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In reply to the discussion: What We Know About the Young Boy Decapitated on the World’s Tallest Water Slide [View all]ananda
(28,885 posts)28. They were using VELCRO ???
Jeezus!
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What We Know About the Young Boy Decapitated on the World’s Tallest Water Slide [View all]
pnwmom
Aug 2016
OP
Even now most reports refer to a "fatal neck injury." But there were eye-witnesses,
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#3
It was probably internal decapitation where his skull became separated from his neck but
cstanleytech
Aug 2016
#19
There was another report of a man riding the slide, and his safety straps snapped off.
Siwsan
Aug 2016
#4
No, the victim in this isnt the one at fault the ride owners are the guy is simply
cstanleytech
Aug 2016
#38
The father is a RWNJ teabagger politician. He and his family HATE government regulations.
kestrel91316
Aug 2016
#9
No, they wouldn't gladly subject everyone's kids to decapitation. I'm sure they never dreamed
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#13
News Flash, Rightwingers who hate Govt Regulations HAVE subjected all of us to harm
KittyWampus
Aug 2016
#57
News flash: their child was decapitated on this ride. Obviously, they never dreamed
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#59
and those human rightwinger and the politicans and their votes harm all of us.
KittyWampus
Aug 2016
#58
In any Universe, actions have consequences. You throw a ball against a wall
KittyWampus
Aug 2016
#61
My opinion about a third party is my opinion but your comment is a DIRECT and insulting post.
vkkv
Aug 2016
#22
They had ended the age limit and there was a height limit -- 54 inches -- that many 10 year olds
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#16
I can't believe they have Velcro straps for a ride that travels 70 mph.
MidwestTransplant
Aug 2016
#27
I see how he was killed, no excuse for safety failures. That right looks dangerous as hell.
Rex
Aug 2016
#36
Other accounts say that is what happened -- and he was totally decapitated
obamanut2012
Aug 2016
#75
That netting looks like something one would have in their garden to hold up vines.
Hassin Bin Sober
Aug 2016
#62