From the steep descent of the Giant Dipper in Santa Cruz, California, to the twists and turns of Brooklyn's Coney Island Cyclone, wooden roller coasters have defined American amusement parks for more ...

National Roller Coaster Week starts Sunday, observed annually starting on the third Sunday of June. While Knoebels’ Phoenix roller coaster — which celebrated its 40th year at the park in 2025 and was ...

Buckle up, thrill seekers! America's top amusement parks are introducing a lineup of new record-setting, heart-pumping roller coasters sure to satisfy even the biggest adrenaline junkies. As part of ...

We're learning new details after a group of HISD charter school students was stuck for hours about 100 feet off the ground on a Galveston roller coaster last week.

Claims that a woman who was saved from a stalled roller coaster due was suing the firefighter who helped her circulated online in early June 2026. Users on social media shared a video claiming that a ...

Galveston Firefighters (left to right) Cpt. Mark Morgan Jr., Cpt. John Fearrington, Engineer James Kothmann, Firefighter Gerardo Solis and Engineer Dustin Burnett (back) are among the crew that spent ...

Eight riders were stranded nearly 100 feet in the air on Thursday evening after a roller coaster in Texas stopped during its vertical climb. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

Eight people trapped 100 feet in the air were rescued after four hours of being stuck on a Texas roller coaster in a harrowing ordeal. The fire department was called after riders were stuck facing ...

Eight students were stranded on a roller coaster dangling 100 feet in the air for four hours before they were rescued by firefighters. The Iron Shark roller coaster of Galveston, Texas’ Pleasure Pier ...

GALVESTON, Texas — An hours-long ordeal for a group of HISD charter school students stuck 100 feet in the air on a Galveston roller coaster ended Thursday night safely. It happened on the Iron Shark ...

Crews rescued eight people who were stuck on a roller coaster ride in Galveston on May 28, 2026. Cayce Escobar was in line to ride the Iron Shark roller coaster on Pleasure Pier in Galveston as part ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) – The incident was a terrifying experience for roller coaster riders at a Texas amusement park on Thursday. Eight people were stuck dangling midair on the Iron Shark roller ...