On Thursday, 93 pumpkins took the ride of their lives at the 26th Capital City Pumpkin Drop, organized this year by BridgeValley Community & Technical College.

But how many survived the ordeal?

Photos: 2025 Capital City Pumpkin Drop at GoMart Park in Charleston Close +9 +9 +9 +9 +9

Students from 29 schools and homeschool groups throughout West Virginia brought their pumpkins packed in different materials, hoping they would survive a 50-foot drop from a bucket truck without splatting on the deck of GoMart Ballpark.

Jaleigh Hall, a freshman at St. Albans High School, packed a cardboard box with a pumpkin surrounded by her stuffed animals, including a unicorn.

“I’m allergic to dust, and they collect dust, so I can’t have them," she said. "So, I neede

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