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Calif. firefighters rescue 16 stranded on SeaWorld roller coaster

The rescue took San Diego firefighters about an hour after the Tidal Twister ride broke down

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A mechanical failure stranded 16 riders on the Tidal Twister roller coaster at SeaWorld San Diego, California firefighters reported.

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By Don Sweeney
The Charlotte Observer

SAN DIEGO — A mechanical failure stranded 16 riders on the Tidal Twister roller coaster at SeaWorld San Diego, California firefighters reported.

Firefighters rescued the trapped riders on Friday, March 31, a San Diego Fire Department post to Twitter said.

The initial post said 30 people were rescued, but SeaWorld officials later told new outlets that only 16 required rescue.

https://twitter.com/SDFD/status/1641955206002016258?s=20

The rescue took about an hour after the Tidal Twister ride broke down at 4 p.m., KSWB reported. No one was hurt.

Tidal Twister is a dueling roller coaster with two trains carrying 16 passengers each that reach speeds of 30 mph with “high-speed turns and upside-down twists,” according to SeaWorld.

SeaWorld employees are working to determine the cause of the problem, KGTV reported.

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