He's the one this park needed. The ride was "band-aided" for too long... He finaly stood his ground in front of everyone else, leading to the long-needed shut down
As a long time coaster fan I'm sad that it didn't work out and I genuinely hope we get another looping wooden coaster, though chances are it'll either be no taller than 100ft or it'll be steel framed making it more of a hybrid than a true wooden coaster. Many riders over the years stated that the transition from wooden to steel track for the loop was jarring and caused minor neck pain in many riders. I wished to ride it back in 2008 and even had a poster of it. At least I got to be one of the many people who were injured on Green Lantern First Flight.
@@spinningpeanutat the Six Flags New England they turned the old wooden coaster into a hybrid but it's still better than getting rid of it because it was there before Six Flags bought the amusement park.
I live in Cincinnati and rode Son of Beast many times. Although it really did beat the hell out of you, those rose bowls were so intense and fun. I acknowledge that it was dangerous from the start, but I really do miss that violent ride. Brings back so many memories.
@crazybub11 I'm from Northern Kentucky originally, but live in South Florida for 19 years now. I grew up going to Kings Island. I enjoyed Son of Beast a couple times. It did beat you up a bit! But super fun. I loved the Vortex and King Cobra!! Not sure if those are even there anymore.
My biggest issue is the misadventure ruling. Death is not an expected outcome of riding any amusement park ride, and if we treat it like it is, we should tear all the rides down.
Yep, absolutely ridiculous. The coroner's saying the victim deliberately removed their seatbelt, or climbed out the carriage, or similar. No evidence to suggest that, so their decision should've been appealed.
Even as someone who’s terrified of rollercoasters and any high altitude ride that could kill me from 1 malfunction I know that amusement park rides aren’t made to kill people, nor does anyone who isn’t su!cidalwould think of allowing themselves to be killed
I'm willing to take that risk for a thrill ride. I know that all man made devices are not 100% safe and smart enough to know that speed kills. You should be smart enough to understand that even taking precautions, death is always possible on any high speed or heavy machine or ride created by humans.
When the mother said "I will never get a chance to see him grow up", that hit me like a truck, I started crying and still am. I can't believe how easily lives can be lost. Do me a favour and hug your loved ones, tell them how much they mean to you and hold them close before it's too late to do so.
the amount of times a child and even parents have gotten angry at me when taking my shift running the drop tower, saying the person before me was letting some actual child on the ride before and that it was fine even though they are way too tiny and we could lose our job with one bracelet check/undercover checker- is still beyond me. Despite numerous tries with managers and even confronting a coworker nothing changed. sometimes these places are genuinely horrifying behind the scenes.
I am glad you dont bend to them. I am sure some coworkers do bend the rules and let them on. But entitled assholes also lie if they see shift changes thinking the "but the last person let me do it" will sway the new employee, even if its blatantly untrue. Both happen. But safety and following the rules is what is most important. I am glad you hold steadfast. 😊
How was Gemma’s death found to be Misadventure? If she had known that the ride had faulty wiring, she would almost certainly not have got on the ride, so she did not “willingly” take the risk. That is not how the verdict of Misadventure is meant to be applied.
Exactly it wasn't a fucking bumper car ride, the height limit was legit for toddlers, how would that scream dangerous ride only board if you dare? Poor girl
They need to put bigger warning signs to potential victims if they want to blame park goers for "misadventure" when they die through no fault of their own...THIS RIDE MAY WANT TO KILL YOU!
But 20 year old? Wtf. Do my eyes deceive me.This kid looks about 13 it 14 especially for 2001. That's like the official primary school photo to get. That can't be her at 20...really? The later senior ball/prom/debs she looks about 17 or so, that makes more sense, maybe she just looks really young for her age but th4 first one looks like she is still growing up
I'm gonna do some research cause I'm going to dollywood this weekend and I think it's the safest park so far that's because I've never heard any accidents from there.
@@littlebeanjr12 I've been to Dollywood twice. It is the safest park in America because regular daily tests are done. Some rides they do it every few runs to make sure. If you go, you got to ride the water ride smokey mountain river rampage. One of my favorites. Went there as a kid and teen, been wanting to go back will go back when I can walk again. Prosthetic problems at the moment with my amputation but it's a fun park, plenty to do.
I was horrified by the free fall drop tower incident because the previous day I was on that exact ride I was like 13, and this sent chills down my spine I was scared I felt bad for tyre I felt horrible about this but I'm really grateful that I was not hurt or anything by this ride and nothing happened the day I was there, but I also feel so sorry for this kid that he was hit by this kind of impact flying out of his seat and loosing a life is just horrible. So I'm so sorry for him and devastated. But we all know that he is in a better place now I'm so sorry for his family, and the tragedy that day. Thoughts and prayers, love, and justice, let his soul be happy a collective wish everyone the best❤😔
I was in a roller coaster accident when I was 6 years old. We slammed into a faulty car that was stopped at the bottom of a big hill. I ate the handlebar so hard that it shoved my 4 front teeth up into my gums. My older sister who was sitting behind me suffered a broken leg. The boy next to me had healed burn scars from a previous house fire that he was in and a bunch of them broke open. I don’t remember a lot of the aftermath after being taken off the ride and rushed to the hospital. I could not eat normal food, drink from a straw or even blow out my birthday candles till I was almost 8. My teeth were jacked when my permanent teeth came in. I had extensive dental work and braces when I was a teenager due to my injuries. My parents sued but in 1979 you didn’t get awarded settlements like you do today. It was around $20k put in a trust fund that matured when I was 18. I have PTSD from this that has prevented me from riding amusement park rides most of my life. Only recently, I’ve overcome some fears for my granddaughter. Watching this video, makes my teeth hurt all over again. 😢
I’m sure you hear this a lot but I am SO sorry for your awful experience. That sounds horrible, and you deserve to at least have/had your dental work covered since the rollercoaster ruined them. I hope you’re doing well now and safe and sound ❤
I'm crippled by fear of getting in a car wreck and worry about all of my kids getting in one even though they are very good defensive drivers. There's mechanical failures or just some other stupid driver. I'm 71 now and I only drive to the store about a mile from home.
The duck boat incident breaks me every time. I can't imagine the grief that family, especially the survivors, must have felt. My heart goes out to them.
@@creppypastaloveri dont agree that he should be charged. I live in that area, amd those storms just blew up out of nowhere. We didnt think anything of it. Poor guy didnt set out to kill anyone, and probably expected it to sprinkle a little bit, which is normal. As for thunderstorm watches being issued hours earlier... thats kind of the problem with T Storm watches. No one takes them serious because they always issue them, but we only get a sprinkling of rain from them around 5% of the time.. or less. Especially if theyre issued 12 hours earlier, where nothing has happened during the previous 11 hours.
And all because some slimy crime boss dredged up from the ghettos of Russia wanted to buy Luna Park. And what's worse, he succeeded, in a way - it was sold to his cousins, and his businesses earned a lot of money off the park too.
abe saffron was jewish, how did I know that? its like jewish people have a callous disregard for human life, same for the jewish director of the movie noahs ark, who ended up killing several by flooding and is quoted as saying the actors have to take care of themselves before the incident. Not to mention The jewish owner of the twin towers who was there every day beforehence until 9/11, had taken out a several billion dollar insurance policy on it 2 weeks prior Lucky Larry, there was a group of israeli "movers" that were shown high fiving and dancing as the towers fell, when interviewed they said they were there to record the incident, they dissolved their company and moved back to israel, some were confirmed to be mossad agents. Like when you have this sort of things happen over and over again, in an inordinate ratio, with people in power being both of that religion and incredibly callous with the lives of others, or just promoting the destruction of the conceptual fabric of culture and identity. It fits if you look at what the talmud says about the gentiles.
Saffron's cousins Hal and Col Goldstein and his nephew Sam Cowper ran the company that won control of Luna Park after the fire, huh interesting goldstein
@@vulpesinculta3238 Since I'm from an ex comunist country I can give some warnings myself. Never trust: an engineer, a business manager and a builder who come from them. Especially with these kinds of projects, they will only neglect it. Unless you're willing to give them proper training in the new place they wanna work, don't hire.
There was another accident on a “rapids ride” in Australia-this time it wasn’t too much water, it was not enough. One of the circular rafts stranded on the guide rails, was hit by the next raft and both flipped. Four people died, not from drowning, but because they were caught in the machinery that moved the rafts. It took hours to recover the bodies out of the machinery and many of the first responders said it was the worst thing they’d seen. I had always thought those things were fairly safe - shallow water, cameras everywhere, no heights to fall from... Next time my family go to a park, if you can’t swim, you’re not going on a water ride. It might not help, but it could also make the difference so….erring on the side of caution.
Im sure those people could swim but they were trapped. I went on that ride with my dad. It was like the least scary ride there. So surprising people died on that one of all the rides there.
I know this comment is like a month old, but I remember, during the same year those people died, that rapid water ride was my favourite ever. Would constantly wait in line to go on it. Even when the day was ending I would always go on it because there was barely any lines. I remember hearing a couple months later what happened and, me being 12 at the time, was so utterly shocked and disgusted I legit kept throwing up anytime it popped into my head.
I can imagine that horror....I threw a party on a beach in high school and after 2 of my friends were hit by a passing train I had to ID their remains....you don't forget that
Duck boats-I absolutely cannot fathom losing all but one of your family members, being one of just 2 survivors from an entire family from kids to spouses to in laws to parents, etc
I rode one of those things as a kid with my grandpa. We were originally going to go to a nearby amusement park that day but chose the ducks. Even though ours went off without a hitch, I'm never getting into one of those things again nor am I letting any of my loved ones.
My dad passed away last year in December. I will never forget going on top thrill dragster repeatedly. He took me all around the country. I took it for granted as a kid. I miss him so fucking much
Rest easy knowing that is one of the greatest compliments a Father can get. Where ever he might be, he is sad that you miss him, and yet somehow proud that you do.
He did his job as a father well, and he must have been proud of it. We always feel we took things for granted in the past... but that still doesn't mean that sharing that time with you wasn't some of the best moments for him ❤
Getting flung out the drop tower at 75 mph and hitting the concrete is like going through a windshield during a car crash, you'll be dead on impact! That poor, kid!
Tyre was a child, regardless of his size, and he died horribly. He deserves only empathy and compassion, not blame. The video went around on tiktok without any warnings, so i had no idea what it was when it came on my fyp I will never ever ever get the sound of him hitting the ground out of my head, not if I live to be a hundred. That poor kid.
this ... I remember when the incident first happened, so many people were making comments about how they didn't believe he was only 14, that he should've known better than to get on the ride, that his parents were negligent in letting him get heavy, etc etc it was so bizarrely callous
yeah the blame lies with the operators who let him ride and the manufacturers who didn't add any extra safety features. you should ALWAYS have extra safety features in a ride! and while turning guests away from rides sucks, it's always better to err on the side of caution.
@@fortunamajor7239probably racism, frankly. it's been shown in research studies that people "adultify" black kids-- then being that big, ppl will do it for sure!
@@missnoncompliant6279 he had a broken arm and the rafts weigh more than 1500lbs. It is nice to think you can solve every problem but that is not always the case.
@@justinron1772 Was her arm broke? 800 pounds and who said anything about lifting it? Since it flipped over when they all were on it, did THEY lift it when they escaped? The same way they got out they could've went in and saved them. Why am I the only one seeing this?
I'm surprised with the Orlando Free Fall Drop Tower incident, that they didn't post the weight limit in the same places that they put the height warning. It wouldn't absolve them of everything, but it certainly puts a bit of the responsibility back on the customer.
Personally, I feel like they DID post the weight limit and the customers might’ve been a little belligerent with making him able to fit- or something like that (since it was the last ride of the night and he couldn’t ride on ANY of them. But that would still be the operators fault for not sticking to the weight limit no matter what.
I haven’t been to that park in particular but usually they only put up a height requirement but at the end of the day it’s up to the operator to decide whether that person can ride or not. That being said, this “kid” is bigger than most grown men at the age of 14. The same way that a kid that’s too small has to understand they’re too small, he should’ve known he’s too big to ride carnival rides.
The park illegaly tempered with the seat, so that ovrweight people could fit in. So it is very unlikely that there were any weight restrictions. The park is to blame, but the employees, that put the people on the ride, are not because they didn't know about that. They maybe were a bit naive to never question the instructions to place overweight riders in the first two seats, but the boy was as niave to not question why he is allowed to ride this thing when he is not allowed every other ride and to not try if the restriction fits him before the ride took off. But that were young people, i don't blame them to be a bit naive from time to time, we all were, but i blame the park operators who ordered the seat to be altered illegaly.
The park owners were responsible, but if people are hellbent to blame the kids who staff the rides who are told to get as many on as possible no matter what, don’t challenge the guest - they need to blame the child who rode despite it feeling unsafe as the friends have stayed. Or the parents/adults for going to a questionable at best park because Icon being poor on safety wasn’t a secret.
I’ve seen a fair bit of commentary, mostly on the Tron ride in Magic Kingdom in Disney World, saying it’s really not fair and fatphobic to not accommodate all body types, so maybe fear of accusations of fatphobia played a part?
What happened to the ride operator who allowed Tyre on that ride? Whether a weight limit was posted or not, he had to look at him and think no way can this kid ride on this. Just sad. Kid prob got picked on his whole short life bc of his size and just wanted to have fun. Poor baby. Breaks my heart.
