Galveston Fire Department says the rescue of eight students on Pleasure Pier ride was matter of training

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) — After the successful rescue of eight Houston ISD students who were stuck on the Pleasure Pier’s Iron Shark roller coaster in Galveston, the crew involved in the mission told ABC13 that the ordeal was a matter of training. The Galveston Fire Department said it was dispatched after several reports Thursday that … Read more

8 students rescued after getting stuck on Pleasure Pier roller coaster, fire officials say

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) — Crews rescued eight students who were stuck for hours on Pleasure Pier’s Iron Shark roller coaster in Galveston on Thursday. SkyEye13 showed riders being rescued from a parked roller coaster at Pleasure Pier in Galveston on Thursday afternoon. At 5:37 p.m., firefighters received a phone call from eight passengers stuck on … Read more