“The ride is about 47 seconds long,” said Salina Higgins, who visited SeaWorld San Diego on Tuesday with her 10-year-old daughter and 14-year-old niece from Tucson, Arizona. “Forty-seven ...

Firefighters have rescued 16 people trapped in gondolas for several hours on a ride at the SeaWorld amusement park in San Diego. Some of those trapped were lowered using harnesses, rescuers say.