I worked on Banshee in 2017; it’s so eerie, they left the station of Son of Beast to rot. It was used as a haunted attraction for a few seasons, but now it’s completely abandoned. When walking the Banshee track at night, my supervisors and coworkers would dare each other to sneak into the old station to steal old parts and bits from it. The trains are still in the station underneath it, and half the time the eternal flame for Son of Beast isn’t even turned on. It’s wild to me, because I vividly remember being like 11-12 years old and crying when I found out they were gonna tear it down, because it meant I would never get to ride it (I was a huge coaster fan, then and now). My Dad and I rode our bikes from our house to the park to watch them tear down the final hill. It’s so wild seeing such a huge part of my childhood memories (and teenage stories) on such a big channel.
You missed nothing. I rode it on one of my many US trips in the early 2000's and it was HORRIBLE. I had 2 discs out from it, and the only other coaster I ever had such an injury (or close to but not as bad) was on was Hercules at Dorney (thank goodness that's gone as well). SOB left me hotel room bound for 7 days on pain pills and Bengay. You can imagine how happy my travel partner was LOL. He got a vile headache from it and took a day off and a lot of Tylenol, but in comparison he was the lucky one. Since then I do my research and do not ride rough as guts rides anymore. Rattles and a few bumps are ok, I set the threshold to about X2 standards, nothing worse than that in terms of roughness. It's just not worth it, no ride is. And it wasn't even enjoyable cause it was like we were in a salad shaker. I rode it when it still had a loop. One ride in the back car like the moron I was (thinking it would be the best seat), and even there, zero airtime. Just 2 minutes of beating me up. I never rode it again, even after loop was removed. No way. It must have been 2002 but I went to USA 98/2000/01/02 twice/03/04/05/07/08/14/16/19/23 so I can't remember exactly which trip as I've been to Kings Island quite a few times in the early 2000's (then called PKI). I've only been once to KI however since SOB was demolished, and that was this year, just a couple months back! Had a wonderful time. Glad it's gone. Banshee wasn't exactly smooth either which shocked me for a B&M, and shivering timbers was starting to need som re track maintenance IMO (still rideable), but I missed the older woodies this time, I didn't want to risk it. Nothing is worth real pain. One rollercoaster to really earn its name, SOB. They were using the Acronym for a different reason and ironically never realised that it applied in the real world with the much more common use: son of a...........
Historical evidence suggests. If a company claims a sailing vessel is ‘unsinkable’ it is absolutely guaranteed to be, in fact, just as sinkable as all the rest and much more likely to actually sink.
my heart broke for gemma when I heard she was a biomed science student, as I’m a medical scientist that too loves amusement parks and am pained the ride failed her. she deserved so much better than “misadventure.” it’s absolutely the park’s duty to ensure safety, otherwise they’d have us sign waivers to ride.
'Misadventure' just means that the engineer's actions were not criminal and her death was an accident. Otherwise the engineer would've been charged with manslaughter.
@@therat1117 I know to list 25 lies of this world: lets analyse the lies which are world wide believed and origin from masons: lie: schools are of use (fact. schools keep slavery alive and stands for dumbing down the population of mankind) lie: moon and mars landings, (fact: even masons know they cannot leave - earth is closed system, unless you want to drown, there is no other place created for us to live in.) lie: news channels share truth (fact: these are for politic propaganda) lie: voting matters (fact: politic propaganda) lie: money has a value of its own (fact: it is just a tool of this world, which value has been agreed upon world wide, it should be not loved, only used as needed.) lie: NASA lies (globe and all....) (fact: NASA stands for TO DECEIVE and 2 members expose their own lies, one is still alive, the other (Wernher Von Braun) place a clear clue on his own gravestone) - you havn´t searched - have you? lie: the lgbtq++++ propaganda (fact: it is a part of masonry depopulation agenda, 500 000 000 souls, thats their goal - Georgia Guidestones! - who said it be worthy to forgot?) lie: Evolution and the dinosaurs. (fact: mankind is not hybrid kind) to keep stating that there was an evolution, then we ain´t humans, we aint then mankind, we are then hybrids. Are you a hybrid? Lie: holidays (xmas, Halloween, new year eve and so on) (fact: PAGAN HOLIDAYS, to praise BAAL, the god of this world) lie: U.F.Os (fact: they are demons/evil spirits in high places, against whom we fight daily = spiritual warfare) lie: rules and laws rule the world (fact: signs and symbols of masonry do) lie: believe in being educated (fact: found daily living with the lack of knowledge) lie: religions are ways to heaven (fact: JESUS CHRIST is only way to heaven. Religions, no matter its name = masonic garbage) lie: our dead loved ones stay around to “ghost” (fact: hunting and ghosting is job of demons, not of humans. We, humans, come from GOD and return back to HIM and all the stories of having been seen a ghost - terrifying, scary, dark, cold - again no job of analysing been done here by you- right?) Lie: Humans have no immune system and we need vaccines as these save lives (fact: humans HAVE IMMUNE SYSTEM and vaccines are created for one or two purpose: to kill or to cripple. If you took all their poison shots then later in life comes all kinds of medical diagnoses = vaccines crippled you - remember that) lie: there is no GOD (fact: There is GOD, who redeems sinners and created us directly from the dust of the earth: Psalms 139:14 (KJV) I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.) to keep claiming that there is no GOD and we aint created directly from the dust of the earth, we soon run out logic, regardless to we place “evolution” in our claims or not and our dead, whats happening to them as they sleep in their graves? - they decay away, becoming the dust form which they were taken, if it ain`t so then we are simply reality deniers. lie: 911 was terror attack (fact: 911 was an inside job, meaning the work of your loved government) lie: Tv watching is of use (fact: television (TV) = tell a lie vision, a weapon for our minds, keeping it under MK ULTRA) half lie/half truth: earth is a stage where everyone plays rolls (fact: earth is stage, a freemasonry checkerboard, where both side, black and white are masons and humans both in politics and regular souls = the naive public gets daily played) lie: children are government to raise (fact: children are parents to raise, it takes 2 to make them, it takes 2 to raise them). Lie: we live already in the matrix (fact: we live since birth in BABYLON which is to become “matrix” as Man - us, must merge with machine aka take the mark of the beast and then matrix aka false reality becomes to be 100%) lie: humans are not intelligent enough (fact: it is forgotten fact, we all are intelligent, many have suffered the illness from this world, being indoctrinated by masons, cause who give us the school system which we have? masons did, because they need slaves). Lie: love is low standard and = lust (fact love is high standard as love means> John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Lie> do what thy wilt there is no body who has the right to judge you (fact> GOD SHALL JUDGE YOU AFTER YOU HAVE DEPARTED ON EARTH and Christians are also called to give out righteous judgment, therefore repent * born again * go and sin no more) lie: slavery is over (fact: slavery was never over, it just changes a little as we are no longer buy`d or sold, still prepared through school systems for our future slavery, succumb to our slave lives based on our free will) lie: BIBLE is man written and a fairytale (fact: BIBLE is by GOD, through man, bible is not fairytale. BIBLE IS: BASIC INFORMATION BEFORE LEAVING EARTH = BIBLE. A book - yes, book which we all need as it is only one filled with information and instructions we all need for life on earth. 25 lies, should i go on? This world ain´t deceived, out there to deceive? Topic we need to know: search in short: BIBLE + FREEMASONRY. Freemasonry and its plans/agendas/projections/ operations: project blue beam project MK ULTRA Operation Paperclip Operation Mockingbird
The Luna Park employees who did their best to save people were heros. The speed in completely tearing down the attraction is extremely suspect. If the arsonist had waited until the park was closed, it would have been bad, but vastly better than what happened. This was really sad.
@@meegcrowther7280Netflix claim it was a cover up with very little evidence. Also think about it, if it was set up so that the land could be purchased, what would be the point in setting it alight while the park was open when they could risk killing people, when you could get the same result in setting it on fire after the park was closed. Occams razor, the simplest solution is usually the correct one, it was a tragic fire caused by faulty wiring. The only alternative is a complex cover up, including government officials and cops who paid a street gang to light a fire and the only witnesses are a couple of kids who heard something, but are coincidentally being paid by Netflix to be involved. Which one sounds more likely.
The "freefall" ride at my local amusement park has ALWAYS had a seatbelt that connects the shoulder and chest restraint to the seat in between both legs so it's IMPOSSIBLE to slide out of the seat; unlike the ride in Orlando that claimed Tyre's life. RIP big guy, hope you're making huge tackles in Heaven ! 🙏
I was on one of those rides, I think it was called "the drop" or something like that at Kings Dominion in Virginia. We were at the top, waiting to drop. A voice came on and said " please keep your arms in the ride." I knew RIGHT away that something was wrong. I started yelling at my husband that it didn't happen with any other times it went up. Sure enough, we were stuck. I am seriously afraid of heights but love thrill rides because...well...I keep my eyes closed and scream..So this was my worst nightmare. I keep screaming to my hard of hearing husband "what the hell is going on!!" He says there's white maintenance trucks coming..Finally after about 20 minutes we started creeping downward at a snails pace. Which is better then the alternative. They offered ONE front of the line pass to every two people. UMMM>> NO. You will give me 6 of them thank you very much.
They want to maximize throughput and removed the seat belt in the design, insane. I had never any ride I've been on with shoulder restraint without redundant seat belt.
@dinaheath you an Tyree's family is what's wrong with America. You were 400 feet in the air and experienced freefall. And you lived. By the tone of your comment I can safely assume that you have no talents or skills, so it's fair to say you would never feel that type of thrill without an amusement park. That kind of experience comes with risk. You assume that risk when you agree to get on. Demanding passes when something goes wrong is classic Karen behavior. It's gross to me when people complain like you have. I've seen people complain in grocery stores knowing damn well they would starve if shopping for food wasn't an option. Remember Karen, the only way to experience freefall before those rides were invented was to jump off of a bridge or cliff, or fall out of a plane. You want to cheat death, and get compensated when something goes wrong? Gross.
I love how this gp doesn’t make outlandish claims like most other channels. He does research and mentions the actual cause. makes it watchable, hell it makes it enjoyable
@@StickHits hard to tell. Mostly because his cadence was consistent. There's another guy called Styrafoam something that does that, similar colored logo.
Eh, in all honesty, the blame lies on his parents AND the ride operator. The kid was well over the weight limit and should NEVER have been allowed on those rides.
Yeah I blame the right operator and the parents it was just way too big it's sad but me looking at that kid and I looked at his mother holy Moses they're just big people man I wouldn't want to make that mother mad at me
I don't understand how people can blame the parents, if there's no posted weight limit and the ride operator checked him in then how exactly were they supposed to assume it was unsafe? Just cause he was large doesn't mean he should be assumed to be in danger at all times, the faith you place in places that include rides like that is that they know to alert you to maximum weight/size limits, it's a pretty basic expectation.
i was probably 8 at holiday world and got on a ride, i kept waiting for them to make push my restraint down and they just passed me every time. they started the coaster until the person next in line started screaming that they didnt hook mine. i can't believe he even noticed i was just so small i couldnt speak up for myself. they stopped the coaster but we had to wait like 45 minutes for them to reverse it and get us off. all holiday world did was offer us free tickets 😭
27 years ago I almost fell out of a ride because I wasn't properly restraint / locked in place. I managed to hold on to the chair even through several loopings and the whole thing swinging back and forth. One of the most traumatic experiences in my life. I can imagine how scared these victims must have been 😢
Thank you for highlighting the corruption of the Police Force in the Luna Park fire, which went all the way up to the Chief Comissioner at the time. We also had an identical raft flipping at one of our amusement parks in Queensland.
@middayenglishman6003 thats not even true. A coroner's report of misadventure is the same as the us coroner's report of accidental death. A cororners report isn't the end all be all ruling, that is still up to a judge and jury.
I’ve heard the story about the raft ride flipping before but I hadn’t heard that a family who were experiencing problems just left without telling the park. I know they had to leave because their child was having a breakdown but man, can you imagine if they had just said something real quick on the way out?
While yeah, it would've been ideal for them to tell someone, considering it's former Action Park (the place that lets their teen workers get drunk) I doubt it would've helped much.
Based on the fact that TWO of their gates, one of which was the emergency entrance were blocked, I’m not sure anything would have changed. But it’s certainly possible it could have. Can always call the park while you’re in the car leaving if you can’t stop on the way out.
@@JacaboBlanco Based on the list of safety issues, likely they'd just have taken the one raft out of service, and the same structural issues would have persisted. Would have saved this kid tho, yea.
It's not the rider's responsibility to inform the park of issues with the ride. They should have people supervising the rides to spot issues and maintain their equipment properly.
There are always shortcuts. I hear people say the same thing, especially about airplane accidents. "They should do 100% safety, inspect everything daily, replace with new parts daily" but then everybody looks for the cheapest flight. Any airline who puts safety first cannot compete economically and goes out of business. Nobody wants to pay $5000 per seat. They same is true for amusement parts. People aren't going to pay $500 for a day pass. Sp the parks hire under qualified people to run the rides, and they only do major maintenance inspections twice a year. Parks that do put safety first and spend what it takes, they close down because they don't make money.
As said above companies can't operate like that... It's not financially viable. People want cheap but quality... You can't have both. Choose one. Most of these incidents are simply human error, most ride operators during these incidents are teenagers who have no freaking clue what they are doing.
