The worst fear of everyone who has ever ridden a slingshot ride came true on Saturday night at Panama City Beach’s Cobra Adventure Park when the bungee cord disintegrated seconds before launching two passengers into the air.
Two tourists were strapped in and about to ride the “Vertical Accelerator,” a slingshot-style ride designed to shoot riders into the air when one of the bungee cords holding the ride together snapped. The original very NSFW video was posted to Facebook by Krissy Hurst of Havana, Florida and obtained by WMBB. In the video you can see the cord fall into pieces as the ride operator runs for cover and a woman is heard saying, “Holy sh-t we just dodged death!”
