She performed heroically, because it bought enought time for the carnival worker to jump into action. The man finally slipped away from the woman's grasp, fell and temporarily lodged on another chair, then fell again and landed on one of the spokes precariously. By then the carnival worker had climbed up and grabbed ahold of him long enough before others got up there to help get him down.
I don't blame the center for taking the people out to the fair, but they'll probably reconsider which rides the people can go on. It really dampened the spirit for the rest of the afternoon. Kids especially were afraid to go on. People were screaming in shock and horror as the drama unfolded.
Thank you for the great explanation.
We saw parents putting a handicapped young boy on the roller coaster at Astroworld in a seat by himself. We had just ridden the coaster and I could not wait to get off of it as it felt like I was in the middle of a car wreck.
After walking away, I went back to mention that the ride had been really hard on me and that it might hurt him - but they were all loaded. I sure hope he did ok.
The intent is wonderful - to give these people access to the fun regular people enjoy - since they miss so much. But, sometimes it fails.