Galveston's Pleasure Pier is in the spotlight after eight riders were stuck on its Iron Shark roller coaster for hours ...

Pleasure Pier was originally constructed in the 1930s as a recreational facility for military members during World War II.

Riders were stranded atop the Iron Shark roller coaster. The group of students was stuck for about four hours.

The riders waited for about four hours, facing up, on the roller coaster at the Pleasure Pier park in Galveston. There were ...

Eight Houston students were trapped for hours on a roller coaster in Galveston Thursday evening, prompting a meticulous ...

All passengers who were stuck on a roller-coaster on Pleasure Pier in Galveston, Texas, have been rescued. Some of those ...

Crews have rescued all eight students who were stuck on Pleasure Pier's Iron Shark roller coaster in Galveston, Texas on ...

The students were stuck more than 100 feet in the air Thursday night for hours. Pleasure Pier now has a better idea of why it ...

Eight Texas students were fortunately rescued after being trapped on the 100ft-high Iron Shark roller coaster at Galveston’s Pleasure Pier in Texas.

Officials responded to the stranded riders, who were students from Houston ISD, at around 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Crews used a ladder truck to rescue them.

Eight riders were stranded nearly 100 feet in the air on Thursday evening after a roller coaster in Texas stopped during its vertical climb.