The Batman Roller Coaster accidents at Six Flags
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- The Batman roller coaster tragedies tell of two almost identical tragedies over six years apart, this is the tragic story of two highly preventable accidents involving Batman The Ride at Six Flags Amusement Park.
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Did I say HAT or HEAD 🤔
So today I thought I would watch this back with closed captions on to find out once and for all who was right at 3.28, altho to a New Zealand ear I for sure said ''hat'', the closed captions give it to you guys and say I said ''head'' 😬 so there we have it 🤗 The mystery has been solved (kinda) but I have enjoyed the debate and friendly banter about my accent, thanks for watching the video 🤗
I was so confused how one can be looking for their own head
@@slimeyoggy745 lol same
I was so confused cause I heard head every time
Lolol people will find anything to debate. Accent aside common sense and context makes it obvious you said "hat". I like the NZ accent, it sounds like Australian American fusion to me although I know NZ has no US influence.
@@CMStrong4044 Us kiwi's have the poor man's Aussie accent 😂
I thought you said “the forces generated by the coaster caused the guys head to come off”. I was trying to picture how some dudes head just popped off in the middle of the ride😳. I knew his head came off at some point, but I didn’t think it just randomly flew off! I finally realized after rewinding several times that you said “hat” 😂
That would be a very scary thing, eek 😬
@@CuriosityVaultChannel what’s scary is that I’m still laughing about trying to picture this guys head just flying off for no reason. 🤣
@@Bella_Obscura you're actually the second person who thought I said head, instead of hat. It must be the accent 😬
But then he did end up losing his head
@@maddystutting6372 gives a new meaning to the phrase “don’t lose your head for no reason”
You know, the park isn't to blame. Anyone ignoring safety barriers and going into a ride zone is stupid
Exactly, and it seems to be the case in most of these stories. The titles imply something going wrong with the rides, but its just stupid people doing stupid things. 🤭
Agree, no one came be blamed for people trying to win a Darwin Award. We had two employees in separate zoos here killed by tigers because of ignoring the safety rules.
@@RCBirds Yes I watched one where a man jumped the fence to avoid paying entry, lunch for the tigers 😅 Not the tiger's fault
Yea but there should have a trench put in deep after that first incident, maybe with spikes! Keep wondering people out of the coasters path and anther thrill for the riders going towards them;)
That’s true as they are signs that say restricted area
Moral to the story is stay out of fenced areas for fear of losing your head when searching for your hat of which you will have no use for anyway if you were to actually lose your head.
Imagine living with the fact that accidently your leg decapitated someone must be scarring to live with it weather it's your fault or not I pray that the person has healed and doesn't carry the burden of something that was entirely out of his/her control
I mean it depends on the person. some may find it kinda cool the force their leg carried, like in tv shows and movies
I'd be more concerned about the kids family and friends than myself.
He didn’t do anything wrong. The kid jumped 3 fences that were well labeled.
I guess you'd get therapy, seems like some sort of survivor's guilt.
@@Happymali10 Trying to save a drowning child and failing....now that's survivor's guilt.
So, basically, what you're telling me is... sometimes there's a reason there's a fence?
Actually there were 2.....
I though fences and walls don’t work 🤷♂️
@@davidhenry9764 well clearly they didn’t in these scenarios 😅
@@janjaf844 with bobwire , barbed wire 😪
Wild thought.
One of my high school boyfriends lost his hat while on a roller coaster and he wanted to jump over a fence to retrieve it, which was crazy because the hat flew right under one of the coaster tracks. I was pissed that he wanted to risk his life over a stupid hat, and we got into a big fight. As I was yelling at him, the coaster came flying by, scaring the shi*t out of us both. Dude turned white as a fkn ghost. Good thing he lost only his hat and not his head.
You can’t fix stupid but you are lucky that his stupidity didn’t kill you in some other way… maybe like drinking and driving you. Stupid people tend to kill not just themselves but innocent people too due to their actions
I bet you stayed with his dumb ass for a while.
Good you were there. You saved his life.
