Elliot Ryan, a sophomore civil engineering student at St Michael’s College, ended up living at his grandparents’ house in North Kingstown after students were sent home due to the pandemic.
He decided to make use of his free time by building a roller coaster in his grandparents' backyard.
He started drafting up plans in April and began building by May using materials from the playscape his grandfather installed in the backyard when he was a kid.
He and his cousin built off the structure over the next few months using items purchased at Home Depot. He constructed a 10-foot-tall, 150-foot-long roller coaster that goes through his grandparents’ backyard while the rider sits on a wooden seat with wheels on the bottom. The inaugural rider was his 83-year-old grandfather, Dr Fred Silverblatt, a highly respected infectious disease specialist.
*Story and images from Yahoo!Life.
