After conquering the Slide for Life, Pvt. Riderigo Ramos, a trainee with Company C, 3rd Bn., 10th Inf. Reg., said he wanted to climb the tower and “go again.” ...

Detroit’s Lorrain Edwards, 66, was one of three people who went down first at the reopening. “We had a great time, but the Giant Slide, it doesn’t go fast at all!” Edwards said. “They ...

Two years later, the six-lane slide is open again, this time with some changes. The Department of Natural Resources added padding to the slide, acquired new sacks for riders and skipped the wax.