No gravity at all
Jihad, left, and Arisa Allen-Bey scream as they drop after experiencing what Jihad called no gravity at all on the Slingshot Thursday morning at the North Dakota State Fair.
Dave Caldwell/MDN
One second they were smiling nervously as their harnesses were put into place in the loveseat-like device. The next, they were screaming like banshees, hurtling skyward at around 100 mph as gravity albeit briefly seemed like just a memory.
Husband and wife Jihad and Arisa Allen-Bey of Minot Air Force Base had just bought a ride on the Slingshot, the towering thrill ride located between the grandstand and Flickertail Gardens at the North Dakota State Fair.
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