The unidentified claims the safety lap bar unlocked right before the big drop on the Desert Storm, a double-loop roller coaster at Castles N’ Coasters.

An Arizona man made a split-second decision on a roller coaster that he said may have saved his life. The man, who did not want his name used, jumped from a moving roller coaster seat just before the cars went down a large drop. The man was riding the double loop coaster called the Desert Storm at Castles N’ Coasters park near Phoenix on Nov. 24.