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.

Eight students were rescued after a roller coaster malfunctioned at the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier on May 28, ...

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

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

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

The ride first became stuck about 5:30 p.m. When it did, Pleasure Pier officials called the Galveston Fire Department and a ...

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

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 ...

New photos from the rescue show the intense conditions and extreme heights of the incident.

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.

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