The man was celebrating his niece’s birthday at Castles N’ Coasters in Phoenix last Sunday when the safety bar on a double-loop roller coaster unfastened.

PHOENIX, Ariz. (KPHO/KTVK/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A man jumped out of a roller coaster at the top of the first hill after his lap bar unlocked. A man, who wished to remain anonymous, spoke with KPHO after his lap bar unlocked during a ride at Castles N' Coasters in Phoenix, Arizona.

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.