Festival ride goes haywire in Texas as operator dangles 30 feet in air to save girl

Video shows Texas carnival worker clinging to amusement ride in midair to protect child after mishap

A Groves, Texas, carnival ride operator at a festival in is being called a hero after holding onto a malfunctioning ride that lifted him in 30 feet in the air Sunday, so he could protect a young girl who was not secured inside the amusement attraction. Beaumont TV news station KBMT reported that the operator was working at the Pecan Festival in Groves, where he helped secure a 12-year-old girl inside one of the ride's enclosed cars, when a gust …

Video shows Texas carnival worker dangling from ride to protect girl during mishap

Video shows a carnival worker dangling 30 feet in the air, protecting a young girl after a ride mishap at the Groves Pecan Festival in Texas.

Video shows Texas carnival worker dangling from ride to protect girl during mishap

Video shows a carnival worker dangling 30 feet in the air, protecting a young girl after a ride mishap at the Groves Pecan Festival in Texas.

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