Eight students were rescued after a roller coaster malfunctioned at the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier on May 28, local fire officials said.

The riders were stranded atop the Iron Shark roller coaster at Galveston Pleasure Pier on Thursday evening.

Varela told reporters: “Of course they were shaken up from climbing that ladder down, being in that hot sun. They have been checked for dehydration and everyone seems to be doing pretty good.”