A man who climbed out of a moving roller coaster at a Phoenix amusement park says he took action after his safety bar came unlatched. KPNX’s Gabriella Bachara reports.
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#Arizona #rollercoaster #caughtoncamera
Clearly you can see he’s too big to be riding roller coasters so maybe you shouldn’t be riding them
Crazy!
Si en Arizona no tienen regulaciones para esto, no auspicien esos lugares para meterles presión.
everyone clicked to watch someone fall out of a roller coaster only to find out they got clickbaited
A little off the subject. But. Regulate and inspect roller coasters but not guns🧐hmmmm?
He Has A Big Payday Coming
I rather go on the kiddie rides😂😂😂
Sue!
I mean it’s Arizona a republican state. I’m not even surprised this happened. But good for the guy saving his own life.
Sounds something a Democrat would do 😂 im so glad Trump won and Im drinking all the liberal tears 😢 😆
We ALL know you’ll be singing a different tune about him before his time is up.😂
@Farah101 ohhhhhh noooo waaaaa waaaaaa…nope because I know politics and im smart so I know what’s going on
@@Farah101 drinking aalll the liberal tears
The democrats need to put the liquor bottles down
@@Farah101 I’m drinking up the tears
You can never get a response aint that amazing😂
What a terrifying situation.
Amusment parks in the us are not safe
regardless of who is to blame or the root of how this came about, glad you’re okay man. good thinking and reaction time!
You get what you vote for, zero regulations lol
This exact situation happened to me on the Giant Dipper roller coaster at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. I didn’t climb out, but somehow managed to stay in the car and kept alive..it will haunt me forever.
I used to live in as and went here all the time
Why are we calling roller coasters “desert storm”? At this points we should start calling them “ptsd” and “the government convinced me to m*rder people for them and now I can’t cope”
This is why i don’t do roller coasters anymore
Another reason to not ride a roller coaster. From a legal pov though, he could sue. 😂
It didn’t lock because the guy is 500 pounds. He shouldn’t even be on a roller coaster.
Nope. Less regulation. “Give it back to the states!” Right? Idiots that voted for Trump now want the government to regulate their fun. Soon they will see. All hail the Un-united States of America.
OMFG!!! Scary asfffff thank god he got out of that wow!
I had the bar unlock on the pirate ship swing at kings island midride luckily im a tall strong guy so i was able to hold it in place for me and my gf.
Would he have fallen out, or would centrifugal forces kept him in his seat?
There ought to be regulations but not at state level, nor even at federal level, but some kind of worldwide standard in place for all parks operating coasters.
HOW IS THERE NOT A REGULATION FOR AMUSEMENT PARKS BRO
Wow dude you are amazing
Talk about Final Destination coming true. His car was so close to the top he had literally seconds to get off. I’m glad he’s ok.
He a smart man for jumping off because i do see the emergency platform he got off a correct time
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 thank god his okay because it could had went worse if he hadn’t made off in time
imagine if this cat walk he got out to stand on wasnt there??…man i know roller coaster accidents are really rare, but ive ALWAYS been super scared of them, im terrified of heights, but im even more scared of some sort of accident happening, i dont like planes either tbh but ill actually fly in those as much as i hate it
I didn’t even know you could go on an upside down ride, that didn’t have a full over the head chest restraint. I’m not sure I would have boarded this.
What’s wrong with the operators! All of the parks should be regulated.Sue them.poor man
They should have weight limits on rides bc this may be the reason lol man’s 400 pounds
I don’t get on rides i dont get on rides i dont get on rides EVER😂😂😂😂😂 too much final destination for me when i was young and all these videos of rides malfunctioning NOPE
O m g 😮
I mean thats kinda what you get for going to castles and coasters in PHOENIX
What’s up with that guys neck he has a thing coming out of it
Yeah this couldn’t be my husband, I would have been arrested. If she’s a woman I am waiting for her in the parking lot. You put my husband in danger, now you will catch these hands.
What are the 7 other states without ride regulations?!
“I bet it was an unregulated…”
“…One of 8 Unregulated…”
Yuuup.
He did the right thing, he definitely had good instincts and saved his own life.
I suppose the big baby wants a refund?!!
This is literally my worst nightmare on every coaster
Every ride for me – not just roller coasters. From the time the safety bar is lowered till we reach full speed, I’m constantly checking and pulling up on the bar multiple times to make sure it’s locked.
This probably won’t happen in your life on any roller coaster thankfully
He deserves his second chance at life, good move dude.
The company’s lack of response to this incident is hoorifying
The lap bar is really only there as a pacifier and to keep you from climbing out. What keeps you safe is the engineers’ knowledge of physics.
He almost died climbing out. Probably would’ve been safer to stay in.
Point taken, but the guy looks like he should be past the rollercoaster stage based upon his circumference circumstance. There should be height, age, and weight limits to regard in addition to shoddy safety practices.
People still go there?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen those rides moving or people in the park a single time I’ve ever driven by
Also same thing happened to me when I was a kid had to have my brother hold me in
next challenge… escape heart disease
Roller-coaster should have weight limit.