The real danger lies in the monotony of day to day operations. No matter how safe and vigilant park operators are, eventually everyone gets lulled into a false sense of security. For example, you drive home every day on the freeway at lethal speeds, and yet you almost never consider that any moment could be your last. It’s virtually impossible for any human to be on high alert for danger, constantly without fail.
very jewish comments justifying criminal negligence because "oy vey how are they going to make a profit if they adhere to safety standards" how about they make less profit and still stay in business, you in the comments are really overestimating the issue of proper saftey lol, also its illegal, in your spaced out brains you think if a company isn't making massive profit than the must be losing money. The fact is that if they were required by law to have these standards then companies would exist and they won't change 1000 per ticket or day pass, stop shilling chike.
@@BritishEcho totally regarded argument, people are entitled to safety its not a dilemma because its illegal in the first place. companies are able to run with safety regulations, and no they dont charge 500 per ticket tard. you think they can afford to build million dollar structures and not afford proper maintenance and engineers?
Now that I think about it, the number of times I’ve been slightly injured on amusement park rides is kinda unsettling. -A roller coaster slammed on the brakes so hard that my face hit the seat in front of me. The people behind me noticed and advised me to sue but I just walked it off. -I’ve blacked out two or three times. - I went on a ride that pinched my legs hard between the restraints every time it flipped upside down. -I was waiting for a ride to start when a very very large woman was stuffed into the seat next to me. I couldn’t get my arm through the restraint and it was stuck at an awkward angle making me unable to hold on and so I flopped around painfully. -The girl next to me wouldn’t hold on and every time we turned she slammed into me and I got a huge bruise on my hip. -The time me and my cousin went on a stand up coaster and it wasn’t locked down all the way so her feet weren’t even touching the ground the whole ride. -My 6’6 stepdad was seated next to me on a coaster and every time we went round a bend my head slammed into his knee. He also said he felt unsafe. I think I’m done with coasters and thrill rides, I’ll stick to the slow stuff.
I feel so bad for Tyre . 😥 My son was over 6' at the age of 13 . We stopped going to theme parks because of his size . Instead we went to water parks and took up hiking . At 6'5" and 280lbs , he barely fits in a car ! 😁 A 14 year , old wants to have fun and trusts the adults around them . Just a horrible thing to happen to a child.
I mean.. Folks, I raised three kids and I would be a little alarmed if my son was as BIG as Tyre. Of course, you can't hold the low functioning parents responsible for that. I too blame the park not being strict letting letting fat folks ride on devices built in Europe and made for skinnier people.
A former thrill seeker who sustained an injury at Kennywood Park in pa in2003,this has changed my view on amusement parks 💯🙏for all injured parties,their families and the deceased
I will never forget the video of that young man from STL at icon park on that free fall ride. The sound of his body hitting the pavement will forever haunt me 😢 Im so sorry for all these ppl that got injured or passed away.
Imagine being that ride operator at the Orlando drop tower and hearing the company wrongfully blame you for that boy's death. Disgusting... I can't even
Whoever adjusted the sensors so that the brace wouldn't need to close as far as it should, would be one person to be held accountable, unless directly ordered to change it. Even then, both should be held accountable. Though you really can't blame some seasonal teen age college kid who's just following their bosses' instructions.
Isn't it the operator who has to check that everything is in place before each trip? Are they not trained for this? He had to have seen whether the brace was in the right place or not. There was 1 place that stood out but he didn't react to it?? It is probably also the operator who must check whether the person is within the specifications to be allowed to join.
As someone who grew up in Iowa and went to Adventure land many a times throughout my childhood, the raging river accident is no surprise for me. Not only is Adventure Land very lax with safety plus the Iowa regulations are so loose. After the August Derecho of 2020 a whole bunch of Iowa's architecture and agriculture from the west to the east, was heavily impacted. I'm not at all surprised that a year later the structure of any Adventure land rides/attractions failed. It's a tragedy in itself and my thoughts go out to others who also lost family during the disaster, but the Iowan government did nothing to help Iowans, let alone supply aid to Linn and Johnson county the counties hit the hardest by the disaster. I'm in no way surprised they ignored other emergencies i.e. the biggest tourist attraction in Iowa. Being Adventureland, Capitol building, and the Casinos
Yes!! I just got done writing the same thing! On the outlaw i was almost thrown out due to the seatbelt. I fractured some ribs. The outlaw has been up since 1960 making it the oldest thing in adventureland
As a long-time scuba- and skydiver, I would respectfully ask you not to equal these two activities (where I am in control of my decisions and the condition of my equipment) with theme park rides or bungee jumping, where you are in control of nothing. Accidents in both my chosen fields of activity are caused by human error rather than a third party or simple equipment failure. And scuba diving is no search of an adrenaline rush. Unless one pushes safety limits. I know few environments as peaceful as the sea, whether ten or thirty metres below the surface.
I almost fell out of a spinning ride when i was about 8 yrs old and too short to ride it. I was placed right next to the opening and when it started spinning, I was being pulled towards the opening. I used all my strength to hold onto the bar and try to wedge my to touch the floor or the ride. It was scary, but since I didn't want to loose ride privileges, I didn't tell anyone what happened, until now, to say there are reasons for hight restrictions. And, don't let your kids sit near the opening on a ride like that. This video is very sad. These people went to the park believing them to be safe. No one thinks, I'm going to die doing this fun thing 10,000s of other people do everyday. Parks shouldn't be allowed to call their malfunctions that cause death whatever they called it in legal terms.
I rode a wooden rollercoaster when I was 15 and being under 5' tall, it hurt me bad. This was in the 1970's and at a beach. There was no padding and it slammed my back into the wooden seat, so I never rode a rollercoaster since. My kids love them but it always bothers me. As for the duck boat...tragic. I still cry❤❤❤
I live in St.Louis and I was visiting universal in Orlando at the time Tyree passed. I do not know him or his family or friends, but just being connected in the fact we are from the same city and we were both visiting Orlando and riding rides, really shook me up. Especially as a fan of drop rides. I will never look at one the same or without thinking of him. I hope he is resting peacefully. It was horrible how the video was plastered all across social media. His poor family. I hope they are doing well.
23:10 "for those of you who are unfamiliar, a block zone is a section of ride that only one train may occupy. at the end of each block zone is a method to stop a train in case the block zone ahead is still occupied. this is the safety system that prevents roller coaster trains from colliding with one another"
On Wednesday, July 12 2023, Michigan woman Rachel Hawes filed a lawsuit against the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. According to the New York Post, Hawes was gravely injured after a piece of metal from a Cedar Point rollercoaster flew off the ride and struck her head. As per the lawsuit, she will require medical treatment for the rest of her life, with the costs exceeding $10 million.
I've ridden the Son of Beast and I remember I had a pretty decent headache afterwards that lasted the rest of the day. Needless to say, that was the first, and only, time I rode it.
R.i.p to the young boy Tyree and everyone else that lost their lives. Also shout out to the two young ladies and young man Jon Philo who risked his life to save another, the woman who wouldn’t except a settlement unless the ride was publicized and also the young lady that asked the men twice if they checked the ride that Tyree was on ,was they sure they checked all seats even though the light. came on.❤❤❤🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
When I was around 14-15, I went on the Duck Boat ride for JR Girls (basically Girl Scouts but a lot more focus on Veterans). It was me, my cousins, little sister and a couple of otther girls. They let those little kids take closely supervised control of the boat. I went back about a year ago and the place where you start the tour is haunting to look at now
One would think that after what happened in 1999, they'd have beefed up and implemented better safety measures to prevent the 2018 tragedy from happening as it did.
The belt was NOT required, I have ridden on this companies rides in Europe and they are very safe. Slingshot and the park's owners are to blame, they did NOT fallow manufacturers instructions. Tyre was too big for the ride, he should NEVER have been on it. The fact that the mechanism had been manually adjusted proves the ride had been adjusted and did not fallow the instructions from the company Funtime.
I watched the Orlando FreeFall Drop Tower Incident video off of this video so it wasn't blurred, and watching that kid fly off of that ride and being able to hear him hit the ground was very disturbing and sad. Those workers shouldn't have let him on the ride. The park tried to say he died on the way to the hospital to stop from getting sued and having a lawsuit, but it was quite obvious he died almost immediately.
@Linky962 you wouldn't get very far trying to sue a park for refusing to ride for safety concerns. It is seen very different than refusing service to a minority.
That video was very disturbing. I can't imagine being restrained to a chair after an event like that. Most of all his friend. God that would fuck me up forever having to hear my friend splat on concrete
I worked at (What is now a Six Flags). I was a rides attendant and one of our new rides called The Iron Eagle had the same mechanism as the Drop Tower. The lights indicated that the seat harness was locked and safe. There were weight restrictions. If someone who was sitting in the seat was a bit larger the seat harnass would not lock “on its own” so the attendant would give it a push and many times it would lock. There were also many times we had to simply dismiss the patron because the harnass would not lock due to their size. We had ONE incident on that ride where they gave a patrons seat too much force to lock and allowed him to ride. His oxygen was cut off due to the pressure of his body weight and he passed out. It’s a patrons responsibility just as much as a rides operator to KNOW their weight exceeds the rides restriction’s. You know how much you weigh!
13:30 I’m sorry but Tic was too big. He was already turned away 2x. So unbelievably sad. The amusement park ride operators should have refused him to ride.
Seriously, I can't imagine many things more scary than being on a malfunctioning rollercoaster. I can't ride one without thinking about the cars flying off track or the safety harness breaking or just not locking
When I was 19, I got stuck on the Batman Rollercoaster at the top, and the hydrologic harnesses released, it was terrifying. Thankfully it re-engaged quickly afterwards and they were able to manually release the carts down 40ft and the fire department raised ladders to evacuate us. I'm 43 and haven't gotten back on a rollarcoaster since. It was a warning that I heeded!
given that this roller coaster disaster video doesn't stick strictly to roller coasters, I'm amazed that the incident on the Verrukt waterslide decapitating a young boy was not mentioned in the video.
God, I remember hearing about what happened at The Raging River at that day. It's absolutely horrible to have happen. Adventure Land was always the place we'd go in July for my birthday. I remember the fun and happy memories the rides there brought me, but after hearing this incident happen, I can't really bring myself to go near that area in the park without feeling incredibly uneasy. It's just hard to think that a place that can bring so much happiness can bring so much terror and sorrow. I've only gone back to Adventure Land once after that incident. My last visit was last year with my best friend since they invited me. My heart goes out to the family. I hope they're doing okay after what happened.♥
The case with the raft is heartbreaking especially since if there were no seatbelts the children would have a better chance of survival. That is the reason here in the Netherlands these rides do not have seatbelts. Better in the water free floating if the boat capsizes than being stuck to a capsizing boat.
Dutch children learn to swim by age 6 . I had all my "swim diplomas" by age 8 including life saving . I don't know how deep the river is so that might be an issue. Having gone to High School in the US most of my friends learned how to swim in P.E. class.
I can't imagine how traumatic it would be to be an operator of a ride when an accident happens. Especially if you did everything like you were supposed to. I can't imagine.
I am from Iowa and always loved going to Adventureland. I loved the Raging River when I was a kid. The older I got, the more it seemed the ride would get bumpier and less fun. I was so heartbroken when I heard this accident happened.
My point, if extra safety can still be done then do it until you can't add anymore. A seatbelt could have prevented the death from the freefall tower and the ride wouldn't have need to be dismantled. The people who allowed the kid to ride should've know better. One look at him whole and my first thought would've been to refuse him no matter the pleas, it wasn't worth losing a life over one more canceled ride. He could've always come back after he went on a diet. The ride is canceled for everyone now. Also they should consider adding emergency buttons on these rides so if something happens they can alert the staff in time
The Raging River incident is a similar type of ride to the 2016 incident in Australia, involving Thunder River Rapids Ride. It also flipped upside down, trapping passengers.
All of these accidents are horrific. Entire families and groups of friends wiped out. I have loved amusement parks and roller coasters my whole life. It is especially sad to see injury and death in such a setting. People are enjoying themselves and bam, gone in a fluke accident or at the hands of someone's negligence. So tragic. God bless those who lost loved ones.
The Beast is my favorite roller coaster. It’s a long and beautiful ride, especially at night. I would ride it after work when it got dark. I miss those days! 😔
I know people that were at Branson on the boat that performed the rescue efforts. They witnessed the entire thing. It still haunts them as both husband and wife were involved in helping those rescued once on board
One thing I have to say I have noticed by all of these accidents is inspections should be done far more often maybe even daily like truck drivers do with their trucks at the start of the day.
Although this isn't a roller coaster, I swear I almost witnessed an accident with my cousin when we rode the Pirate Ship ride at the fair. He was a small kid despite his age, and the ride's "restraints" were pretty flimsy and thin compared to other rides, it was just a bar with no seatbelts. It also shook a bit when you held on, and when the ride would reach the top, you'd feel your butt lift before you came crashing back down. Since my cousin was a lot smaller than other kids, he went a little too high since we sat all the way in the back, to the point where my mother had to suddenly reach over and hold him down. He wasn't even pushing himself up, it was just because of the way gravity worked and how the bar had no real restraint that it could have been really bad for him if my mother hadn't pinned him down or if he wasn't holding on. I was terrified of that ride afterwards because I did not feel safe in it. Across from itself was a ride called "The Pharaoh", and it was one of my favorites because it had almost the same height as the Pirate Ship, but very secure bars that locked you in place. No lifting at all. Just goes to show we should never sacrifice safety for the sake of thrill; just because most can live to tell the tale, there's going to be that one who doesn't.
