatine a California taxable parkland person shared their traumatizing acquisition of being stuck mid-air for 3 hours.

The Sol Spin thrust astatine Knott's Berry Farm was brought to a screeching halt at astir 2pm connected Monday, with thrill seekers being near to dangle until they were evacuated astatine 4:30pm.

After they were rescued, riders were seen stretching their backs and limbs aft being stuck successful uncomfortable positions for hours. 

Some were hunched implicit and struggled to walk, others were placed successful to wheelchairs aft they exited the ride.

A full of 22 radical were stuck successful mid-air. While immoderate were near connected their side, nary 1 was near upside down. 

Two pistillate riders were taken to infirmary 'out of an abundance of caution', a spokesperson told the LA Times.

Three teens, 2 brothers and their cousin, were visiting the park for a day solemnisation were among those trapped connected the ride.

'It spun 2 times astir and past erstwhile we deed the top, it stopped,' Yandel Espinoza, 14, told KABC.

'Then it unopen down and we got stuck up determination and we started panicking. We felt similar we were gonna die.' 

Espinoza's 13-year-old cousin, Jaedyn Cannon, said: 'We were successful a weird position. We were like, sideways.' 

Cannon's parent told the section quality presumption that Knott's Berry Farm offered them escaped passes to marque up for the incidental but that they turned them down.

'I consciousness similar workers should've fto america cognize similar "hey, I would spell cheque and spot if you person immoderate other kids to marque definite they are safe," and they didn't bash nary of that,' Monique Cannon said.

Footage showed method unit from the 102-year-old taxable parkland being lifted successful cranes to repair the breached thrust astatine astir 3:30pm.

The Sol Spin thrust is made up of six swinging arms that spell arsenic precocious arsenic six storys, and rotate 360 degrees.

According to section media, it opened successful 2017 and was made by the Dutch institution Mondial Rides.

In June the California attraction warned that anyone caught cutting queues oregon holding spots successful enactment would beryllium ejected from the facility.

'Your full enactment indispensable beryllium unneurotic erstwhile entering the line,' a announcement posted astatine the parkland reads. 'If you indispensable permission the line, delight pass an subordinate of your intent to instrumentality to your group.'

Anyone who notices a enactment jumping 'violation' is encouraged to substance 'detailed information' to the Knott's Berry Farm Security team.

The measurement is designed to curtail unfair behaviour astatine the Buena Park attraction, which tin often exacerbate lengthy hold times. 

In May teens posted a viral video providing a step-by-step tutorial connected however to sneak into the fashionable California taxable park.

Two teens filmed themselves scaling a partition astatine Knott's Berry Farm successful Buena Vista and strolling into the park. The clip was uploaded to video-sharing level TikTok and has since racked up much than 1 cardinal views.

In a connection a typical said the taxable parkland was alert of the incidental and was actively moving with constabulary to bring the trespassers to justice.