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Fear…..The same thing I was feeling on a Saturday night. We were just sitting there, which seemed like several hours then out of know where it drops. It was spinning all around. I remember the screams and the puking. I could see lose change, cell phones, wallets, purses and even shoes fall from the ride. My heart was beating so fast, it felt as if would fall out of my chest any minute. Then we saw something that appeared to a body fall off of the ride. Everyone is screaming their heads off. I was panicking. Then, the ride just stops. They evacuated us off the ride. We saw ambulances rushing to see if everyone was alright. The name of the ride was The Cyclone.

It was 11:00 on a school night. We had just gotten to the fair. The smell of

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