Pirate ships are notoriously unsafe in the way you described. I’m glad everyone got off safe and sound in your group! Best to stay off them unless proper restraints are provided!
@@thefangirlfromhell9627 Yeah, exactly. I never knew why anyone liked riding it, it was always going and full of people. 😭 They really want their names in the news fr. 🤣
For the top thrill dragster, it didn't actually come off at the apex, it hit one of the metal break fins in the return section of track and flew off because it was hanging loose.
Can't see how they weren't found culpable with the Top-Thrill Dragster ride when they were replacing bolts (presumably nuts as well) with ones of the wrong grade! Non high-tensile bolts will just stretch, then look like they need tightening, which then takes them to the point of shearing under load!
I can't even imagine how horrible it would be to drown the death and really can't imagine how horrible it must have been for those parents to stand there and watch their kid drowned a death that's inconceivable
Wow that duck boat one was nuts. Why would you set out even, knowing a storm was coming? If I was the operator Id be like "Yeah, lets look at the town tour first and come back once the storm is gone". Man, imagine losing your family like that. You'd end up hating both boats AND ducks.
Why was the seat adjusted to open wider and who did it? Did someone specifically adjust that seat so larger people would fit on the ride? Cause that was a dumb thing to do, whatever the reason was.
Maybe it's not sensible, but I truly believe roller coasters and amusement parks should be inspected once ever one to two months. Six months is a crazy amount of time for a ride to go unchecked (even if the park employees and mechanics do a quick scope).
I was always kind of a roughneck on carnival rides and although I was really concerned about the safety of them I just love them to pieces. Now I don't think I will ever get on another one.
I rode the Son of Beast like 3 times on a family vacation when I was around 10 and this is the first im hearing of how dangerous is was 😂 I remeber my parents complaining about how bad it threw them around and my dad had a sore neck after riding it.
Crazy story… I live in Kansas City and we have a roller coaster at Worlds of Fun called the TimberWolf. When I was almost in High school I rode that ride, I was a tall skinny little thing but all they had was these lap bars that didn’t even hold you in and a seatbelt that came loose. I remember the first drop, having my feet in the air doing a handstand on the bar looking down at my death, before my friend tried grabbing me and pulling me back in… THANKFULLY at that point we hit a hill going up and I was somehow able to fall back but get into my seat again thanks to my friend who was riding w me. The following day after that incident, a 14 yr old girl riding in the SAME cart as me, fell to her death. I was terrified! I knew after that incident w me, it was SURE to happen and it did. I reported it but it did nothing. Idk how I even still like heights and rollercoasters after that ordeal. Scary for sure…
The Estrada woman who left the defective Raging River ride without saying a word should be ashamed. She stated the family knew something was very wrong with the rafts but 'didn't bother to say anything because they needed to leave'. I don't care if her son was 'autistic and needed to leave', her son getting upset for a few minutes wasn't worth potentially alerting others to danger? A boy died because of that ride, and that other family could have done something about it beforehand.
This family was imo more at fault than park. One parent could take autistic child to car while other spends 10-20min to tell staff what happened on their ride so staff could remove faulty raft and reinspect it
I have a huge problem with the family that didn’t report something being wrong with their boat. If they had done so, it’s very likely they would’ve removed it and no one would have died. I don’t care if your child is “upset,” you do the right thing. You’d want someone else to do it for you.
@@jgunn03They’d have taken the boat out. The video said they already had one not returned to water. At the very least the issue would have awareness to it if that woman had reported it
Again, I'm sure many before reported. @@unstableslytherin I swear to Flying Spaghetti Monster I said "They don't care". Why judgy judge? First, these videos get half the info wrong (not at all good at checking and rechecking sources. They're out to make content for money, not accuracy). And second, no one can say what they'd do in a situation unless they wee in the exact same situation with the exact background with the exact atmosphere and pressures of the exact moment. We'd all do the exact same thing as the person did. It's the chaos theory. And I believe in it.
There's an exstensive documentary about the Ghost Train incident on Netflix; normally I put on docs for background noise as I do other stuff, but this one had me glued to the screen because the whole thing is absolutely *bonkers*.
I don't know if it caused any deaths, but there was a state fair accident that happened here in the U.S. about a year or two ago that looked like that drop tower thing but of course, a different one. Or maybe it wasn't a drop tower as I believe it also spun around. Either way, as it rose up, it suddenly crashed back down to the ground. I wince to think about the amount of people with terrible back pain left from the incident if no one died. If. My mom had shown me the video when I raised the subject of us going to the state fair together, as we had done before the pandemic as a really fun mother-daughter evening, and she subsequently said she wouldn't be riding anymore rides after that. I can certainly understand, especially with state fairs. When we lived in a small town, the frickin fair paid literal children, like my younger brother, who was maybe 12 or 13 at the time, to help disassemble the rides for a little money (I don't know how much but it wasn't much, maybe $100 or less). He ended up getting an injury to his hand, a pretty deep cut, when one of the other kids mishandled something they were supposed to be carrying together. Who the hell hires CHILDREN to disassemble rides?! At the time, I must have not realized how wrong that was, given I was a child myself, and neither my brother nor I ever said anything to our mom, but looking back, I wish I'd have had the knowledge to tell our mom and let the authorities know. I actually rode those rides and to my knowledge, no accidents had been reported but if they cut corners like that, it feels like a matter of time. Also, as evidenced by this video that only covered state park accidents, it seems state fair accidents don't get as much attention as they probably should. I actually implore you to do another video like this that covers those, as I think they're just as important, maybe even moreso. My family has never had money for traveling to a full-scale amusement park and I suspect the same is true for many American families. So, the state fair is about all we'll ever get to experience. Knowing what has happened in the past and any known companies of negligence would be very helpful.
I don't recommend riding any rides that are disassembled and reassembled frequently. There are so many things that can go wrong when building a ride and most of the time the people reassembling it aren't professionals in any manner. You roll a dice every time you ride and if you roll the wrong number, you get hurt or die.
👋 PSA people. I worked at a traveling carnival at 18. The stereotype that most people work at carnivals are children or druggies is TRUE!!!!! DO NOT TRUST CARNIVAL RIDES.
Can you imagine how horrible it would feel not knowing if YOU are directly responsible for someone's demise or not; even though you (allegedly) followed "protocols" !?!? That Orlando free fall accident would haunt me for the rest of my life !! RIP Tyre 🙏
Australia also had an accident on our biggest River Rapids Ride, which was in Dreamworld. One of our biggest theme parks. I think 4 people died. The the raft flipped. It got closed afterwards and demolished. Clearly those types of rides have a lot of flaws and need to not be a thing anymore.
Before I actually worked for a local amusement park and zoo (in the UK, in 1997-1999), I actually went on one of their rollercoasters (they only had 2 at the time, and were VERY tame) when I was 14years old. The safety bar DIDN'T lock properly when I rode it. As I said, thankfully(!), it WAS a tame rollercoaster and not too much of an issue at the time. I DID tell the kids who were working on the ride (18year olds were routinely left in charge) and the carriage I was in WAS removed immediately. But what I'm getting at is that it DOES happen, sometimes those magnetic safety bars DON'T lock, for whatever reason. I was fine, as aforementioned, it was a pretty tame rollercoaster. And 4years later I would work in that very park in the exact area it was. Thankfully in the shop outside the ride as opposed to the ride itself... These days, 20/25 years later, the park now has 'proper' competitive thrill-seeker rides. More daring than anything they've ever had before.
Lightwater Valley is relatively near me, The Ultimate kept crashing into wild Deer, which roam freely in parts of England, Wales & Scotland. It was a pretty traumatic experience for anyone onboard! I am surprised they took the decision to remove all thrill rides and go entirely family friendly though. Thankfully other parks near me, Alton Towers & Flamingoland haven't done that, so lots of fun to be had
the family friendly move is both due to covid and a park buy out, they were bought out by a company that only runs family parks and the covid shut downs made it so that they had to shutdown and scrap the ultimate due to its upkeep costs, this further pushed the parent company to say screw it no more thrill rides.
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Major props to Greg Sheid for shutting down the Son of Beast just after coming onto the job instead of just band-aiding it like his predecessors.
He's the one this park needed. The ride was "band-aided" for too long... He finaly stood his ground in front of everyone else, leading to the long-needed shut down
As a long time coaster fan I'm sad that it didn't work out and I genuinely hope we get another looping wooden coaster, though chances are it'll either be no taller than 100ft or it'll be steel framed making it more of a hybrid than a true wooden coaster. Many riders over the years stated that the transition from wooden to steel track for the loop was jarring and caused minor neck pain in many riders. I wished to ride it back in 2008 and even had a poster of it.
At least I got to be one of the many people who were injured on Green Lantern First Flight.
@@spinningpeanutat the Six Flags New England they turned the old wooden coaster into a hybrid but it's still better than getting rid of it because it was there before Six Flags bought the amusement park.
I live in Cincinnati and rode Son of Beast many times. Although it really did beat the hell out of you, those rose bowls were so intense and fun. I acknowledge that it was dangerous from the start, but I really do miss that violent ride. Brings back so many memories.
@crazybub11 I'm from Northern Kentucky originally, but live in South Florida for 19 years now. I grew up going to Kings Island. I enjoyed Son of Beast a couple times. It did beat you up a bit! But super fun. I loved the Vortex and King Cobra!! Not sure if those are even there anymore.
My biggest issue is the misadventure ruling. Death is not an expected outcome of riding any amusement park ride, and if we treat it like it is, we should tear all the rides down.
Yeah, it's beyond ridiculous.
British law…
Yep, absolutely ridiculous. The coroner's saying the victim deliberately removed their seatbelt, or climbed out the carriage, or similar. No evidence to suggest that, so their decision should've been appealed.
Even as someone who’s terrified of rollercoasters and any high altitude ride that could kill me from 1 malfunction I know that amusement park rides aren’t made to kill people, nor does anyone who isn’t su!cidalwould think of allowing themselves to be killed
I'm willing to take that risk for a thrill ride. I know that all man made devices are not 100% safe and smart enough to know that speed kills. You should be smart enough to understand that even taking precautions, death is always possible on any high speed or heavy machine or ride created by humans.
When the mother said "I will never get a chance to see him grow up", that hit me like a truck, I started crying and still am. I can't believe how easily lives can be lost.
Do me a favour and hug your loved ones, tell them how much they mean to you and hold them close before it's too late to do so.
Me too 😢
Heartbreaking 💔
lol I dont care at all😂
@@gabefurstenrecht3492ngl that kid grew too much already. Whole reason this happened
@@Azuria969and you are who? A missed opportunity to be swallowed 🖕🏿
the amount of times a child and even parents have gotten angry at me when taking my shift running the drop tower, saying the person before me was letting some actual child on the ride before and that it was fine even though they are way too tiny and we could lose our job with one bracelet check/undercover checker- is still beyond me. Despite numerous tries with managers and even confronting a coworker nothing changed. sometimes these places are genuinely horrifying behind the scenes.
People are so entitled and feel that these things won’t happen to me.
@@carlacook5181and then when it does happen to them, the parents get mad at the worker and amusement park management for the ride being unsafe.
@@carlacook5181 main character syndrome fr
They should have them sign a paper stating that they’re not responsible for any horrifying deaths and have them walk away on their own.
I am glad you dont bend to them.
I am sure some coworkers do bend the rules and let them on.
But entitled assholes also lie if they see shift changes thinking the "but the last person let me do it" will sway the new employee, even if its blatantly untrue.
Both happen. But safety and following the rules is what is most important.
I am glad you hold steadfast. 😊
How was Gemma’s death found to be Misadventure? If she had known that the ride had faulty wiring, she would almost certainly not have got on the ride, so she did not “willingly” take the risk. That is not how the verdict of Misadventure is meant to be applied.
Exactly it wasn't a fucking bumper car ride, the height limit was legit for toddlers, how would that scream dangerous ride only board if you dare? Poor girl
Maybe due to a warning sign which was ignored by the rider I guess?
They need to put bigger warning signs to potential victims if they want to blame park goers for "misadventure" when they die through no fault of their own...THIS RIDE MAY WANT TO KILL YOU!
she most likely tried to get out of the car like the dumbarse kid on the story after hers and was only hurt because she was sanding up or something.
But 20 year old? Wtf. Do my eyes deceive me.This kid looks about 13 it 14 especially for 2001. That's like the official primary school photo to get. That can't be her at 20...really? The later senior ball/prom/debs she looks about 17 or so, that makes more sense, maybe she just looks really young for her age but th4 first one looks like she is still growing up
The Orlando Freefall tower is why Dollywood has Tester seats. These seats are to see if people were okay on these kinds of rides.
Yes and every park needs that and a weight scale…the weight scale can be covered for privacy…but people need to check first
I'm gonna do some research cause I'm going to dollywood this weekend and I think it's the safest park so far that's because I've never heard any accidents from there.
@@littlebeanjr12 I've been to Dollywood twice. It is the safest park in America because regular daily tests are done. Some rides they do it every few runs to make sure. If you go, you got to ride the water ride smokey mountain river rampage. One of my favorites. Went there as a kid and teen, been wanting to go back will go back when I can walk again. Prosthetic problems at the moment with my amputation but it's a fun park, plenty to do.
You should NEVER call anything "unsinkable", because some force in the universe takes it as a challenge…
the titanic was unsinkable too ... at least it was until it sank ._.
@@ElementWTF This phrase was used by ONE newspaper and not by the builder/designer-.-
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There's really no way of knowing that.
