LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. WE BEGIN WITH THE ATTRACTION
THAT HAS TURNED INTO A VIRAL
SENSATION. BELLE ISLE’S GIANT
SLIDE REOPENS AMID SOMEHOW
WORLDWIDE ATTENTION AS YOU CAN
EXPECT HEADING INTO ONE OF THE
LAST BIG SUMMER WEEKENDS, IT’S
GONNA BE PACKED. AND WHEN WE SAY
WORLDWIDE ATTENTION, WE MEAN IT
. THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S BECAUSE
MEDIA OUTLETS HAVE BEEN ALL OVER
THIS STORY. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
HEADLINES ON CNN. THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL IS ON IT. EVEN
SKY NEWS IN THE UK PUBLISHED A
STORY ABOUT IT. TIKTOK VIDEO
FROM JUST TODAY AT THE GIANT
SLIDE HAS NOW BEEN VIEWED OVER A
HALF A MILLION TIMES ALREADY,
ALSO, THAT TODAY SHOW WAS THERE
THIS MORNING TO TAKE A RIDE LIVE
. LET’S GET TO PRIYA MANN LIVE
ON BELLE ISLE TONIGHT, PRIYA.
WE’RE LAUGHING ABOUT IT. THERE
WERE REAL CONCERNS THAT SOMEBODY
COULD GET SERIOUSLY HURT. YEAH
YOU’RE RIGHT. DEVIN AND
KIMBERLY. I MEAN THOSE VIDEO’S
RACKED UP MILLIONS OF VIEWS. BUT
WHEN YOU’RE GOING AIRBORNE LIKE
THAT, YOU RUN THE RISK OF
GETTING SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN
YOU HIT EVERY BUMP ALONG THE WAY
OF THIS GIANT SLIDE. WE’RE
GIVING YOU A BIRD’S EYE VIEW.
JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE LIVE
TRUCK. HOW TINY IT LOOKS. WHEN
YOU’RE UP HERE. THE D. N R. WAS
SPRAYING THE SLIDE PERIODICALLY
THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH WATER TO
INCREASE THE FRICTION AND SORT
OF SLOW RIDERS DOWN. THERE WERE
ALSO GIVING SOME GREAT ADVICE AS
FOLKS TOOK THEIR CHANCES ON THE
GIANT SLIDE. FORWARD AT ALL
TIMES, AND YOU CAN GO ON. OUR
WORKERS WERE BUSY REMINDING
RIDERS HOW TO STAY SAFE ON THE
GIANT SLIDE. TWO WORDS. GIANT
SLIDE TOOK THE SCENIC ROUTE,
WHILE OTHERS YEAH, I FEEL IT
TOMORROW. IT WAS TERRIFYING, BUT
IT WAS AWESOME. I HEARD SOME
GROANS. THERE WAS SOME GROANS.
THERE WERE SOME. THERE ARE SOME
POPS AND SNAPS IN THE BODY, TOO.
BUT IT WAS VERY FUN. IT WAS
INVIGORATING AND EXCITING COURSE
WENT VIRAL AFTER VIDEOS LIKE
THIS RACKED UP MILLIONS OF VIEWS
ARE BEAUTIFUL BELLE ISLE EVEN
GETTING A SHOUT OUT ON THE TODAY
SHOW. THERE ARE PEOPLE BEING
FLUNG INTO THE AIR. UH AFTER
CLOSING LAST WEEKEND DUE TO
SPEED CONCERNS, EAGER RIDERS
WERE LINED UP EARLY FOR THE
GIANT SLIDES REOPENING FRIDAY
MORNING. HEY HOW WAS ARRIVED? I
DON’T KNOW WHY I ALWAYS GO FAST,
BUT IT WAS FUN. JUST FOLLOW THE
SAFETY INSTRUCT. ACTIONS. WE
GIVE IT A SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH
THE WAY. YOU LEAN FORWARD AND
YOU HOLD ONTO THE BAG. THAT’S
REALLY ALL YOU GOTTA DO COURSE.
YOU KNOW, I HAD TO GIVE IT A
TRY. FELLOW ADRENALINE JUNKIES.
ASHANTI AND DARLENE WENT DOWN
WITH ME. LET’S GO. ALL RIGHT.
HOW’S YOUR BACK? IT WAS AMAZING
, YOU KNOW, FEELING NERVOUS
BUBBLING IN YOUR STOMACH, BUT IT
WAS AMAZING. PROBABLY BACK,
SERGEANT DRINKING HERE. WE DID
THIS. IT YEAH. DREAM TEAM FOR
SURE. YOU KNOW, DARLENE AND
ASHANTI AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT
JUST CLIMBING THE STAIRS. KIND
OF HELPS CALM YOUR NERVES.
BECAUSE BOY, THIS IS A WORKOUT
IN AND OF ITSELF. THE GIANT
SLIDE, OF COURSE, IS GOING TO BE
OPEN FROM 11 TO 3 FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY THROUGH LABOR DAY, SO
THERE WAS A BIT OF A LINEUP OF
FOLKS WHO WANTED TO COME LATER
THIS AFTERNOON. OF COURSE, THE
SLIDE IS NOW CLOSED SO AGAIN 11
TO 3 FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THROUGH LABOR DAY. SO IF YOU
DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TODAY, THIS
WEEKEND IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE
PACKED AND COMING UP AT SIX
O’CLOCK. THE SLIDE WAS BUILT IN
THE SIXTIES WERE GOING TO BE
TALKING TO SOME OF THOSE
SEASONED PROS. WE HAD SOME
GRANDPARENTS WRITING THE SLIDE
TODAY, AND BOY, I COINED A
PHRASE IT WAS A SLIDE DOWN
MEMORY LANE. LYLE I’M PRIYA MANN
LOCAL 4. AND YOU PILOTED YOUR
FLIGHT BETTER THAN A LOT OF &
OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE’VE SEEN. SO &
OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE’VE SEEN. SO CONGRATS. YEAH ARE YOU ARE YOU EAGER TO DO IT AGAIN? OR HAVE
YOU HAD ENOUGH? OH 100% 100% YOU
KNOW. AND YOU, YOU LEAN FORWARD
. IT DOES WORK, THEN A PART OF
YOU JUST KIND OF WANTS TO LEAN