You can always tell the park and they will retrieve it after hours and if needed prob. Mail it back to you or allow you to get it the next day. I worked at 6 flags
you didn’t have to get pissed 😭 😭 coulda just simply told him it’s a dumb idea and you can get hurt
I was there in 2008, when this happened. We were on the Mind Binder at the time. The Batman was going to be next. They told us it was closed, we seen people crying. Someone that was on the ride let us know what happened. It was a very sad day. Haven’t been back since…
It was his fault honestly
Yes, this is very true. Retrieving a hat, that could have been replaced.
You can get a new hat but not a new head. Moronomics 101
He didn't even have to lose the hat if he waited and asked the operator to get it he would've easily gotten his hat
Haven’t been back since? Why? It wasn’t six flags’ fault? You stopped going to a theme park for 15 years because some stupid kid didn’t follow the rules?
This type of accident also occurred on The Raptor at Cedar Point. Same circumstances: Victim lost an article on the ride, didn't notify ride operators and went into a restricted area to retrieve the missing article. It's a classic darwin award.
Also happened at Paramount’s Great America in California.
@@triple7marc I went to Great America when I was little and I remember the story of the guy who got decapitated. Thought I was crazy because the incident in this video sounds just like it, but it turns out there are a lot of stupid people out there.
From what I heard, the guy actually did alert the right operators but they would not shut the ride down for him. Which is understandable, and so he was mad and took it upon himself to go get it. And look where it got him...
shut up
I was just about 2 comment this I think he dropped his cellphone and I do believe that he was a teacher...just have a park employee get your belongings once the park close why go into these restricted areas 2 retrieve unworthy possessions is beyond me
obviously whenever life is lost its tragic and sad, especially at places that are supposed to be for having fun, but when you go into a restricted area near a rollercoaster while said rollercoaster is in operation, it's not like the park or anyone else can be at fault. most of these big name parks have very strict safety procedures and policies put into place to keep their riders safe, and a large majority of injuries/deaths are at fault of parkgoers disobeying rules. be smart when you're at these theme parks! follow the rules put in place for your safety and the safety of others
Thats what gets me. All dude had to do was go to the ride operator and say hey i lost my hat. Theyll arrange to get it back to you later in the day.
@@childofcascadia Right? It’s not like anyone is going to take it.
Heck there’s even tons of rules for employees to go into ride restricted areas, even after operating hours!
maybe he didnt lose so much after all
I’ve ridden that exact Batman ride several times at Six Flags ATL. A hat, cell phone, whatever is not worth your life. That’s why some parks are really strict about loose items now! Don’t wear a hat/glasses/flip flops on these rides
I remember an older man got decapitated at cedar point because he lost his phone
This happened at the 6 flags I live near. It was such an outrageous story many people thought it was just a rumor. The look on someone’s face when you told them “no that REALLY happened” was always horrified.
“Decapitation” can sometimes mean “internal decapitation” which doesn’t mean someone had to go retrieve the poor guys head.
I just wonder how 2 people become this careless around the tracks… you HAVE to know you’re in the path yeah?
Well unfortunately Isaiah Ferguson’s head was retrieved 13 feet away from where his body was laying.
Yes true. I didn't know that for the longest time
The same exact accident also happened at Mirabilandia, in Italy. A guy trying to retrieve his hat that flew off on Katun (another b&m invert) got hit by a leg and killed.
Just leave the fucking hat... Or ask an employee so they can retrieve it for you later.
Careless? Reckless.
an old guy probably couldn't see the sign on a bright, sunny day and couldn't hear the noise of the coaster clearly enough
the two teens trying to retrieve a hat themselves were careless
I worked at this park 2 seasons after the last accident, I worked with many of the same people who in fact responded to the accident that same day, the tragedy is that he almost didn’t meet his fate that way, as he was standing back up, hat in hand, it happened, this was the incident that really changed how they enforced things at the park, after that it was truly zero tolerance for those kinds of things, guest caught hopping the fence or attempting to get into those areas were met with two outcomes : best case the fear or
God was imparted into them about their choices and what could happen, more often people were kicked out because they insisted that they needed insert what ever item was lost and just had to climb the fence and ignore the minimum 3 signs in front of them explaining how it’s a poor choice to enter the area. Even employees in those areas weren’t immune, even ride shut down, park not open god forbid they caught you taking a short cut through one of those areas. Moral of the story, if there are signs that say do not enter, dont.
