Video going viral: US giant slide shut down hours after opening

Massive avalanche in the United States had to be closed after only a few hours. On Friday, the enormous Slide in Michigan's Belle Isle Park reopened; however, it quickly shut down after parents expressed worries for their children's safety.

Since then, a video of the historic ride's commotion has been circulated on Twitter. It depicts several people riding the Slide, which sent them into the air before tumbling to the ground with a thud.




"I laughed out loud a lot reading this! Sorry, but taking four hours to realize this was a problem? Omg," wrote one user. Another person said, "This is one of the best examples I've seen of why math computations and engineering are crucial.

"If 2022 were a slide," a third person playfully remarked. A fourth person added, "The Giant Slide on Belle Isle is the BEST, operating precisely as it should be. Unless you jumped down the Slide and received a third degree let burn on a summer day, you haven't lived a true 313 childhood."



In the meantime, park visitor Kenyatta Mcadney told ABC13 that as speed became a problem, the fun for his kids turned into terror. He said: "What I noticed was the impact they were making coming off the hills. Keymarr, the son of Mr Mcadney, adds, "I was falling quicker than I anticipated. It hurts to fall."

According to the site, the operator had to close the Slide for four hours to retouch the wax. Thankfully, no injuries were recorded when the coaster reopened on Saturday night.