@@somerandomguy3807 You are wrong but who cares. It's a known thing but keep selling your ideas for facts. :D
@@somerandomguy3807what is that even supposed to mean? There are records, like we literally know
The injured Son of Beast rider agreed to accept the settlement *ONLY IF* the inspectors statement was made public. Hats off to her.
Hats off to her lawyer who got 50% and the government who stole the other 50%
@@pantherplatformlawsuit winnings are not taxed
@@pantherplatformyour not very bright. But we do get what your trying to say
Son of Beast was brutal to every single rider.
- "You're" not very bright
I was horrified by the free fall drop tower incident because the previous day I was on that exact ride I was like 13, and this sent chills down my spine I was scared I felt bad for tyre I felt horrible about this but I'm really grateful that I was not hurt or anything by this ride and nothing happened the day I was there, but I also feel so sorry for this kid that he was hit by this kind of impact flying out of his seat and loosing a life is just horrible. So I'm so sorry for him and devastated. But we all know that he is in a better place now I'm so sorry for his family, and the tragedy that day. Thoughts and prayers, love, and justice, let his soul be happy a collective wish everyone the best❤😔
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I was in a roller coaster accident when I was 6 years old. We slammed into a faulty car that was stopped at the bottom of a big hill. I ate the handlebar so hard that it shoved my 4 front teeth up into my gums. My older sister who was sitting behind me suffered a broken leg. The boy next to me had healed burn scars from a previous house fire that he was in and a bunch of them broke open. I don’t remember a lot of the aftermath after being taken off the ride and rushed to the hospital. I could not eat normal food, drink from a straw or even blow out my birthday candles till I was almost 8. My teeth were jacked when my permanent teeth came in. I had extensive dental work and braces when I was a teenager due to my injuries. My parents sued but in 1979 you didn’t get awarded settlements like you do today. It was around $20k put in a trust fund that matured when I was 18. I have PTSD from this that has prevented me from riding amusement park rides most of my life. Only recently, I’ve overcome some fears for my granddaughter. Watching this video, makes my teeth hurt all over again. 😢
Man, what a traumatic experience you had! I'm sorry for your pain and suffering.
I’m sure you hear this a lot but I am SO sorry for your awful experience. That sounds horrible, and you deserve to at least have/had your dental work covered since the rollercoaster ruined them. I hope you’re doing well now and safe and sound ❤
I'm crippled by fear of getting in a car wreck and worry about all of my kids getting in one even though they are very good defensive drivers. There's mechanical failures or just some other stupid driver. I'm 71 now and I only drive to the store about a mile from home.
Holy crap! I am so sorry you endured that
I’m so sorry for everything you’ve been through 😢
The duck boat incident breaks me every time. I can't imagine the grief that family, especially the survivors, must have felt. My heart goes out to them.
Of course the captain survived though. He should've been charged!
And almost that whole family being lost...good god!
This is exactly where I'm at right now in the video..... truly is heartbreaking ‼️😢
Im not to that part yet, but Im assuming its the Branson thunderstorm incident..
Poor people. =(
@@creppypastaloveri dont agree that he should be charged. I live in that area, amd those storms just blew up out of nowhere. We didnt think anything of it.
Poor guy didnt set out to kill anyone, and probably expected it to sprinkle a little bit, which is normal.
As for thunderstorm watches being issued hours earlier... thats kind of the problem with T Storm watches. No one takes them serious because they always issue them, but we only get a sprinkling of rain from them around 5% of the time.. or less. Especially if theyre issued 12 hours earlier, where nothing has happened during the previous 11 hours.
The last lady losing her husband and children...just heartbreaking.
And all because some slimy crime boss dredged up from the ghettos of Russia wanted to buy Luna Park. And what's worse, he succeeded, in a way - it was sold to his cousins, and his businesses earned a lot of money off the park too.
he looked blue in his pic lol
abe saffron was jewish, how did I know that? its like jewish people have a callous disregard for human life, same for the jewish director of the movie noahs ark, who ended up killing several by flooding and is quoted as saying the actors have to take care of themselves before the incident. Not to mention The jewish owner of the twin towers who was there every day beforehence until 9/11, had taken out a several billion dollar insurance policy on it 2 weeks prior Lucky Larry, there was a group of israeli "movers" that were shown high fiving and dancing as the towers fell, when interviewed they said they were there to record the incident, they dissolved their company and moved back to israel, some were confirmed to be mossad agents. Like when you have this sort of things happen over and over again, in an inordinate ratio, with people in power being both of that religion and incredibly callous with the lives of others, or just promoting the destruction of the conceptual fabric of culture and identity. It fits if you look at what the talmud says about the gentiles.
Saffron's cousins Hal and Col Goldstein and his nephew Sam Cowper ran the company that won control of Luna Park after the fire, huh interesting goldstein
@@vulpesinculta3238 Since I'm from an ex comunist country I can give some warnings myself. Never trust: an engineer, a business manager and a builder who come from them. Especially with these kinds of projects, they will only neglect it. Unless you're willing to give them proper training in the new place they wanna work, don't hire.
There was another accident on a “rapids ride” in Australia-this time it wasn’t too much water, it was not enough. One of the circular rafts stranded on the guide rails, was hit by the next raft and both flipped. Four people died, not from drowning, but because they were caught in the machinery that moved the rafts. It took hours to recover the bodies out of the machinery and many of the first responders said it was the worst thing they’d seen. I had always thought those things were fairly safe - shallow water, cameras everywhere, no heights to fall from... Next time my family go to a park, if you can’t swim, you’re not going on a water ride. It might not help, but it could also make the difference so….erring on the side of caution.
Im sure those people could swim but they were trapped.
I went on that ride with my dad. It was like the least scary ride there. So surprising people died on that one of all the rides there.
I know this comment is like a month old, but I remember, during the same year those people died, that rapid water ride was my favourite ever. Would constantly wait in line to go on it. Even when the day was ending I would always go on it because there was barely any lines. I remember hearing a couple months later what happened and, me being 12 at the time, was so utterly shocked and disgusted I legit kept throwing up anytime it popped into my head.
I can imagine that horror....I threw a party on a beach in high school and after 2 of my friends were hit by a passing train I had to ID their remains....you don't forget that
What a horrible accident that I could have never imagined.
@@mineralwater8184 for real. I keep remembering that bit about the person watching their parent get sucked into the machinery and my stomach drops
Duck boats-I absolutely cannot fathom losing all but one of your family members, being one of just 2 survivors from an entire family from kids to spouses to in laws to parents, etc
and the last things you hear from them being them begging for their lives and telling you to save their babies...
I rode one of those things as a kid with my grandpa. We were originally going to go to a nearby amusement park that day but chose the ducks. Even though ours went off without a hitch, I'm never getting into one of those things again nor am I letting any of my loved ones.
Obesity and boats don't mix. At least now nobody can ever hurt their feelings by calling them fat. Look on the bright side. 🤷🏼♀️
@@WifeBoris-hk3hz dude come on, thats tasteless.
Fatshaming people in death.
@@WifeBoris-hk3hz if hell exists, there is a spot there with your name on it
My dad passed away last year in December. I will never forget going on top thrill dragster repeatedly. He took me all around the country. I took it for granted as a kid. I miss him so fucking much
*Me too thanks*
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Rest easy knowing that is one of the greatest compliments a Father can get. Where ever he might be, he is sad that you miss him, and yet somehow proud that you do.
He did his job as a father well, and he must have been proud of it. We always feel we took things for granted in the past... but that still doesn't mean that sharing that time with you wasn't some of the best moments for him ❤
Getting flung out the drop tower at 75 mph and hitting the concrete is like going through a windshield during a car crash, you'll be dead on impact! That poor, kid!
"its not speed that kills, its spontaneously stopping that will actually kill you"
rolllllllll… FLOP, is what you hear
I never go on freefall rides i will go on any coaster just never these drop towers
Apparently the poor boy had died on his way to the hospital or at the hospital..
@@anemoia4852he died when he hit the pavement, he took his last breath there at the park.
Tyre was a child, regardless of his size, and he died horribly. He deserves only empathy and compassion, not blame.
The video went around on tiktok without any warnings, so i had no idea what it was when it came on my fyp
I will never ever ever get the sound of him hitting the ground out of my head, not if I live to be a hundred. That poor kid.
this ... I remember when the incident first happened, so many people were making comments about how they didn't believe he was only 14, that he should've known better than to get on the ride, that his parents were negligent in letting him get heavy, etc etc it was so bizarrely callous
yeah the blame lies with the operators who let him ride and the manufacturers who didn't add any extra safety features. you should ALWAYS have extra safety features in a ride! and while turning guests away from rides sucks, it's always better to err on the side of caution.
@@fortunamajor7239probably racism, frankly. it's been shown in research studies that people "adultify" black kids-- then being that big, ppl will do it for sure!
Same thing it came up on my fyp no warning nothing the day it happened hadn’t even heard about it yet
Well the first few hours after it happened
The story about the raft that flipped over was heartbreaking. I can't imagine watching my children suffer while I can't help
Definitely
Can't or won't? I know if my son was drowning 2ft of water wouldn't stop me from saving him.
@@missnoncompliant6279 The fuck is that suppose to mean? You really think the mother of that poor kid DIDN'T try to save her kids?
@@missnoncompliant6279 he had a broken arm and the rafts weigh more than 1500lbs. It is nice to think you can solve every problem but that is not always the case.
@@justinron1772 Was her arm broke? 800 pounds and who said anything about lifting it? Since it flipped over when they all were on it, did THEY lift it when they escaped? The same way they got out they could've went in and saved them.
Why am I the only one seeing this?
I'm surprised with the Orlando Free Fall Drop Tower incident, that they didn't post the weight limit in the same places that they put the height warning. It wouldn't absolve them of everything, but it certainly puts a bit of the responsibility back on the customer.
Personally, I feel like they DID post the weight limit and the customers might’ve been a little belligerent with making him able to fit- or something like that (since it was the last ride of the night and he couldn’t ride on ANY of them. But that would still be the operators fault for not sticking to the weight limit no matter what.
I haven’t been to that park in particular but usually they only put up a height requirement but at the end of the day it’s up to the operator to decide whether that person can ride or not. That being said, this “kid” is bigger than most grown men at the age of 14. The same way that a kid that’s too small has to understand they’re too small, he should’ve known he’s too big to ride carnival rides.
The park illegaly tempered with the seat, so that ovrweight people could fit in. So it is very unlikely that there were any weight restrictions.
The park is to blame, but the employees, that put the people on the ride, are not because they didn't know about that. They maybe were a bit naive to never question the instructions to place overweight riders in the first two seats, but the boy was as niave to not question why he is allowed to ride this thing when he is not allowed every other ride and to not try if the restriction fits him before the ride took off.
But that were young people, i don't blame them to be a bit naive from time to time, we all were, but i blame the park operators who ordered the seat to be altered illegaly.
The park owners were responsible, but if people are hellbent to blame the kids who staff the rides who are told to get as many on as possible no matter what, don’t challenge the guest - they need to blame the child who rode despite it feeling unsafe as the friends have stayed. Or the parents/adults for going to a questionable at best park because Icon being poor on safety wasn’t a secret.
I’ve seen a fair bit of commentary, mostly on the Tron ride in Magic Kingdom in Disney World, saying it’s really not fair and fatphobic to not accommodate all body types, so maybe fear of accusations of fatphobia played a part?
What happened to the ride operator who allowed Tyre on that ride? Whether a weight limit was posted or not, he had to look at him and think no way can this kid ride on this. Just sad. Kid prob got picked on his whole short life bc of his size and just wanted to have fun. Poor baby. Breaks my heart.
I worked on Banshee in 2017; it’s so eerie, they left the station of Son of Beast to rot. It was used as a haunted attraction for a few seasons, but now it’s completely abandoned. When walking the Banshee track at night, my supervisors and coworkers would dare each other to sneak into the old station to steal old parts and bits from it. The trains are still in the station underneath it, and half the time the eternal flame for Son of Beast isn’t even turned on. It’s wild to me, because I vividly remember being like 11-12 years old and crying when I found out they were gonna tear it down, because it meant I would never get to ride it (I was a huge coaster fan, then and now). My Dad and I rode our bikes from our house to the park to watch them tear down the final hill. It’s so wild seeing such a huge part of my childhood memories (and teenage stories) on such a big channel.
My heart goes out to you. To me it’s hard to watch a beloved coaster go down.
You missed nothing. I rode it on one of my many US trips in the early 2000's and it was HORRIBLE. I had 2 discs out from it, and the only other coaster I ever had such an injury (or close to but not as bad) was on was Hercules at Dorney (thank goodness that's gone as well). SOB left me hotel room bound for 7 days on pain pills and Bengay. You can imagine how happy my travel partner was LOL. He got a vile headache from it and took a day off and a lot of Tylenol, but in comparison he was the lucky one.
Since then I do my research and do not ride rough as guts rides anymore. Rattles and a few bumps are ok, I set the threshold to about X2 standards, nothing worse than that in terms of roughness. It's just not worth it, no ride is. And it wasn't even enjoyable cause it was like we were in a salad shaker. I rode it when it still had a loop. One ride in the back car like the moron I was (thinking it would be the best seat), and even there, zero airtime. Just 2 minutes of beating me up. I never rode it again, even after loop was removed. No way.
