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re: Boy dies on Kansas waterslide billed as world's tallest
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:04 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:04 pm to LSUTANGERINE
I'm not saying I'd enjoy it, but I could probably be talked into going on that.
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Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:05 pm to 3nOut
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Yeah. The SPI one looked pathetic as well.
The one in South Padre is designed around the river and that you never have to get out of your tube. It's the ultimate lazy person lazy river water park. It's not supposed to be like the original one if that's what you're hoping for.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:11 pm to BatonrougeCajun
It's a raft ride where you are belted in. Unless his harness failed it's doubtful he fell any differently than intended
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:11 pm to LSUTANGERINE
His father is a member of the Kansas State House of Representatives.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:15 pm to TFS4E
I had a heart attack looking at the pic down the slide. I just got off the floor. Must have been a mild one.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:17 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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Wonder hw he died because there are safety cages the entire ride.
The safety cages aren't all that relevant if you start falling forward and fall 100 feet. That net doesn't do shite for that. You'll still hit the bottom at the full speed of gravity and die.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:18 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
I'm betting he broke his neck or suffered severe head trauma from exiting the raft
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:18 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Roger you take the front I ride in the back. Do we go on it if we got the chance?
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:20 pm to OldManRiver
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It's a raft ride where you are belted in. Unless his harness failed it's doubtful he fell any differently than intended
Yeah, from the looks of this picture, it seems like he shouldn't be able to fall forward into the cage netting, unless the whole raft flew forward or he somehow wasn't secured tight enough.
ETA: But I remember doing stupid shite when I was 12, like unlatching the safety bar/harness somehow while riding a regular (no upside down part) roller coater, thinking it was something cool to do.
This post was edited on 8/7/16 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:21 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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The park's website said Verrückt is the largest water slide in the world, and riders must be at least 14-years old and at least 54 inches tall.
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A 12-year-old boy
They fricked.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:22 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
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Do we go on it if we got the chance?
Not I. In my drinking days I would have..
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:22 pm to Dorothy
Starting R to L:1,2,3
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:23 pm to UltimateHog
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A 12-year-old boy
They fricked.
Article I read said he was 10, and minimum age is 14.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:24 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Definitely 12 as now confirmed identity.
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Megan Brilley ?@meganbrilley 26 minutes ago
Family has confirmed, the boy who died on the Verruckt slide was 12 yr old Caleb Schwab, son of KS Rep Scott Schwab
This post was edited on 8/7/16 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:24 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Damn they are really screwed I bet he wasn't the required height and fell out
This post was edited on 8/7/16 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:28 pm to UltimateHog
Must be a misprint in the Kansas City Star
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LINK
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The 10-year-old son of a Kansas state representative from Olathe died Sunday afternoon on the tallest water slide in the world, the Verrückt, at the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, Kan.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:31 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Erika Tallan Verified account @ErikaTallan
@CourtneeBrokaw @FOX2now according to tweets from @meganbrilley... a witness told her the boy was decapitated. Officials won't say.
Wow.
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Erika Tallan ?@ErikaTallan 2 hours ago
@CourtneeBrokaw @FOX2now @meganbrilley I know.its so sad. I remember reporting on the ride's opening delayed cuz test dummies went airborne.
And yeah KC Star sucks major arse, KC Fox, ABC, and NBC reporting he was 12.
This post was edited on 8/7/16 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:33 pm to UltimateHog
If he was gonna die, I'm glad it was apparently quick with the above post instead of being in pain
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:33 pm to UltimateHog
Damn, that picture tears me up. I have a son the same age. Absolutely heartbreaking for the family.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:34 pm to UltimateHog
Holy shite.
Add in the fact who this child's parents are and wow.
Add in the fact who this child's parents are and wow.
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