BOWIE, Md. — Jerry Huster’s eyes welled as he watched the red cars of the Wild One roller coaster click up the worn wooden tracks, thinking about those days, now decades ago, zipping around on repeat with his childhood friend Amy.

“I’m fighting back tears thinking about how much fun I’ve had on this ride and what it’s been through,” said Huster, who traveled from his home in Orlando, Florida, to Six Flags America in Maryland for one last visit before the theme park permanently closes on Nov. 2. “I’m just afraid that someone’s not going to come along and save the park. That this is just going to get knocked down with a bulldozer.”

The 108-year-old Wild One roller coaster, which Huster estimates he’s ridden hundreds of times, has survived fires and hurricanes. But like the rest of the ride

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