Video Shows Dramatic Rescue Of Young Boy Walking On Elevated Monorail At Hersheypark

A young boy was rescued while stepping unsocial connected nan way of an elevated ride at Pennsylvania’s Hersheypark connected Saturday successful a heart-stopping incident caught connected video, distressing some onlookers and societal media scrollers.

The video, which circulated online, shows nan kid opinionated connected nan way of nan Capital BlueCross Monorail, a thrust that offers an audio circuit of nan amusement park. Its way is elevated nary little than 20 feet disconnected nan ground.

The child, who was reported missing astatine astir 5 p.m. aft becoming separated from his parents, had wandered onto nan ride’s track, which was not successful cognition that day, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts said successful a statement.

“While our squad was actively searching, nan kid entered a secured area for nan Monorail,” a spokesperson for nan institution said, adding that nan thrust “was closed and safeguarded by a chained closure astatine nan entranceway and barricaded turnstile astatine nan platform.”

Staff instantly responded to nan area aft nan boy was seen connected nan tracks, nan spokesperson said.

In nan video, immoderate worried onlookers could beryllium heard screaming, while others tried to instruct nan kid really to get disconnected nan Monorail.

“Keep walking!” 1 of nan onlookers could beryllium heard saying to nan kid while pointing left.

The kid is seen stepping to nan near earlier immoderate onlookers could beryllium heard telling him to stop. The boy past puts his manus connected his head, seemingly confused.

A bully Samaritan successful a greenish chapeau took matters into his ain hands by climbing onto nan tile of a adjacent building and motioning for nan boy to travel his way, according to nan video. The man past launched himself onto nan monorail and picked up nan boy to cheers and a information of applause from nan onlookers.

The kid was not harmed and was reunited pinch his family astir 20 minutes aft he was reported missing, according to Hershey Entertainment & Resorts.

“We are grateful for nan vigilance of our guests and nan swift consequence of our team, and we stay committed to maintaining nan highest levels of impermanent information passim Hersheypark,” nan institution said.