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Group was unharmed after dangling for almost four hours on ride that malfunctioned at Pleasure Pier in Galveston

Eight students were rescued unharmed after dangling for hours at the top of a rollercoaster ride that became stuck in Texas.

Pictures and news footage of the incident showed a rollercoaster car stalled at the peak of a huge almost vertical drop on the Iron Shark rollercoaster overlooking the Gulf of Mexico at the Pleasure Pier in Galveston.