Holy crap dude, this man needs to be in a job that requires quick critical thinking! Bravo sir.
Stories like this are becoming way too common .
I didn’t even know Arizona had rollercoasters
With an IQ like that, I guarantee the dude owns his own company. The average person would probably panic and think holding on for dear life would be the wisest decision. Not just hopping off next to some stairs and dealing with the non-life threatening route.🤦🏻♂️
Oh gosh. I’m so glad he is ok and noticed before going around curves or down the hill. I don’t like roller coasters especially after the Final Destination movie 🙏🏻
The guy was too big for the ride and should have been turned away by staff.
Well..I’m not going to Arizona….
he was seconds away from being obliterated. luckily, he escaped just in time b4 disaster happen. that is why you can’t get too comfortable anywhere in life.
whats on his neck 💀
I’m pretty sure centrifical force would have kept him in.
I remember being at Hershey Park way back in the 80s going on some roller coaster, and there was a dad and his kid sitting in front of me and the safety bar clearly did nothing for this kid. The dad looked at the kid and said “You hold onto me and I’ll hold onto you.”
They made it out just fine.
It’s a seat for a person. Not two. tell the whole story.
He probably is too fat for the ride. I’m also too fat for them and I’m about the same size.
Of course they don’t regulate their amusement parks 🤦🏻♀️ shocker
I’m sorry inspect rides ANNUALLY?!! How about once a week??!
I’ve always been afraid of roller coasters and this just confirmed every fear
Operators are lazy nowadays. They hardly have awareness bc they too busy on they phone!
Crazy opposite clickbait
1 word lawsuit
That’s y I do not mess with amusement park and carnival rides
Some final destination stuff right here
Sorry I’m not trying to be mean but big people need to stop trying to get on roller coasters. The end.
Don’t be dumb/ stupid and or both
There are many things that can go wrong with a roller coaster that has nothing to do with you being fat 🙄😐
@@demonreturns4336 the majority of accidents like these have been due to people being overweight. There’s a reason why there’s weight limits on rides. 🥜 🧠
I hope he files a giant lawsuit to make them wake up and put stricter regulations in place. He saved his family from the grief and trouble of them having to sue over his death.
Did the owners not even apologize nor release a public statement?? Seems like a pretty big deal not to address immediately. Perhaps they need new PR people too.
I quit roller coasters a long time ago
Do not ride amusement rides in Arizona….*noted*
I glad I’m relatively thin. I can still hop from the front seat to the back in a small car without too much trouble.
That’s crazy
Quick thinking and brains saved you.. lucky man
This is why Disney is above and beyond, all you hear is negative but they are much better at Disneyland and DCA, you can’t even touch the water In Pirates without gettin yelled at! They all need strict regulations and safety measures, glad he was ok!
Why don’t they show the whole thing?!! I’m tired of these types of videos!
Arizona is a weird state.. they should be like a 3rd world country 😂
Another story… NYS fair… If anyone has been on a pirate ship, you know how generous those lap bars are. This particular ride was great because these operators notoriously pushed this thing to its maximum getting at least 90 degrees out of it. I always sat in the back and one time this little kid was next to me about 7-8 years old who was starting to freak when he realized how big the gap was and how vertical this thing goes… He kept saying how he was gonna fall out … I reached my forearm over and just kind of held him back against his seat and held him down. He ended up thanking me so it wasn’t “weird” but it was kind of instinct to secure the kid to the ride … like when parents reach over when they brake hard.
I’m more concerned about how much that loop flexed as the roller coaster went over it. Coming soon to a sheep park near you a new kinda ride> Metal fatigue 5000 “feel the snap”
Lawsuit.
gee i wonder why it broke open….
he should have never been allowed on. he is way too big
Oh but Republicans and Libertarians will always try to take us back to less or non-existent regulations. No thanks, losers!!
Big dude. I doubt it was latched properly to begin with. There is no way to verify other than his word. It should have been checked, but it likely wasn’t latched all the way due to his size.
Gonna have to post a signs if you’re a certified big back please exit the track😂
Why would you say there’s 8 states that don’t regulate and then not even mention or flash a map of the other moronic states not regulating amusement/death contraptions?! Nice reporting.
Why aren’t they regulated?!?!
He was studip
I just 💩 my pants 😂
Well if I’m being honest that guy has a lot of balls being as big as he is and getting on any type of ride That’s just Reality😊
Gonna go out on a limb and say this guy was too big to be allowed on the ride, the lap bar probably didn’t engage because it was too far up
A part time worker should NOT be responsible for watching every single coaster train go over the hump. She must have guests unloading/boarding back inside that she needs to deal with. This is a major systemic issue in the way the park’s rides are maintained and inspected, clearly. Let’s not dump on some low wage worker for this potentially deadly accident.
maybe u should lose some weight buddy
As a resident of Arizona, NEVER go to Castles n Coasters. I have been only once, never rode a ride, and I knew something like this would happen one day. Be safe yall and god bless this man for saving his own life!
It was a do or die situation. He chose to do.