An Enthusiasm for Thrills

“I feel like if a doctor tells me, ‘You’ll die soon if you don’t stop riding coasters,’” Brian told me, “I probably still would.” “When he rode Top Thrill Dragster, one of the tallest coasters in the world that catapults you to the top of the 420-foot structure, his first thought was simply, ‘Well, that’s a nice view.’”