Two 13-year-old girls describe a ride malfunction at Castaway Cove in Ocean City, New Jersey, that leaves them stuck hanging upside down on a thrill attraction.
According to accounts from the outlets, the ride operates as a swinging, pendulum-style attraction with a passenger compartment that rotates, repeatedly turning riders upside down. The girls say the ride fails to release them for several minutes while they remain suspended upside down, describing the experience as frightening.
The coverage focuses on the riders’ recollections rather than on technical details of the malfunction or any subsequent investigation in the provided reports. Both outlets frame the incident around the same setting, attraction, and the age of the riders, while describing the ride’s mechanism in similar terms to provide context for how the girls ended up hanging upside down.
