Florida officials release video of people being rescued from 400-foot-tall ICON park ride after it loses power

Florida officials released drone video showing riders being rescued off of The Wheel at ICON Park in Orlando after it lost power on New Year's Eve.

Officials in Florida released drone video showing individuals being rescued off of an amusement park ride in Orlando, Florida on New Year's Eve after it lost power. drone video showing individuals being rescued off of an amusement park ride in Orlando, Florida on New Year's Eve after it lost power.power on December 31, 2022, at around 6:20 p.m. with 20 of the Ferris wheel pods occupied, leaving 62 people stuck inside the pods.

Crews with the Orange County Fire Rescue were forced to manually rotate the attraction in order to evacuate people from the Ferris wheel pods, a spokesperson for the department told FOX 35. Orange County Fire Rescue crews manually turn the Ferris wheel at ICON Park to rescue riders after a power failure.

Orange County Fire Rescue evacuated 62 riders stuck on ICON Park's Orlando Wheel after a power failure on New Year's Eve.

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