A roller coaster with eight people on board got stuck almost 100 feet off the ground in Galveston, Texas, on Thursday, prompting an hourslong operation to bring the riders down.

Eight passengers were rescued by firefighters after a roller coaster at Pleasure Pier in Galveston, Texas, malfunctioned May 28: “Those crews were top-notch today.”

Crews used a ladder truck and safety harnesses to evacuate passengers one at a time.