It must have been 2002 but I went to USA 98/2000/01/02 twice/03/04/05/07/08/14/16/19/23 so I can't remember exactly which trip as I've been to Kings Island quite a few times in the early 2000's (then called PKI). I've only been once to KI however since SOB was demolished, and that was this year, just a couple months back! Had a wonderful time. Glad it's gone. Banshee wasn't exactly smooth either which shocked me for a B&M, and shivering timbers was starting to need som re track maintenance IMO (still rideable), but I missed the older woodies this time, I didn't want to risk it. Nothing is worth real pain.
One rollercoaster to really earn its name, SOB. They were using the Acronym for a different reason and ironically never realised that it applied in the real world with the much more common use: son of a...........
@@teddym2808Teddy Bear u sound like a little girl. I rode in and never had a problem pal.
@@wildestcowboy2668 Yeah sure you did. Keep telling yourself stories so you can attack strangers on the internet, tough guy.
I promise you’d be upset after we road it we had to leave unbearable headaches
Historical evidence suggests. If a company claims a sailing vessel is ‘unsinkable’ it is absolutely guaranteed to be, in fact, just as sinkable as all the rest and much more likely to actually sink.
my heart broke for gemma when I heard she was a biomed science student, as I’m a medical scientist that too loves amusement parks and am pained the ride failed her. she deserved so much better than “misadventure.” it’s absolutely the park’s duty to ensure safety, otherwise they’d have us sign waivers to ride.
'Misadventure' just means that the engineer's actions were not criminal and her death was an accident. Otherwise the engineer would've been charged with manslaughter.
@@therat1117 I know to list 25 lies of this world:
lets analyse the lies which are world wide believed and origin from masons:
lie: schools are of use (fact. schools keep slavery alive and stands for dumbing down the population of mankind)
lie: moon and mars landings, (fact: even masons know they cannot leave - earth is closed system, unless you want to drown, there is no other place created for us to live in.)
lie: news channels share truth (fact: these are for politic propaganda)
lie: voting matters (fact: politic propaganda)
lie: money has a value of its own (fact: it is just a tool of this world, which value has been agreed upon world wide, it should be not loved, only used as needed.)
lie: NASA lies (globe and all....) (fact: NASA stands for TO DECEIVE and 2 members expose their own lies, one is still alive, the other (Wernher Von Braun) place a clear clue on his own gravestone) - you havn´t searched - have you?
lie: the lgbtq++++ propaganda (fact: it is a part of masonry depopulation agenda, 500 000 000 souls, thats their goal - Georgia Guidestones! - who said it be worthy to forgot?)
lie: Evolution and the dinosaurs. (fact: mankind is not hybrid kind)
to keep stating that there was an evolution, then we ain´t humans, we aint then mankind, we are then hybrids. Are you a hybrid?
Lie: holidays (xmas, Halloween, new year eve and so on) (fact: PAGAN HOLIDAYS, to praise BAAL, the god of this world)
lie: U.F.Os (fact: they are demons/evil spirits in high places, against whom we fight daily = spiritual warfare)
lie: rules and laws rule the world (fact: signs and symbols of masonry do)
lie: believe in being educated (fact: found daily living with the lack of knowledge)
lie: religions are ways to heaven (fact: JESUS CHRIST is only way to heaven. Religions, no matter its name = masonic garbage)
lie: our dead loved ones stay around to “ghost” (fact: hunting and ghosting is job of demons, not of humans. We, humans, come from GOD and return back to HIM and all the stories of having been seen a ghost - terrifying, scary, dark, cold - again no job of analysing been done here by you- right?)
Lie: Humans have no immune system and we need vaccines as these save lives (fact: humans HAVE IMMUNE SYSTEM and vaccines are created for one or two purpose: to kill or to cripple. If you took all their poison shots then later in life comes all kinds of medical diagnoses = vaccines crippled you - remember that)
lie: there is no GOD (fact: There is GOD, who redeems sinners and created us directly from the dust of the earth: Psalms 139:14 (KJV)
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.)
to keep claiming that there is no GOD and we aint created directly from the dust of the earth, we soon run out logic, regardless to we place “evolution” in our claims or not and our dead, whats happening to them as they sleep in their graves? - they decay away, becoming the dust form which they were taken, if it ain`t so then we are simply reality deniers.
lie: 911 was terror attack (fact: 911 was an inside job, meaning the work of your loved government)
lie: Tv watching is of use (fact: television (TV) = tell a lie vision, a weapon for our minds, keeping it under MK ULTRA)
half lie/half truth: earth is a stage where everyone plays rolls (fact: earth is stage, a freemasonry checkerboard, where both side, black and white are masons and humans both in politics and regular souls = the naive public gets daily played)
lie: children are government to raise (fact: children are parents to raise, it takes 2 to make them, it takes 2 to raise them).
Lie: we live already in the matrix (fact: we live since birth in BABYLON which is to become “matrix” as Man - us, must merge with machine aka take the mark of the beast and then matrix aka false reality becomes to be 100%)
lie: humans are not intelligent enough (fact: it is forgotten fact, we all are intelligent, many have suffered the illness from this world, being indoctrinated by masons, cause who give us the school system which we have? masons did, because they need slaves).
Lie: love is low standard and = lust (fact love is high standard as love means>
John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Lie> do what thy wilt there is no body who has the right to judge you (fact> GOD SHALL JUDGE YOU AFTER YOU HAVE DEPARTED ON EARTH and Christians are also called to give out righteous judgment, therefore repent * born again * go and sin no more)
lie: slavery is over (fact: slavery was never over, it just changes a little as we are no longer buy`d or sold, still prepared through school systems for our future slavery, succumb to our slave lives based on our free will)
lie: BIBLE is man written and a fairytale (fact: BIBLE is by GOD, through man, bible is not fairytale.
BIBLE IS:
BASIC
INFORMATION
BEFORE
LEAVING
EARTH
= BIBLE. A book - yes, book which we all need as it is only one filled with information and instructions we all need for life on earth.
25 lies, should i go on?
This world ain´t deceived, out there to deceive?
Topic we need to know: search in short: BIBLE + FREEMASONRY.
Freemasonry and its plans/agendas/projections/ operations:
project blue beam
project MK ULTRA
Operation Paperclip
Operation Mockingbird
rest in peace to that kid in free fall tower. cant imagine losing life to something like that.
The Luna Park employees who did their best to save people were heros. The speed in completely tearing down the attraction is extremely suspect. If the arsonist had waited until the park was closed, it would have been bad, but vastly better than what happened. This was really sad.
Watch the new doco. It was a cover up.
@@meegcrowther7280Netflix claim it was a cover up with very little evidence. Also think about it, if it was set up so that the land could be purchased, what would be the point in setting it alight while the park was open when they could risk killing people, when you could get the same result in setting it on fire after the park was closed. Occams razor, the simplest solution is usually the correct one, it was a tragic fire caused by faulty wiring. The only alternative is a complex cover up, including government officials and cops who paid a street gang to light a fire and the only witnesses are a couple of kids who heard something, but are coincidentally being paid by Netflix to be involved. Which one sounds more likely.
NSW Police are corrupt AF, not the first murders they have been accessories to, and won't be the last. Google Rodger Rogerson
@meegcrowther7280 yeah the moment I heard new south Wales I was like yeah %100 something fishey was going on.
@@bigounce6996 Vic is much worse
The "freefall" ride at my local amusement park has ALWAYS had a seatbelt that connects the shoulder and chest restraint to the seat in between both legs so it's IMPOSSIBLE to slide out of the seat; unlike the ride in Orlando that claimed Tyre's life. RIP big guy, hope you're making huge tackles in Heaven ! 🙏
I was on one of those rides, I think it was called "the drop" or something like that at Kings Dominion in Virginia. We were at the top, waiting to drop. A voice came on and said " please keep your arms in the ride." I knew RIGHT away that something was wrong. I started yelling at my husband that it didn't happen with any other times it went up. Sure enough, we were stuck. I am seriously afraid of heights but love thrill rides because...well...I keep my eyes closed and scream..So this was my worst nightmare. I keep screaming to my hard of hearing husband "what the hell is going on!!" He says there's white maintenance trucks coming..Finally after about 20 minutes we started creeping downward at a snails pace. Which is better then the alternative. They offered ONE front of the line pass to every two people. UMMM>> NO. You will give me 6 of them thank you very much.
They want to maximize throughput and removed the seat belt in the design, insane. I had never any ride I've been on with shoulder restraint without redundant seat belt.
@dinaheath you an Tyree's family is what's wrong with America.
You were 400 feet in the air and experienced freefall. And you lived.
By the tone of your comment I can safely assume that you have no talents or skills, so it's fair to say you would never feel that type of thrill without an amusement park.
That kind of experience comes with risk. You assume that risk when you agree to get on. Demanding passes when something goes wrong is classic Karen behavior.
It's gross to me when people complain like you have. I've seen people complain in grocery stores knowing damn well they would starve if shopping for food wasn't an option.
Remember Karen, the only way to experience freefall before those rides were invented was to jump off of a bridge or cliff, or fall out of a plane.
You want to cheat death, and get compensated when something goes wrong?
Gross.
He's in soul sleep or his spirit can be on earth, then hell roam new earth with loved one
Lmfao 😂 flying Harambe went SPLAT
I love how this gp doesn’t make outlandish claims like most other channels. He does research and mentions the actual cause. makes it watchable, hell it makes it enjoyable
I mean it's not 7 coaster accidents, so clickbait title... however I do like some of his other videos. So it gets a pass, and he did his research.
@@wdgaminganddisneyhistory6024 and a plus is that the tittle wasn't "7 banned roller coasters you can't ride anymore"
@@wdgaminganddisneyhistory6024 Is this not an AI generated voice..?
@@StickHits hard to tell. Mostly because his cadence was consistent. There's another guy called Styrafoam something that does that, similar colored logo.
coaster enthusiasts who think that they're not part of the general public blow my mind
Poor Tyree (and his family). I've always felt so sad about his story. Just a kid who wanted to enjoy a ride.
Just a dumb kid who didn't understand physics. He gets it now.
Eh, in all honesty, the blame lies on his parents AND the ride operator. The kid was well over the weight limit and should NEVER have been allowed on those rides.
@@alyssamorgan747 It sucks that it happened, but yeah he was definitely over the weight limit, and probably height limit too.
Yeah I blame the right operator and the parents it was just way too big it's sad but me looking at that kid and I looked at his mother holy Moses they're just big people man I wouldn't want to make that mother mad at me
I don't understand how people can blame the parents, if there's no posted weight limit and the ride operator checked him in then how exactly were they supposed to assume it was unsafe? Just cause he was large doesn't mean he should be assumed to be in danger at all times, the faith you place in places that include rides like that is that they know to alert you to maximum weight/size limits, it's a pretty basic expectation.
i was probably 8 at holiday world and got on a ride, i kept waiting for them to make push my restraint down and they just passed me every time. they started the coaster until the person next in line started screaming that they didnt hook mine. i can't believe he even noticed i was just so small i couldnt speak up for myself. they stopped the coaster but we had to wait like 45 minutes for them to reverse it and get us off. all holiday world did was offer us free tickets 😭
27 years ago I almost fell out of a ride because I wasn't properly restraint / locked in place. I managed to hold on to the chair even through several loopings and the whole thing swinging back and forth. One of the most traumatic experiences in my life. I can imagine how scared these victims must have been 😢
Jesus Christ I’d be terrified to even stand infront of one
Me too I was 12 scary as shit
me too. i almost slipped out of a lap bar on one of those mountain style rides.
@@ns4725 I really dont care if I use it “in vain” or not, not like he’s gonna come down from the great sky above to smack me
@@angelichobi__18 You really shouldn't speak like that. It is damaging to your soul, and you're naive to think there are no repercussions.
Thank you for highlighting the corruption of the Police Force in the Luna Park fire, which went all the way up to the Chief Comissioner at the time. We also had an identical raft flipping at one of our amusement parks in Queensland.
And for putting the UK's policy on "It's always the victims fault" on the spotlight as well.
I watched the ghost train documentary and it made me sick to my stomach
@middayenglishman6003 thats not even true. A coroner's report of misadventure is the same as the us coroner's report of accidental death.
A cororners report isn't the end all be all ruling, that is still up to a judge and jury.
I learned that when you see nasty looking clouds, get the hell off the lake....
I’ve heard the story about the raft ride flipping before but I hadn’t heard that a family who were experiencing problems just left without telling the park. I know they had to leave because their child was having a breakdown but man, can you imagine if they had just said something real quick on the way out?
While yeah, it would've been ideal for them to tell someone, considering it's former Action Park (the place that lets their teen workers get drunk) I doubt it would've helped much.
Based on the fact that TWO of their gates, one of which was the emergency entrance were blocked, I’m not sure anything would have changed. But it’s certainly possible it could have. Can always call the park while you’re in the car leaving if you can’t stop on the way out.
@@esteemedmortal5917they may have shut down the ride...
@@JacaboBlanco
Based on the list of safety issues, likely they'd just have taken the one raft out of service, and the same structural issues would have persisted. Would have saved this kid tho, yea.
It's not the rider's responsibility to inform the park of issues with the ride. They should have people supervising the rides to spot issues and maintain their equipment properly.
When it comes to safety, there can not be any shortcuts. Many of these accidents could have been prevented sadly, RIP to all those gone too soon.
