to tell us about her leap of faith, joining us right this minute is melanie rossomando. melanie, you appear to be okay. tell us about your jump. >> i'm fine. it was about 35 feet, which is equivalent to three stories high. i was just freaking out. i didn't even second guess it. i was like i'm jumping. i'm out of this ride. >> why not wait until fire crews come or rescue workers? >> you can't tell in the video but the storm was above us. there was lightning surrounding us. >> who was in the chair with you and did you feel bad about bailing out on that person? >> actually, my best friend. she's actually here right now. i started to cry and when i -- after i landed someone came down from the boardwalk, ems from new york who was off duty on vacation with his family he jumped off the boardwalk to help me. she was going to jump with me but she got scared. >> don't jump. >> how did she get down eventually. >> 10 or 15 minutes after i jumped the ambulance came and they were able to reactivate the ride. >> she jumped off? >> yeah. >> what did your parents say when they found out.

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