I was there and working the day it happened in 2008. (I was one of the Looney Tunes.) I was at the top of the hill leading out of the Gotham City area. I'll never forget the people screaming as they ran up the hill out of the area. Our supervisors pulled us in and said they couldnt tell us what was going on yet. They grabbed table cloths from our back area (which we later realized, they used to cover the body & scene). It wasnt until closer to the end of the day that they told us what happened, and said we (specifically, the employees) could not talk to the media about it.
We heard different things, such as he dropped his hat, or his basketball. But the story that security told me, was that the kid was trying to get into the park by jumping the fence.
Cheers for sharing. That would have been quite disturbing to be there.
I've always wondered if the body was near the public
When you said that the boy's hat fell off because of the forces I heard it as "the boy's head fell off" and I was so confused when you said that his friend and him "went searching for the lost head" 😭
I was like holy shit how did the force of the ride cause his head to come off 😭😭😭
I was like, how did the headless boy jump the fence in hopes of finding his head? Did nobody see a headless boy walking around?
sameee
@@gmon3yyb I seen many a headless boy and girl searching for their head.
What makes it creepier is that the spot on the ride where it happened and the general theming of it has really lost it's luster over the years. It genuinely feels haunted now.
Which section of the ride did it happen?
The part where you are close enough to the ground to kick someone’s head off.
@@Cjb77777
Do you mean section of the park?
Dont be scared mate. Its not like thats the only place spirits wander.... 😐 that.. that didn't help, did it?😅
i just mean like, dont be scared its alright its not like they were evil
I mean for example after the zero g roll or after the second vertical loop? Your sarcasm is beyond shite but no wonder if you’re American lol
‘What did you do today?’
‘I accidentally kicked someone’s head off’
😬
Omg 🤣
God, how terrible to live the rest of her life knowing that happened.
@@thedaisiesgrow ngl I’d feel like a legend
@@notBrocker what?!
It's so sad that a momentary lapse of judgment resulted in such a tragedy.
I don’t really think that scaling multiple safety fences while passing signs clearly stating danger to get to an area where vehicles on tracks move through at extremely high speeds counts as a “momentary” lapse of judgement. It’s more sad that his dumb teenager decisions ended up costing him his life, because most of us took silly risks as kids but most of us managed to avoid risks which would decapitate us. This incident is very sad, but unfortunately he had every opportunity to avoid it.
There was also a similar incident at LaRonde Six Flags (Quebec) ours is called Le vampire (The vampire) and a worker wondered in the forbidden zone and was struck by the ride. Idk if there were riders in it or it was before opening, but he sadly died. It was in 2013 I think and the last death since. There was an accident last year on an other ride but no one got hurt.
Thanks, I will have a look into that. Possibly something to cover in a future video 😎
Those fences and signs of no trespassing are there for a reason! Not worth your life to retrieve a $20 hat!
I remember reading this story when I was just a kid! Condolences to the family
you don't just hop over a restricted area fence to get your hat, what in the world was that kid thinking
He didn't care.
Also, he didn't follow the 'No Hats, caps nor sunglasses' riding rules
Some of these kids are so naive they really feel like they're invincible in some form. It's sad, but some of these parents just don't teach their kids that they're not too young or too special that they can't get killed if they do stupid things.
Definite parenting issues.
Well he was a kid, so he probably wasn't.
That's just it the kid wasn't thinking.
3:25 I thought you said his head came off during this part. I was so confused as to why the kid and his friend would causally go looking for his head. I need to listen more. 😂
Same! I was like wait how did he go find his head and why would the ride still be open if the force caused someone head to come off!? That was very confusing
I live in Georgia and remember people in school who told this story. I have a lot of fond memories on Batman but now it does have an eerie feeling
I mean back in 86 I can remember signs for no jewelry or hats on a coaster ride there is a reason for that rule.
Six flags
That is why you obey the rules of the park.
Another incident not completely identical but close was at Top Gun Paramount’s Great America September 8 1998. It was the same style B&M hanging coaster, also a man killed by a girl, and also because he jumped the fence to retrieve a hat.
I think Fascinating Horror possibly covered that incident if I remember correctly. Sounds familiar.
I’ll have to look for that. I just remember being there as a kid, after the fact looking at the fence, and wondering how anyone in their right mind thought that was a good idea to jump over. Crazy.
Happened on Raptor at Cedar Point too.
