Horror moment woman clings to ferris wheel
Chilling footage shows a woman clinging to a ferris wheel screaming “help I’m going to die” as she dangles 30 metres in the air.
This is the horror moment a woman desperately clung to a metal structure while hanging from a 30-metre-tall ferris wheel in Brazil.
Chilling footage shows the woman screaming “help I’m going to die” as she dangles in the air during a local carnival.
The woman can be seen holding onto the metal frame of the ferris wheel cabin while suspended high above the ground at Mandirituba.
The only thing that stopped her from falling through was her grip on the metal bars.
At first, it was thought that she slipped from her seat after a safety restraint malfunctioned.
It later emerged that the woman had opened the cabin’s safety barrier and tried to get out, believing the ride had ended.
Onlookers were left horrified as the big wheel inched around an entire rotation before carrying the woman to the ground.
As her arms begin to tire, she could be heard screaming: “Help, I’m going to die! I’m going to fall!”
But just as she stepped forward, the ride lurched forward again, leaving her clinging to the railings to stop herself falling.
Miraculously, the woman was reported to be unharmed.
In a statement, Mandirituba City Hall said: “The technical team immediately identified the situation and operated the equipment so that the cabin slowly lowered to the ground, allowing the passenger to be safely removed.”
Despite the terrifying experience, the woman declined medical attention and walked away unscathed.
She was visibly distraught after the horror experience.
It comes after a teenage girl was left hanging 18 metres in the air after she fell out of the pod of a Ferris wheel.
Footage of the horror moment showed the 13-year-old desperately clinging to the metal structure as onlookers can be heard screaming.
This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission
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