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08-07-2016, 03:29 PM | |
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Child dies at Schlitterbahn in KCK
This is horrifying. Supposed to be a press conference soon with more details. Rumors seem to indicate it happened on the Verrukt, the world's tallest waterslide.
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08-07-2016, 04:13 PM | #16 |
#RIPAce
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Terrible tragedy. Heartbreaking.
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08-07-2016, 04:13 PM | #17 |
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08-07-2016, 04:14 PM | #18 |
In Search of a Life
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08-07-2016, 04:15 PM | #19 |
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RIP young man.
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08-07-2016, 04:18 PM | #20 |
You Sweetie!
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Sad to read.
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08-07-2016, 04:19 PM | #21 |
World's Best Boss
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LATE EDIT: Nothing's confirmed. Tweet I saw was an up close picture of what looked like blood on the slide from a firefighter (not even sure if he's local) and he ended up taking it down. There are still a few grainy shots out there but people are disputing that its blood, saying the stain has been there for a while. There's all kinds of conflicting reports about what happened so I won't speculate until we get more clarification.
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08-07-2016, 04:20 PM | #22 |
Let's Get Weird
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Had so much ahead of him and he gets robbed because of a supposed fun day at a water park. Not fair. RIP.
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08-07-2016, 04:22 PM | #23 |
Damnit Peg
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08-07-2016, 04:24 PM | #24 |
Mammoth penis
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08-07-2016, 04:24 PM | #25 |
MVP
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08-07-2016, 04:26 PM | #26 |
BAMF
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Heard a girl also lost an eye
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08-07-2016, 04:28 PM | #27 |
Immanentize The Eschaton
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There is a video of a run of the ride taken from the POV of a rear facing camera at the feet of the rider. Late in the video, at around the 38 or 39 second mark, there appears to be the beginning of a cage/netting structure that covers a segment of the slide. That's the only point in the ride that I see where a rider could be going fast enough that getting air might lead to a decapitation, and I would imagine that the recirculating pump could bring enough bodily fluid back to the beginning of the ride that there might be a visible red mark of some kind.
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08-07-2016, 04:34 PM | #28 |
"Think BOOM!"
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The hump in the middle of that thing gave me the willies since the first time I saw it.
What a horrible accident. Thoughts for the family, and the boy. I see that you are supposed to be at least 14 to ride that thing, too. |
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08-07-2016, 04:34 PM | #29 |
Scarlett Johansson's boytoy
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08-07-2016, 04:35 PM | #30 |
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Anybody ridden this thing?
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