God, how important is a hat? 🤷♀️
I lived in that county in ‘98 and I remember this. I wasn’t there that day, but have been on that coaster a whole bunch of times. I think the woman on the coaster who collided with the man broke her leg.
Wont be walking under that
Losing your head over a hat SMH
Batman the ride was first originated at six flags great America in Gurnee Illinois. Then the other Six Flags followed With cloning the ride.
Thank you, that section was so strange cuz he had the wrong park and also showed a pic of Magic Mountains entrance, so it confused me so much, and the footage from great America was right before it too, so close
I don't see how it's the parks fault if ppl visiting the park jump fences. Even if u were to drop something go tell the ppl that work there that u dropped something, don't take it upon urself. I hate this happened to anyone, it is a tragedy... follow directions
For some reason I got recommended this and binge watched quite a few today. I hope for more content like this! Would be cool to see stuff globally
Incoming 😎
This is what you call a Darwin Award. You jump over a fence that says "DANGER. For your safety keep out" and then get hurt for entering? Not the park's fault.
I THOUGHT HE SAID “THE FORCE WAS TO MUCH AND HIS HEAD FELL OFF!!”😂
Me too I was so confused
Thanks for agreeing
Same thing happened at Cedar Point on “The Raptor” which you showed in this video, so the park isn’t to blame here. Wander into a restricted area, play stupid games, win stupid prizes
My most recent video was the Raptor incident.
I remember the second incident and the ride was still closed days later, when I went…
"Batman Rollercoaster Decapitation" sounds like a fighting game special move.
The worst bit has got to be one of 2 things for me
1. Why would you wear a hat in the first place just put it in your pocket
And
2 when you realized it was gone you could have ether said oh well it's gone
OR ASKED SOMEONE to get it following any of them steps and the guy would be alive today (most likely)
I actually went to 6 flags Georgia yesterday. A kid said that his restraint broke off and all he had was his seat belt
On the Batman ride forgot to put that
You Know that’s not true, right?
Man the comments…I mean it wasn’t a good idea but we’re talking about a dead person here…
So sad, 💔 I do believe a lot of amusement parks will retrieve missing item, and hold it , it just may be a day later or so that the lost item can be received , but better that than a loss of life 💜🙏
As an ex ride operations sup, jumping the fences of restricted or danger zones used to be park ejection, NOW, it’s a felony. We would mock people who jump fences because it is absolutely stupid and bizarre that people do this. This actually happened to me, I dispatched a train, looked around for a second and saw someone in a fenced in area. I hit the ride stop so hard, had a train going up the lift, It got stuck. Park security escorted the idiot out.
Example of: roller coaster are mostly safe, it just human's stupidity
I love your videos man. I’ve been interested in rollercoaster accidents for years, they’re healing to watch after I was first response to a fair ride injury that scarred me. You remind me that these non moving theme parks are safe even though you’re talking about death and injury, because you don’t make it sound like this could happen all the time like some fearmongerers. I’m even planning to go to Alton towers for the first time since the incident and go on intense rides like oblivion and thirteen, I finally feel safe again. Thank you.
Check out Coaster Bot’s video on roller coaster safety. It will open your eyes.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video.
Wow. May they Rest In Peace…
There’s a reason safety barriers exist at amusement parks people…
when you get yo hat back but lose your head in the process
I remember this... Kind of mind boggling. First the hat isn't worth it, but you're a teen and you want your hat plus it'll be cool.... hard to imagine you don't watch the ride go a full loop at least once to plan your run before going after the hat... Also pretty crazy a leg can decapitate someone without being injured itself!
The teenager should've followed the'Do not wear hats, caps and sunglasse while riding'
Deadass almost died on this ride it wasn’t locked in right and I almost flew out when I was at the top I had to hold on to dear life
My first question for the second accident… why would you risk you life for a HAT? Couldn’t you probably find it somewhere else? Also why were you wearing a loose item to a fast ride?
They would also retrieve the hat at the end of the day and put it in lost and found. At least that's what they do at Cedar Fair Parks
It’s beyond stupid enough to cross the barriers, but to be standing in the path of the track is literally tempting death.
Same thing happened at Six Flags Laronde in Montreal in 2012. A park employee entered a restricted area of the ride (Le Vampire, a mirror-image clone of Batman: The Ride) while it was operating and was struck by the train as it passed overhead.
