The Problem With Sky Trams . . .
If they get stuck — and they do — there’s nowhere to go but down:
Posted: July 10th, 2008 | Filed under: Just Horrible, The BronxDozens of people on the Bronx Zoo’s Skyfari ride were stranded more than 100 feet in the air for about five hours last night when the tram broke down.
“My son was really, really frightened,” said Olga Perez, of New City, who was on the ride.
“I said, ‘Everything’s going to be OK.’
“One of my nephews got scared. He was screaming, ‘I can’t take this anymore!’ ”
The nephews and son were in another car, and Perez had to talk to them by cellphone.
The cars, which glide along cables 112 feet in the air, ground to a halt at 5:27 p.m., with 30 adults and seven children on board, police said.
The last passengers got off at 10:20 p.m. There were no injuries, but a pregnant woman was taken to Jacobi Hospital for observation.