Head Over Heals
...tions then they strapped me in. I was taken up about 120 feet and could see just about everything from up there. Then I positioned myself and jumped. It is said that after three seconds you achieve forty-five mph. The total free-fall lasts about five seconds then you bounce upside down till the operators haul you off. I really wonder how safe the equipment was though. People have died from taking the plunge. My life was in the hands of this plastic cord. Of course, I didn't know the true answer. What if I was the one ride that would make it snap? Just before they snapped me in I was wondering to myself how long this cord is supposed to stretch. It would be horrible to die on a carnival ride. One point your having fun and a second later your part of the ...