Oh man imagine one seconds your standing there talking to your friend, but then you blink and his heads just gone. Poor person probably hasn't slept in years.
I recall people bullying the family with memes and messages after the incident.
Just sounds like Atlanta. I’m from Atlanta and we have rebels like this
Both deaths are a case of 'play stupid games, win stupid prizes'
Humam error is at the heart of moat coaster accidents
I remember losing my Visor, on the now defunct Lightning Loops coaster, at Six Flags Great Adventure while on a Senior high school class trip. I went back to the same park on a College freshman school trip. That visor was still sitting underneath the loop where I lost it a year earlier. Tragically, a young girl was killed on this ride. The train had started running before she had a chance to put down her restraint bar. As the train started to dive into the loop, she shot out of her seat and landed head first on the track below. I'm just guessing that this particular incident may have started the....thumbs up sign...you now see from park employees worldwide, before releasing trains from the station.
Now losing your hat is nothing to lose your head over !
I was 14 and riding the Big Dipper rollercoaster at Luna Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia. The lap bar, as we've seen
happen on other rollercoaster accidents, came loose and lifted. It was terrifying! Everytime we crested an incline
and began to descend, I was lifted from my seat. My eldest brother, 17, kept his arm across me the remainder
of the ride, though I doubt that would have helped if we'd been travelling at the speeds of rollercoasters today.
i know canada is often ignored in those video but this happened in 2012 in montreal at La ronde. an employee entered the restricted area of the vampire (clone of batman) and got killed
I mean he could’ve at least waited to watch the coaster to make sure he isn’t gonna get in the way of it and die. I feel like the loudness and screams would probably indicate that it wasn’t the best time to retrieve the hat
Wondered in !!! LMFAO !!! It's physically impossible to "Wonder" over two 6' fences both topped with Razor wire !!!
Hats off to you for this great video. Batman is a pretty insane ride, have to sit front row for best experience cause other seats make it hard to see *ahead.* When I first heard of this incident the year it happened I thought it was a... cap.
STOP NO ASDFGHJKL
"hats off" good one lol
Sad but going into a fenced off area where a huge ass roller coaster is zipping around isn't a good idea.
What's scary is I remember this. I was at the park, we had ridden it a couple of times that day. Went to go ride it one last time at the end of our visit and it was closed. When walking out we saw some vans from a church and everyone crying. Didn't find out what happened until we got to the hotel.
This was very respectful and i appreciate not being clickbate
Only yesterday, I watched your first video, and I'm hooked. Watched a couple more and will continue over the next few days ❤
🥰 Thanks, I see you have made it to the older ones, they were a bit rough haha
@@CuriosityVaultChannelYes, I decided to start at the begin 😅 and it's always nice to see the growth but saying that, I enjoy the older videos just as much. 😊
@@annaince Well I'm glad you're a fan 🥰
I guess he didn’t need the hat anymore.
If theres two 6.5 foot fences and an active rollercoaster between you and your hat... you should probably just forget about the hat
My hat's off to you, good video👌
🥰 Thanks
was the pun intended
Dont go pickin up your hat in stupid areas tho
737 subscribers? Huh...
I was expecting much more
One day lol
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@@maaikereal Welcome :)
I thought you said head until you said they went to go retrieve it obviously they are to calm if it was his head 🤦😭
Yeah a few people have mentioned that actually, must be the accent 😬
Same thing happened at Cedar Point with the Raptor. Inverted coaster, trying to retrieve something in a restricted area, internally decapitated. Don’t fuck with those coasters.
Yep. Pretty sure that was the coaster in the beginning of the video.
I didn't realize that the park put in decapitation's! That's awesome!
Under each rollercoaster is usually a GIANT sign on the side of multiple fences that will tell you not to cross the fence and if you are caught you will be banned for life. This is why.
i was there for the 2008 incident... Had rode the ride an hour before it happened. i remember them covering the area with white tent like sheets
I live in GA and have ridden the Batman multiple times. I was nervous first listening to the video about what the tragedies would be but it just seems like people who were in places they weren’t supposed to
OMG I THOUGHT THAT THE INSIDE OF FENCES WERE SAFE THANKS!!!