There are always shortcuts. I hear people say the same thing, especially about airplane accidents. "They should do 100% safety, inspect everything daily, replace with new parts daily" but then everybody looks for the cheapest flight. Any airline who puts safety first cannot compete economically and goes out of business. Nobody wants to pay $5000 per seat. They same is true for amusement parts. People aren't going to pay $500 for a day pass. Sp the parks hire under qualified people to run the rides, and they only do major maintenance inspections twice a year. Parks that do put safety first and spend what it takes, they close down because they don't make money.
As said above companies can't operate like that... It's not financially viable.
People want cheap but quality... You can't have both. Choose one.
Most of these incidents are simply human error, most ride operators during these incidents are teenagers who have no freaking clue what they are doing.
The real danger lies in the monotony of day to day operations. No matter how safe and vigilant park operators are, eventually everyone gets lulled into a false sense of security. For example, you drive home every day on the freeway at lethal speeds, and yet you almost never consider that any moment could be your last. It’s virtually impossible for any human to be on high alert for danger, constantly without fail.
very jewish comments justifying criminal negligence because "oy vey how are they going to make a profit if they adhere to safety standards" how about they make less profit and still stay in business, you in the comments are really overestimating the issue of proper saftey lol, also its illegal, in your spaced out brains you think if a company isn't making massive profit than the must be losing money. The fact is that if they were required by law to have these standards then companies would exist and they won't change 1000 per ticket or day pass, stop shilling chike.
@@BritishEcho totally regarded argument, people are entitled to safety its not a dilemma because its illegal in the first place. companies are able to run with safety regulations, and no they dont charge 500 per ticket tard. you think they can afford to build million dollar structures and not afford proper maintenance and engineers?
Now that I think about it, the number of times I’ve been slightly injured on amusement park rides is kinda unsettling.
-A roller coaster slammed on the brakes so hard that my face hit the seat in front of me. The people behind me noticed and advised me to sue but I just walked it off.
-I’ve blacked out two or three times.
- I went on a ride that pinched my legs hard between the restraints every time it flipped upside down.
-I was waiting for a ride to start when a very very large woman was stuffed into the seat next to me. I couldn’t get my arm through the restraint and it was stuck at an awkward angle making me unable to hold on and so I flopped around painfully.
-The girl next to me wouldn’t hold on and every time we turned she slammed into me and I got a huge bruise on my hip.
-The time me and my cousin went on a stand up coaster and it wasn’t locked down all the way so her feet weren’t even touching the ground the whole ride.
-My 6’6 stepdad was seated next to me on a coaster and every time we went round a bend my head slammed into his knee. He also said he felt unsafe.
I think I’m done with coasters and thrill rides, I’ll stick to the slow stuff.
I feel so bad for Tyre . 😥 My son was over 6' at the age of 13 . We stopped going to theme parks because of his size . Instead we went to water parks and took up hiking . At 6'5" and 280lbs , he barely fits in a car ! 😁 A 14 year , old wants to have fun and trusts the adults around them . Just a horrible thing to happen to a child.
What happened to Tyre was horrendous, and he shouldn't have been allowed to go on it. The staff were 100% wrong for this. 😢
I don't get why these rides don't have a seat belt..
This one still bothers me. I have seen so many disasters, but this poor child haunts me. 😢😢
How did your boy get so big so young??
I mean.. Folks, I raised three kids and I would be a little alarmed if my son was as BIG as Tyre. Of course, you can't hold the low functioning parents responsible for that. I too blame the park not being strict letting letting fat folks ride on devices built in Europe and made for skinnier people.
Having an upset kid isn't an excuse to not report a concern of a ride.. my god.
A former thrill seeker who sustained an injury at Kennywood Park in pa in2003,this has changed my view on amusement parks 💯🙏for all injured parties,their families and the deceased
I will never forget the video of that young man from STL at icon park on that free fall ride. The sound of his body hitting the pavement will forever haunt me 😢 Im so sorry for all these ppl that got injured or passed away.
I've graduated from caving tragedy videos to roller-coaster ones. Thanks youtube
Are you me? Because same 😅
@@MamotteLollpop123 the PNE old roller-coaster in Vancouver could be on here. Or the Cultus Lake waterslide
Imagine being that ride operator at the Orlando drop tower and hearing the company wrongfully blame you for that boy's death. Disgusting... I can't even
Whoever adjusted the sensors so that the brace wouldn't need to close as far as it should, would be one person to be held accountable, unless directly ordered to change it. Even then, both should be held accountable. Though you really can't blame some seasonal teen age college kid who's just following their bosses' instructions.
@@D.J.Trump2024MAGA all jokes aside, that’d be a shitty thing to deal with. Poor guy probably has ptsd
@@D.J.Trump2024MAGA- how would you feel if it were your child, and someone walked by giving a thumbs up or a high five, talking about “it was a win”?
@@ns4725karma for being unhealthy and fat. Natural selection at its finest
Isn't it the operator who has to check that everything is in place before each trip? Are they not trained for this? He had to have seen whether the brace was in the right place or not. There was 1 place that stood out but he didn't react to it?? It is probably also the operator who must check whether the person is within the specifications to be allowed to join.
As someone who grew up in Iowa and went to Adventure land many a times throughout my childhood, the raging river accident is no surprise for me. Not only is Adventure Land very lax with safety plus the Iowa regulations are so loose. After the August Derecho of 2020 a whole bunch of Iowa's architecture and agriculture from the west to the east, was heavily impacted. I'm not at all surprised that a year later the structure of any Adventure land rides/attractions failed. It's a tragedy in itself and my thoughts go out to others who also lost family during the disaster, but the Iowan government did nothing to help Iowans, let alone supply aid to Linn and Johnson county the counties hit the hardest by the disaster. I'm in no way surprised they ignored other emergencies i.e. the biggest tourist attraction in Iowa. Being Adventureland, Capitol building, and the Casinos
Yes!! I just got done writing the same thing! On the outlaw i was almost thrown out due to the seatbelt. I fractured some ribs. The outlaw has been up since 1960 making it the oldest thing in adventureland
All corporations want lax regulations. They want to maximize profits at the expense of safety!!
@@LyonsM definitely agree!! Having fractured ribs hurt to breathe. The only thing big corporations care about is how much money they can make.
The pursuit of an adrenaline rush has been the early demise of many.
Sky diving, hang-gliding, deep sea diving, bungee jumping, etc...NOPE!
As a long-time scuba- and skydiver, I would respectfully ask you not to equal these two activities (where I am in control of my decisions and the condition of my equipment) with theme park rides or bungee jumping, where you are in control of nothing. Accidents in both my chosen fields of activity are caused by human error rather than a third party or simple equipment failure. And scuba diving is no search of an adrenaline rush. Unless one pushes safety limits. I know few environments as peaceful as the sea, whether ten or thirty metres below the surface.
I almost fell out of a spinning ride when i was about 8 yrs old and too short to ride it. I was placed right next to the opening and when it started spinning, I was being pulled towards the opening. I used all my strength to hold onto the bar and try to wedge my to touch the floor or the ride. It was scary, but since I didn't want to loose ride privileges, I didn't tell anyone what happened, until now, to say there are reasons for hight restrictions. And, don't let your kids sit near the opening on a ride like that.
This video is very sad. These people went to the park believing them to be safe. No one thinks, I'm going to die doing this fun thing 10,000s of other people do everyday. Parks shouldn't be allowed to call their malfunctions that cause death whatever they called it in legal terms.
*lose, not loose
*height, not hight
I rode a wooden rollercoaster when I was 15 and being under 5' tall, it hurt me bad. This was in the 1970's and at a beach. There was no padding and it slammed my back into the wooden seat, so I never rode a rollercoaster since. My kids love them but it always bothers me. As for the duck boat...tragic. I still cry❤❤❤
I live in St.Louis and I was visiting universal in Orlando at the time Tyree passed. I do not know him or his family or friends, but just being connected in the fact we are from the same city and we were both visiting Orlando and riding rides, really shook me up. Especially as a fan of drop rides. I will never look at one the same or without thinking of him. I hope he is resting peacefully. It was horrible how the video was plastered all across social media. His poor family. I hope they are doing well.
23:10 "for those of you who are unfamiliar, a block zone is a section of ride that only one train may occupy. at the end of each block zone is a method to stop a train in case the block zone ahead is still occupied. this is the safety system that prevents roller coaster trains from colliding with one another"
A very revealing documentary. Thank you. Shared. My heart breaks for the loved ones.
On Wednesday, July 12 2023, Michigan woman Rachel Hawes filed a lawsuit against the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. According to the New York Post, Hawes was gravely injured after a piece of metal from a Cedar Point rollercoaster flew off the ride and struck her head. As per the lawsuit, she will require medical treatment for the rest of her life, with the costs exceeding $10 million.
I've ridden the Son of Beast and I remember I had a pretty decent headache afterwards that lasted the rest of the day. Needless to say, that was the first, and only, time I rode it.
R.i.p to the young boy Tyree and everyone else that lost their lives. Also shout out to the two young ladies and young man Jon Philo who risked his life to save another, the woman who wouldn’t except a settlement unless the ride was publicized and also the young lady that asked the men twice if they checked the ride that Tyree was on ,was they sure they checked all seats even though the light. came on.❤❤❤🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Great work Dark Records, thanks for the updates on the Icon Park tragedy and longer video. RIP to the all victims and condolences to the families.
I feel so awful for the woman who lost her entire family, I wouldnt be able to go on anymore after that
Who are you trying to convince? 🥱 Think of it as God's little Get Out Of Jail Free card. Families are overrated.
@@WifeBoris-hk3hz Your parents didn't love you, we get it. Dump your problems somewhere else weirdo.
As I'm sure she doesn't
You are never the same but she will see them again . Pray for demons that try and make you think you won't .
When I was around 14-15, I went on the Duck Boat ride for JR Girls (basically Girl Scouts but a lot more focus on Veterans). It was me, my cousins, little sister and a couple of otther girls. They let those little kids take closely supervised control of the boat. I went back about a year ago and the place where you start the tour is haunting to look at now
One would think that after what happened in 1999, they'd have beefed up and implemented better safety measures to prevent the 2018 tragedy from happening as it did.
A $5 nylon belt would prevent anyone from ever slipping out of their seat on that drop tower. It's ridiculous it didn't have one
It takes forever to belt up 30 people, but at least… at least given them the option to use the belt…
@@antoy384I mean 10 minutes belting people or 5 hours taking statements
340lbs plus gforces vs nylon? hmm
Debatable. Also it didn't need one if it was operated properly, which it was not.
The belt was NOT required, I have ridden on this companies rides in Europe and they are very safe.
Slingshot and the park's owners are to blame, they did NOT fallow manufacturers instructions.
Tyre was too big for the ride, he should NEVER have been on it.
The fact that the mechanism had been manually adjusted proves the ride had been adjusted and did not fallow the instructions from the company Funtime.
I watched the Orlando FreeFall Drop Tower Incident video off of this video so it wasn't blurred, and watching that kid fly off of that ride and being able to hear him hit the ground was very disturbing and sad. Those workers shouldn't have let him on the ride. The park tried to say he died on the way to the hospital to stop from getting sued and having a lawsuit, but it was quite obvious he died almost immediately.
And then sue the park for not letting him on the ride or make a big issue on social media like people do nowadays.
@Linky962 you wouldn't get very far trying to sue a park for refusing to ride for safety concerns. It is seen very different than refusing service to a minority.
And he should have had a clue when they refused him on other rides. He was 14 not 5
@@lois2997He was a fucking kid bro he just wanted to have fun
That video was very disturbing. I can't imagine being restrained to a chair after an event like that. Most of all his friend. God that would fuck me up forever having to hear my friend splat on concrete
I worked at (What is now a Six Flags). I was a rides attendant and one of our new rides called The Iron Eagle had the same mechanism as the Drop Tower. The lights indicated that the seat harness was locked and safe. There were weight restrictions. If someone who was sitting in the seat was a bit larger the seat harnass would not lock “on its own” so the attendant would give it a push and many times it would lock. There were also many times we had to simply dismiss the patron because the harnass would not lock due to their size. We had ONE incident on that ride where they gave a patrons seat too much force to lock and allowed him to ride. His oxygen was cut off due to the pressure of his body weight and he passed out. It’s a patrons responsibility just as much as a rides operator to KNOW their weight exceeds the rides restriction’s. You know how much you weigh!
Ok, but a child isn’t responsible to make those decisions about their size. It was the operator’s fault for letting him ride.
@@pizzarisa in the end, yes…but ummmm you know how much you weigh!
@@nikkipennington9617 I’m not a child. What’s your point?
13:30 I’m sorry but Tic was too big. He was already turned away 2x. So unbelievably sad. The amusement park ride operators should have refused him to ride.
But I heard that they were going to get sued if they didn't let him go on a ride.
Seriously, I can't imagine many things more scary than being on a malfunctioning rollercoaster. I can't ride one without thinking about the cars flying off track or the safety harness breaking or just not locking
I KNOW!!!! my brain has the misfortune of thinking "anything that can go wrong WILL go wrong" so i'm not the fondest of roller coasters and such.
I never had a real fear of this until I watched Final Destination 3, and now it's all I think about. Absolutely terrifying.
When I was 19, I got stuck on the Batman Rollercoaster at the top, and the hydrologic harnesses released, it was terrifying. Thankfully it re-engaged quickly afterwards and they were able to manually release the carts down 40ft and the fire department raised ladders to evacuate us. I'm 43 and haven't gotten back on a rollarcoaster since. It was a warning that I heeded!
given that this roller coaster disaster video doesn't stick strictly to roller coasters, I'm amazed that the incident on the Verrukt waterslide decapitating a young boy was not mentioned in the video.
