GoPro video, photos: Chattanooga's First-Ever Slide the City

June 20, 2015 at 8:10 p.m. | Updated June 20, 2015 at 8:11 p.m.

by Doug Strickland , Claire Wiseman

Sliders reach the bottom of the 5th street hill during the Slide the City water slide event Saturday, June 20, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. A 1,000 foot water slide was set up on 5th street downtown for the event.
Sliders reach the bottom of the 5th street hill during the Slide the City water slide event Saturday, June 20, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. A 1,000 foot water slide was set up on 5th street downtown for the event.

Chattanoogans brought out their inner-tubes and flotation devices to plunge down a 1,000-foot water slide set up on 5th Street for Chattanooga's first-ever Slide the City event on Saturday.

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