re: Teen falls 400ft off drop tower ride to his death in Orlando theme park

I just saw a news report video that before falling down the riders are leaned toward the ground. I'm thinking he was 6 foot 6 and the harness was not protective?

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I live in the area and a buddy of mine sent me a photo he got of the kid on the ride prior to it starting and the harnest doesn’t even fit him. He’s entirely to big for it, so it looks like it wouldn’t be able to lock. I’d post the pic on here but I’m not sure how to post a pic I received through a text.

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He was 100% locked in, or else the ride wouldn't have functioned at all. Have you ever ridden a roller coaster at a theme park and wondered why the attendant goes around checking everyone's shoulder harnesses, then locks the harnesses down on the empty seats?

It's because the ride has safety functions that won't allow it to even START if all the over-the-shoulder harnesses aren't ratcheted into a locking position. That's what the workers mean when they say "the light was on!", they're saying that the safety features on the ride indicated that all 30 harnesses were ratcheted down and locked into place. Otherwise the ride wouldn't have started at all, until all were safely ratcheted down in a locking position.

There could be one person on that ride and 29 empty seats, the operator couldn't have started the ride until the shoulder bars on all seats were in a locked down position.

The 14 year old kid was simply too big for the poor design and slipped under the locked bar when the ride hit the brakes at 75 mph. If the shoulder bar was simply unlocked he would've fallen out at the top of the ride when the seats tilted forward, instead he slid out when the ride hit the brakes at about 100 ft above ground level. It was mostly due to poor design and lack of a safety belt or harness that acts as a failsafe, but also partially due to his size.

That weight falling at 75mph coming to a sudden stop creates a lot of G force, and his shoulder bar wasn't low enough to keep his mass from sliding under it. A seatbelt between the legs would've totally prevented this, although the dude may have some sore nuts for a while.

The operators aren't the ones at fault here, it's the ride owners and designers that are for not forseeing this. That ride is as tall as the tallest skyscraper in Arkansas, any fall from it is deadly when humans basically die at 30+ feet of freefall.

My take is the dude was just too big for the retention system.

Even if the top bar is latched enough deceleration can push a fat person through the gap.

It could be a latch failure but who knows.

Really need a belt system for backup on rides like this.

Expensive lesson for the dead kid and everyone associated with the design, maintenance, and operation of the ride system who will get their arse sued off and lose millions.

I pray to God my life doesn't ever depend on getting emergency first aid from the human slugs who take these videos and the ride operators who just watch a guy on the ground and can't even be bothered to check his vitals or administer first aid or even see if the dude is conscious.

I will say- probably one of the better ways to go out. Happened so fast he probably didn’t even register what was going on.

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That ride is as tall as the tallest skyscraper in Arkansas

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OK. Is this serious or comedy? I honestly have no idea.

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Kid could've landed at the emergency room entrance for johns hopkins and he wasn't gonna make it. Blaming a bunch of medically unqualified people achieves nothing. I would presume none had universal precautions to even touch the kid in his state.

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Not relevant. A human being should be tended to in this situation even if there may be no chance of survival. And how is one to know if they just stand there and do nothing.

You don't just let someone lay there and say frick it, not my probs. FFS if his brains are splattered all over the ground get a tarp and cover it up.

These are the animals that walk amongst us and it's getting worse. Our culture is pretty screwed.

This is why the major theme parks will take 6 months to ride test before officially opening a new attraction. We can have the entire ride completed inside and out, the rule is essentially 6 months of constant testing. Icon Park in my mind is on the same level as fun spot which is on the same level as a carnival. Not something I exactly trust, with ICON park going over and beyond to have the “biggest” attraction

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You watch someone jump from a skyscraper. You gonna do what CPR? Can you find the mouth? His head is probably shaped like a melon. Blood and brains from everywhere. Chest compressions? Like doing compressions on an old waterbed mattress. All you are doing is disturbing a "crime scene".

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You sure know a lot more about this guys condition than I do based on the short video.

You at least check the dude's vitals to see if he is alive. Then if there is a pulse you administer CPR.

It's how humans are supposed to treat other humans.

I'm not talking about a person who is a red stain on the concrete.

Don't be obtuse.

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you don't do cardiopulmonary resuscitation on someone with a pulse. If you were there you just exacerbated internal injuries. Congrats on making his final moments less pleasant than necessary.

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You do if the motherfricker is not breathing on his own.

You may omit the chest compressions if there is a pulse but there has to be respiration to maintain life.

Your "gothca" is retarded.

the boy's father has spoken out

https://nypost.com/2022/03/25/teen-was-freaking-out-on-orlando-ride-before-his-death-dad-says/