That is insane. It was a politicians child.Crazy how many times they to redo that ride to make it “safe”.
God, I remember hearing about what happened at The Raging River at that day. It's absolutely horrible to have happen. Adventure Land was always the place we'd go in July for my birthday. I remember the fun and happy memories the rides there brought me, but after hearing this incident happen, I can't really bring myself to go near that area in the park without feeling incredibly uneasy. It's just hard to think that a place that can bring so much happiness can bring so much terror and sorrow. I've only gone back to Adventure Land once after that incident. My last visit was last year with my best friend since they invited me. My heart goes out to the family. I hope they're doing okay after what happened.♥
The case with the raft is heartbreaking especially since if there were no seatbelts the children would have a better chance of survival. That is the reason here in the Netherlands these rides do not have seatbelts. Better in the water free floating if the boat capsizes than being stuck to a capsizing boat.
Dutch children learn to swim by age 6 . I had all my "swim diplomas" by age 8 including life saving . I don't know how deep the river is so that might be an issue. Having gone to High School in the US most of my friends learned how to swim in P.E. class.
@@evelinedejong2989it wouldn’t have mattered. They were stuck under the 1700 pound contraption.
Really well done! This is documentary-quality level!
I can't imagine how traumatic it would be to be an operator of a ride when an accident happens. Especially if you did everything like you were supposed to. I can't imagine.
I went on a drop ride and as soon as it got to the top I regretted getting on it. I hated that free fall feeling. That poor boy! How terrifying. 😭
Tyre getting refused entry on two previous rides was like fate trying to warn him.
I am from Iowa and always loved going to Adventureland. I loved the Raging River when I was a kid. The older I got, the more it seemed the ride would get bumpier and less fun. I was so heartbroken when I heard this accident happened.
I remember the last time I went on it. It was definitely a rough ride for what it was.
I appreciate the thoroughness of the channel with detailed explanations of each accident
That coaster was a real son of a beast.
why are there so many people on youtube with the enby flag
RIP to all the victims😞
My point, if extra safety can still be done then do it until you can't add anymore. A seatbelt could have prevented the death from the freefall tower and the ride wouldn't have need to be dismantled. The people who allowed the kid to ride should've know better. One look at him whole and my first thought would've been to refuse him no matter the pleas, it wasn't worth losing a life over one more canceled ride. He could've always come back after he went on a diet. The ride is canceled for everyone now.
Also they should consider adding emergency buttons on these rides so if something happens they can alert the staff in time
The Raging River incident is a similar type of ride to the 2016 incident in Australia, involving Thunder River Rapids Ride. It also flipped upside down, trapping passengers.
All of these accidents are horrific. Entire families and groups of friends wiped out. I have loved amusement parks and roller coasters my whole life. It is especially sad to see injury and death in such a setting. People are enjoying themselves and bam, gone in a fluke accident or at the hands of someone's negligence. So tragic. God bless those who lost loved ones.
The Beast is my favorite roller coaster. It’s a long and beautiful ride, especially at night. I would ride it after work when it got dark. I miss those days! 😔
I know people that were at Branson on the boat that performed the rescue efforts. They witnessed the entire thing. It still haunts them as both husband and wife were involved in helping those rescued once on board
One thing I have to say I have noticed by all of these accidents is inspections should be done far more often maybe even daily like truck drivers do with their trucks at the start of the day.
Yes pretrip and post trip everyday
Although this isn't a roller coaster, I swear I almost witnessed an accident with my cousin when we rode the Pirate Ship ride at the fair. He was a small kid despite his age, and the ride's "restraints" were pretty flimsy and thin compared to other rides, it was just a bar with no seatbelts. It also shook a bit when you held on, and when the ride would reach the top, you'd feel your butt lift before you came crashing back down.
Since my cousin was a lot smaller than other kids, he went a little too high since we sat all the way in the back, to the point where my mother had to suddenly reach over and hold him down. He wasn't even pushing himself up, it was just because of the way gravity worked and how the bar had no real restraint that it could have been really bad for him if my mother hadn't pinned him down or if he wasn't holding on.
I was terrified of that ride afterwards because I did not feel safe in it. Across from itself was a ride called "The Pharaoh", and it was one of my favorites because it had almost the same height as the Pirate Ship, but very secure bars that locked you in place. No lifting at all. Just goes to show we should never sacrifice safety for the sake of thrill; just because most can live to tell the tale, there's going to be that one who doesn't.
Pirate ships are notoriously unsafe in the way you described. I’m glad everyone got off safe and sound in your group! Best to stay off them unless proper restraints are provided!
@@thefangirlfromhell9627 Yeah, exactly. I never knew why anyone liked riding it, it was always going and full of people. 😭 They really want their names in the news fr. 🤣
Is no one else gonna talk about how the department of agriculture is in charge of roller coasters?
Nice details, even technical, very interesting and tragic.
For the top thrill dragster, it didn't actually come off at the apex, it hit one of the metal break fins in the return section of track and flew off because it was hanging loose.
Can't see how they weren't found culpable with the Top-Thrill Dragster ride when they were replacing bolts (presumably nuts as well) with ones of the wrong grade! Non high-tensile bolts will just stretch, then look like they need tightening, which then takes them to the point of shearing under load!
Top thrill Dragster is one of the most dangerous coasters in the world.
@@stevie-ray2020ain’t no way this woman didn’t get a settlement…she had the wrong attorney
I temporarily lost my vision on son of beast. For about 2 minutes I was blacked out but knew where I was. My vision resumed as I was getting off ride.
I can't even imagine how horrible it would be to drown the death and really can't imagine how horrible it must have been for those parents to stand there and watch their kid drowned a death that's inconceivable
That storm in Branson did come up really quick. I remember that day. It was calm and then quickly windy.
Wow that duck boat one was nuts. Why would you set out even, knowing a storm was coming? If I was the operator Id be like "Yeah, lets look at the town tour first and come back once the storm is gone". Man, imagine losing your family like that. You'd end up hating both boats AND ducks.
Why was the seat adjusted to open wider and who did it? Did someone specifically adjust that seat so larger people would fit on the ride?
Cause that was a dumb thing to do, whatever the reason was.
Maybe it's not sensible, but I truly believe roller coasters and amusement parks should be inspected once ever one to two months. Six months is a crazy amount of time for a ride to go unchecked (even if the park employees and mechanics do a quick scope).
I was always kind of a roughneck on carnival rides and although I was really concerned about the safety of them I just love them to pieces. Now I don't think I will ever get on another one.
I rode the Son of Beast like 3 times on a family vacation when I was around 10 and this is the first im hearing of how dangerous is was 😂 I remeber my parents complaining about how bad it threw them around and my dad had a sore neck after riding it.
Crazy story… I live in Kansas City and we have a roller coaster at Worlds of Fun called the TimberWolf. When I was almost in High school I rode that ride, I was a tall skinny little thing but all they had was these lap bars that didn’t even hold you in and a seatbelt that came loose. I remember the first drop, having my feet in the air doing a handstand on the bar looking down at my death, before my friend tried grabbing me and pulling me back in… THANKFULLY at that point we hit a hill going up and I was somehow able to fall back but get into my seat again thanks to my friend who was riding w me. The following day after that incident, a 14 yr old girl riding in the SAME cart as me, fell to her death. I was terrified! I knew after that incident w me, it was SURE to happen and it did. I reported it but it did nothing. Idk how I even still like heights and rollercoasters after that ordeal. Scary for sure…
The Estrada woman who left the defective Raging River ride without saying a word should be ashamed. She stated the family knew something was very wrong with the rafts but 'didn't bother to say anything because they needed to leave'. I don't care if her son was 'autistic and needed to leave', her son getting upset for a few minutes wasn't worth potentially alerting others to danger? A boy died because of that ride, and that other family could have done something about it beforehand.
This family was imo more at fault than park. One parent could take autistic child to car while other spends 10-20min to tell staff what happened on their ride so staff could remove faulty raft and reinspect it
People are selfish a 2 minute stop to the ride operator would of saved these boys lives
I can’t believe they used the word unsinkable?!?! Are they asking for trouble? That fact alone would prevent me going on it.
I have a huge problem with the family that didn’t report something being wrong with their boat. If they had done so, it’s very likely they would’ve removed it and no one would have died. I don’t care if your child is “upset,” you do the right thing. You’d want someone else to do it for you.
Did you listen to ANY of the other stories?
I assure you, the staff wouldn't have cared.
@@jgunn03They’d have taken the boat out. The video said they already had one not returned to water. At the very least the issue would have awareness to it if that woman had reported it
Again, I'm sure many before reported. @@unstableslytherin I swear to Flying Spaghetti Monster I said "They don't care".
Why judgy judge? First, these videos get half the info wrong (not at all good at checking and rechecking sources. They're out to make content for money, not accuracy). And second, no one can say what they'd do in a situation unless they wee in the exact same situation with the exact background with the exact atmosphere and pressures of the exact moment.
We'd all do the exact same thing as the person did. It's the chaos theory. And I believe in it.
Good ole' toxic victim blamer here
There's two parents there, on parents can manage the childs needs and the other report the problem.
It was terrible to just ignore it and leave.
This video was put together well and narrated nicely. Keep up the good work Dark Records!
There's an exstensive documentary about the Ghost Train incident on Netflix; normally I put on docs for background noise as I do other stuff, but this one had me glued to the screen because the whole thing is absolutely *bonkers*.
I don't know if it caused any deaths, but there was a state fair accident that happened here in the U.S. about a year or two ago that looked like that drop tower thing but of course, a different one. Or maybe it wasn't a drop tower as I believe it also spun around. Either way, as it rose up, it suddenly crashed back down to the ground. I wince to think about the amount of people with terrible back pain left from the incident if no one died. If.
My mom had shown me the video when I raised the subject of us going to the state fair together, as we had done before the pandemic as a really fun mother-daughter evening, and she subsequently said she wouldn't be riding anymore rides after that. I can certainly understand, especially with state fairs. When we lived in a small town, the frickin fair paid literal children, like my younger brother, who was maybe 12 or 13 at the time, to help disassemble the rides for a little money (I don't know how much but it wasn't much, maybe $100 or less). He ended up getting an injury to his hand, a pretty deep cut, when one of the other kids mishandled something they were supposed to be carrying together. Who the hell hires CHILDREN to disassemble rides?! At the time, I must have not realized how wrong that was, given I was a child myself, and neither my brother nor I ever said anything to our mom, but looking back, I wish I'd have had the knowledge to tell our mom and let the authorities know.
I actually rode those rides and to my knowledge, no accidents had been reported but if they cut corners like that, it feels like a matter of time. Also, as evidenced by this video that only covered state park accidents, it seems state fair accidents don't get as much attention as they probably should. I actually implore you to do another video like this that covers those, as I think they're just as important, maybe even moreso. My family has never had money for traveling to a full-scale amusement park and I suspect the same is true for many American families. So, the state fair is about all we'll ever get to experience. Knowing what has happened in the past and any known companies of negligence would be very helpful.
I don't recommend riding any rides that are disassembled and reassembled frequently. There are so many things that can go wrong when building a ride and most of the time the people reassembling it aren't professionals in any manner. You roll a dice every time you ride and if you roll the wrong number, you get hurt or die.
👋 PSA people. I worked at a traveling carnival at 18. The stereotype that most people work at carnivals are children or druggies is TRUE!!!!! DO NOT TRUST CARNIVAL RIDES.
Can you imagine how horrible it would feel not knowing if YOU are directly responsible for someone's demise or not; even though you (allegedly) followed "protocols" !?!? That Orlando free fall accident would haunt me for the rest of my life !! RIP Tyre 🙏
Australia also had an accident on our biggest River Rapids Ride, which was in Dreamworld. One of our biggest theme parks.
I think 4 people died. The the raft flipped. It got closed afterwards and demolished.
Clearly those types of rides have a lot of flaws and need to not be a thing anymore.
Before I actually worked for a local amusement park and zoo (in the UK, in 1997-1999), I actually went on one of their rollercoasters (they only had 2 at the time, and were VERY tame) when I was 14years old.
The safety bar DIDN'T lock properly when I rode it. As I said, thankfully(!), it WAS a tame rollercoaster and not too much of an issue at the time. I DID tell the kids who were working on the ride (18year olds were routinely left in charge) and the carriage I was in WAS removed immediately. But what I'm getting at is that it DOES happen, sometimes those magnetic safety bars DON'T lock, for whatever reason.
I was fine, as aforementioned, it was a pretty tame rollercoaster. And 4years later I would work in that very park in the exact area it was. Thankfully in the shop outside the ride as opposed to the ride itself...
These days, 20/25 years later, the park now has 'proper' competitive thrill-seeker rides. More daring than anything they've ever had before.
Lightwater Valley is relatively near me, The Ultimate kept crashing into wild Deer, which roam freely in parts of England, Wales & Scotland. It was a pretty traumatic experience for anyone onboard! I am surprised they took the decision to remove all thrill rides and go entirely family friendly though. Thankfully other parks near me, Alton Towers & Flamingoland haven't done that, so lots of fun to be had
the family friendly move is both due to covid and a park buy out, they were bought out by a company that only runs family parks and the covid shut downs made it so that they had to shutdown and scrap the ultimate due to its upkeep costs, this further pushed the parent company to say screw it no more thrill rides.
i genuinely love this channel with all my heart it’s my favorite and it’s very interesting and informative about things i’ve never heard of…love dark records!!