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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:03 PM Original message |
12-year-old boy dies on Disney's Rock'n'Roller coaster at Disney-MGM studi |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow, that's not that wild a ride for roller-coaster standards |
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gully (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Shaken child syndrome? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No such thing. |
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gully (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. It was dark humor actually. |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Are you referring to the Mission: Space incident? |
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gully (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Yes that's the one I'm talking about. |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. That boy died from acute heart arrhythmia... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
56. interesting info |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. No, I doubt it. For one thing, it's a smooth ride, and he was 12 |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. I thought the same thing --= it's pretty tame, actually |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. That is horrible. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Yeah, I'm a bit stunned |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've done that ride. It is pretty mild. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. It probably was. I've ridden that ride many times |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Link |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. The Department of AGRICULTURE regulates theme parks! |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yep, holdover from county fair days. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
49. Pennsylvania's Dept of Ag. does the same thing |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. That is my most favourite ride. |
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unda cova brutha (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. what are the governemnt standards for these rides? |
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xenu (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. They ought to |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. what is the basis for the claim that "so many" of these occur at Disney |
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xenu (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 10:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. yes, I've seen it |
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unda cova brutha (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Disney is only interested in the $$$ |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. you know that Walt's dead, don't you? |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Al Gore? |
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xenu (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Disney promotes unrealistic fantasies |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. then don't go |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. hahahahahahahahhahaha |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. That's not right. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Of course they are, and of course their rides are safe |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Oh for pete's sake |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. So many don't happen at Disney Parks |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Disney is very safe. |
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xenu (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Who the hell gets on a ride |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Are you just wanting to be contrarian? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 07:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Often, they don't know they have a pre-existing medical condition.... |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Long time Disney Park fan here |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
45. Could it be because Disney parks have so many in attendance? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:48 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Bingo... as I said in another posts |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. They do, of course. |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. People die at home too... in bed. |
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xenu (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. beds are regulated, too |
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Gothmog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. This is very sad |
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Veronica.Franco (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. How terribly sad .. Thanks to the forum monitor for providing the link ... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I love your name, btw..... n/t |
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dddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. This freaked me out. I heard about this after we got home from our |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. I am thinking the boy probably had un underlying condition |
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xenu (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. If the kid had a pre-existing condition |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. they may not have know about it... |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. The parents were interviewed. The boy |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:50 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. *sigh* bEcause they didn't know he had it! |
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xenu (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 07:39 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. as I said above, |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 07:54 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. So--it looks as though Disney has a better safety record. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
54. UPDATE: Autopsy: Boy who died after Disney ride had heart defect |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. How very sad. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. how horrible for the family. such a tragedy. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Very sad |
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Suburban_Iconoclast (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
59. If only the Ramseys knew. |
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