“We get on the roller coaster and the very first hill, the girl sitting behind my wife just lets out this blood-curdling scream, like I’ve never heard before,” Chris recounted to Fox 8. “I assumed it was her first time on the ride, but then she said her seat belt came undone.”

Reacting quickly, the couple took immediate action to prevent the girl from falling out of the roller coaster.

“I had looped my arm underneath her lap bar, which had a pretty big gap between her and the lap bar. So at this point, I’m seeing a huge space, no seat belt. I looped my arm underneath the lap bar, and I grabbed a hold of her wrist. My wife was pushing down on her legs,” Chris explained.

The roller coaster reached speeds of up to 75 mph and dropped 205 feet, making the situation particularly dangerous.

“As we crested each hill or as we started to go up to the top, I recognized that it was going to lift her out of her seat. So I kind of shifted our positions to, instead of holding her, to push down on her whole body to keep her from coming out of the seat while we’re going over those hills,” he added.

After the event, a spokesperson for Worlds of Fun confirmed the ride was temporarily closed for inspection but reopened later the same day.

“Following the report of a guest concern on the ride earlier this month, our team immediately closed the ride and completed a thorough inspection before reopening it that evening. The ride is equipped with a multi-layered restraint system, with the lap bar being the primary restraints and were found to be fully functioning in multiple inspections. The ride has operated safely since the initial concern was raised,” the spokesperson stated.

They also noted that the ride underwent a “comprehensive safety review, and we implemented modifications requested by the Fire Marshall to ensure it meets or exceeds all applicable safety standards […].”