--- description: It took rescuers about 5 hours to remove 24 passengers from the Joker's Jinx ride title: Six Flags America Ride Stops in Tracks, 24 Rescued by Fire Department image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8388ccb729c83433/69869effd0b6f2acfb305a2b/six-flags.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Accident](/tag/accident/) ## Accident Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 24 Rescued From Six Flags Rollercoaster by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2014 12:55 PM CUT  Firefighters rescuing 24 riders stuck atop the Joker's Jinx roller coaster at Six Flags theme park in Prince George's County, Maryland on August 10, 2014. Firefighters rescuing 24 riders stuck atop the Joker's Jinx roller coaster at Six Flags theme park in Prince George's County, Maryland on August 10, 2014.Marc Bashoor—Prince George's County Maryland Fire/EMS/EPA by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2014 12:55 PM CUT A rollercoaster at a Maryland Six Flags amusement park stopped on its tracks Sunday, stranding passengers the park’s Joker’s Jinx ride. It took about five hours to rescue the ride’s 24 passengers, each of whom were rescued one-by-one, [WJLA](http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/08/six-flags-america-s-jokers-jinx-roller-coaster-gets-stuck-strands-16-high-angle-rescue-initiated--10.html "undefined") reports. Prince George’s County Fire Chief Marc Bashoor [tweeted](https://twitter.com/PGFD%5FChief "undefined") the rescue Sunday, sharing photos and information as it happened. [None](http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/10/us/maryland-six-flags-roller-coaster-rescue/index.html?hpt=hp%5Ft2 "undefined") of the passengers reported injuries. Six Flags spokesperson Debbie Evans said in a statement that the theme park is unsure why exactly the ride stopped, but that “the ride performed as it’s designed to.” WJLA [reports](http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/08/six-flags-america-s-jokers-jinx-roller-coaster-gets-stuck-strands-16-high-angle-rescue-initiated--10.html "undefined") the ride stops when its computer system detects a problem. Joker’s Jinx is a 60 mile-per-hour ride with “over 55 twisting curves,” according to the [Six Flags America](https://www.sixflags.com/america/newsroom/six-tips-conquer-jokers-jinx "undefined") website. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3100399/six-flags-rollercoaster/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3100399/six-flags-rollercoaster/"},"headline":"24 Rescued From Six Flags Rollercoaster","datePublished":"2014-08-11T12:55:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:35:44.729Z","description":"It took rescuers about 5 hours to remove 24 passengers from the Joker's Jinx ride","url":"https://time.com/3100399/six-flags-rollercoaster/","keywords":["Accident","Accidents"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8388ccb729c83433/69869effd0b6f2acfb305a2b/six-flags.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8388ccb729c83433/69869effd0b6f2acfb305a2b/six-flags.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Firefighters rescuing 24 riders stuck atop the Joker's Jinx roller coaster at Six Flags theme park in Prince George's County, Maryland on August 10, 2014.","caption":"Firefighters rescuing 24 riders stuck atop the Joker's Jinx roller coaster at Six Flags theme park in Prince George's County, Maryland on August 10, 2014.","creditText":"Marc Bashoor—Prince George's County Maryland Fire/EMS/EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/accident/","name":"Accident"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3100399/six-flags-rollercoaster/","name":"24 Rescued From Six Flags Rollercoaster"}}]}] ```