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Video: Cable snaps on amusement park ride

By WTOP Staff

WASHINGTON — A family had a brief scare after a cable snapped on an amusement park ride in Wisconsin, according to CBS affiliate WISC.

The incident occurred Thursday at Mt. Olympus amusement park in the Wisconsin Dells. The ride, “The Catapult,” malfunctioned when Dru Larson filmed his 13-year-old son on it.

In the video, a metal cable — that was supposed to shoot them about 200 feet in the air — suddenly broke. On Friday, according to the CBS affiliate, Mt. Olympus is forcing the ride operator to cease operations and remove the ride.

Watch the video below.

https://youtu.be/k6dHua6prCw

Gracie the Giraffe, who went missing after wandering off a Texas ranch, is finally found

By The Associated Press
Gracie the Giraffe, who went missing for about two weeks in Texas after wandering off a remote private ranch, was finally found Friday — and the open range appeared to have agreed with her. The giraffe was spotted about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) south of her enclosure during an aerial search in the Texas Hill Country, according to Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson. He said Gracie's owner, Vick Jones, contacted a veterinarian and began putting together a team to bring the giraffe safely back to the ranch. “She’s in good shape,” Jones said. “She’s standing there, swishing her tail.” Gracie, who is about 3 years old and weighs at least 1,200 pounds, was found within a half-mile of a pond and creek and had plenty of vegetation to feed on, said Jones, adding that she appeared to have been in that area for about a week.
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