'I was on my chair and I saw Ava, we looked at each other and I saw the complete fear in her eyes.' 9News
Holly said she had gone up about a metre when her harness came undone.
At six metres from the ground, the brave girl decided to leap out of her chair after she witnessed the operator of the ride fall to the ground while attempting to save them.Holly Brown was forced to jump off Australia's "tallest travelling freefall ride" called the Mega Drop. "I just sat in the ride the whole time, just freaking out. I really didn't know what to do," Ava said.
Ava was left dangling in her chair and Holly had landed on a steel platform, with her fall causing her to fracture her ankle."She was too scared to look down because obviously she's going up and it's so high, so she thought I died," Holly said.Holly Brown's mum Katie. Holly's mum Katie rushed up to Brisbane from Victoria, while 29 weeks pregnant to be with her daughter.She cried herself to sleep for two nights after the incident.
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