Man, I didn't realize that these guys had broken in and gone for the rides a bunch of times. Some of these just make you shake your head.
"Me and Evan came to a stop a couple of times: we were going too slow," Hettinga remembered.
"It was definitely not too dangerous that time, then we decided to double up and go a lot faster down it."
So as they shared their stories, boasting, they decided to return with more friends.
"The [fact that] they had gone before took out a lot of doubts in our minds about just like normal precautions you would take for something like that, like checking ahead, and everything, just kinda slipped under the radar," said Wilson Schultz.
Back on the platform, the remaining teens were unaware of any problems. When Jordan Caldwell gave a push-off to the second sled, he recited the Lord's Prayer.
Wilson Schultz believes those last words saved his trio from serious harm.
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