(I definitely did not know that)
In an alternate reality: "No you're not going into a restricted space just to retrieve a hat!"
note to self: don't wear hats to theme parks...
LOL. When the ride and foot rider are still innocent. Kid a fool for this and should’ve been watched by parents.
0:46 HOLY CRAP THATS MY FOOTAGE!! THANK YOU FOR USING IT!!!
Just double Checked my attributions in the description to make sure I had attributed it 😊 I had, phew 😁
@@CuriosityVaultChannel It’s so cool of you to use it and shout me out in the desc!! I’m a super small creator so your generosity is greatly appreciated 👏👏
The unlucky story of idiots not respecting a giant deadly mechanism. In the second instance all because of a hat they should have been holding while on a ride anyway.
Batman at 6 flags is the first real roller coaster I ever went on and I hurt my neck for about a week because I didn't hold my head back against the seat
I always, and only, feel sorry for the person whose foot hit the idiot. That's got to be a horrible thing to live with. You're the only real victim of this scenario.
@@king.cowfish I think it's adorable that you think I give two spits about you, or your useless lecture.
@@king.cowfish well its clear he couldn't properly read signs, not to mention he risked his life over a hat. Seems pretty deserved to me.
You can be a victim of yourself, or a victim of stupidity, or a victim of a very ineffective education system, or a victim of parents who never taught you that your head is worth more than what you wear on it. Being an idiot is not always a choice, especially when it ends up getting you killed. It's not like he was drunk or anything, at least the kid wasn't (most likely), and he was not even old enough to make his own legal decisions. How could he be held responsible for his own stupid death when legally pretty much everything he did was still his parents' responsibility? I agree he was dumb- but every kid is dumb at some point. I know for sure that everyone I know, myself included has done something that could have gotten us killed at some point. I bet you text and drive on occasion, and you're pretty likely to die doing that. The only reason we are here to talk about the ones who aren't is not because we are smarter, or superior in some way; it's just because we are luckier. I hope they rest in peace, and that their loved ones find closure.
@@8BitCyberWarrior No, I've never texted while driving. Only a-holes do that, so you'll lose that one. OTOH, I did do something that nearly killed me. Your sermon damn near bored me to death. Fortunately, I stopped about halfway through. Maybe you made a point, eventually, after that, but I'll never know.
@@billlonee9470 lmao very mature. You have a simple mind and I envy your naivety. Ignorance truly is bliss
In May 2002, 58-year-old groundskeeper Samuel Milton Guyton of Atlanta was killed after he wandered in a restricted area under the Batman roller coaster's path and was struck in the head by the dangling leg of one of the ride's passengers.
In June 2007, a teenager's legs were severed when cables snapped on the Superman Tower of Power ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Ky.
In June 2008, a teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities said.
Hoooly shot I thought you said he lost his HEAD and they went looking for the HEAD of the guy 😭
Scaled a fence to retrieve a lost hat.
I was riding a roller coaster years ago at six flags and my head also flew off, I had a friend retrieve it because well you understand.
These two accidents were caused by the individuals who entered a restricted area!
After this happened, many folks were losing their heads trying to figure out what happened.
This is why they stress that you put your belongings in a bag or something before getting on the ride. It should go without saying that anything like a hat, a phone, or a wallet is simply not worth risking your life to try to go get
Ironic the ad for this video was a theme park.
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I feel so bad for the person in the front cart
Now I know why I'm 21, have only been on a rollercoaster ONCE in my entire life and am still utterly terrified of them. And will never be forced on one - and I'm so glad I don't go on them.
I was actually at the park the day after the accident in 2008; I remember the Batman ride still being closed.
Years ago I heard of something similar happening at Great America theme park in Santa Clara, California. A man and his wife were leaving the park and the woman's hat flew off over the fence in the area of the Top Gun, now Flight Deck ride. Same kind of ride where your feet dangle. The man was struck by someone's foot and died. It would always cross my mind when i would go on that ride. So sad that people would take that risk for a hat.
holy shit i’ve been on this ride at santa clara 😞 i’ve never heard of this before
@@heartnovel it's sad that a day of fun could turn to tragedy. Flight Deck is one of my favorite rides there.
I live in Atlanta and I vividly remember these two separate incidents and the bed media here reporting on them. So sad.