New Delhi, May 29 -- At least eight students in Texas were left suspended on a roller coaster roughly 100 feet above the ground for almost four hours before firefighters safely rescued them.

KHOU reported that on Thursday evening, the Iron Shark roller coaster at Pleasure Pier in Galveston, Texas, malfunctioned, leaving the group of students from Houston facing straight up shortly before the peak of the ride's famous 100-foot drop.

The ride came to a halt around 5:30 p.m., prompting Pleasure Pier officials to contact the Galveston Fire Department. Rescue teams then used a ladder truck to reach the stranded students, bringing them down one at a time in a careful operation.

Reports suggest that firefighters spent over three hours rescuin...