IN A SPIN
Boy, 6, and grandmother rescued from Ferris wheel ride after 35m high ride came to a stop, leaving them dangling in the air
Shocked witnesses watched as the pair were pulled to safety by fire fighters in Portsmouth
A BOY and his grandmother were rescued in dramatic scenes after the pair were left dangling metres above the ground when a Ferris wheel ground to a halt.
The six-year-old and his grandmother had to be rescued by firefighters when the 35m Solent Wheel at Clarence Pier amusement parade came to an unexpected stop on the Southsea seafront in Portsmouth about 11.30am on Monday.
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Witness Susan Kay said the grandmother could be seen crying as the pair were brought down to safety.
She told the Portsmouth News: "They're bringing a woman and child down, you could see the woman was crying.
"There are loads of people here and everyone's been stopping to look."
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Firefighters called to the scene cordoned off the area.
The owners of the pier, Jimmy and Jill Norman, have reportedly closed the ride and launched an investigation into what went wrong.
The ride, which cost about £750,000, was officially opened in March.
A fire services spokesman said: "An aerial ladder platform was used to rescue a boy and his grandmother from the Ferris wheel at Clarence Pier when the attraction stopped working. Crews from Southsea, Cosham and St Mary's attended."
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Fire services crew manager Richard Furse said: "Luckily where the cart was positioned, we were able to get the aerial ladder platform up to it quite easily.
"We had lots of resources turn up initially due to it being a rescue from height but once we realised what we were dealing with, we managed to send a lot of them back."
No one was hurt.
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