A recent malfunction at a Texas theme park left riders hanging, literally.

Eight passengers were rescued by firefighters after a roller coaster at Pleasure Pier in Galveston, Texas, malfunctioned May 28: “Those crews were top-notch today.”

Eventually, firefighters extended a huge rescue ladder up to the students and, using harnesses, extricated them from the rollercoaster car and brought them back to the ground by allowing them to climb...