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.

PHOENIX — An Arizona man said he climbed out of a moving roller coaster after the safety bar became unlatched. The man asked 12News not to identify him, but shared cell phone video capturing the incident. The man said he was celebrating his niece's birthday at Castles N' Coasters in Phoenix last Sunday when the terrifying incident happened.

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.

Hair-raising video has captured the moment an Arizona man climbed out of a moving roller coaster after his seat’s safety bar became unlatched near the ride’s peak – a split-second decision that he says saved his life.