Teen killed by roller coaster

[B4O2N0G]

Damn thats some final destination shit right there.

 

[WoW maannnn]

bet he dropped something on the ride and was hunt'n it down.

 

[jipedestran]

Imagine that head rolling across the ground and coming to a stop by your shoes. The eyes looking up at you in panic because the brain has not died yet. That would turn me off of amusement parks for a lifetime.

What sounded worse to me was the anecdote I read about a similar accident, where a teenage girl had her feet chopped off at the ankles due to a ride malfunctioning at Six Flags (apparently no fault of her own). I bet today she is the richest cripple in America. But imagine being without feet. I guess I wouldn't mind too much if I had $1,000,000 in my bank account. With a cool million, you would not have to work anymore, just live off the interest of a long-term bond that earned, say, 6% (that's $60,000 a year, not bad).

I remember my boss telling me there was no way he would quit his job if he won the lottery, unless the take was > 2,000,000, and I thought to myself what a fool. It's not incredibly difficult to stash a mil in a corporate bond fund. But he thought he needed more.

No way I would give up my feet for 1000000 or even 100000000

peace
jip

 

[oohcow]

dude... thats fucked up... I feel bad for the kid definently... How long does the brain take to die? like do you think for those couple seconds/minutes? that would be horrible....

Stupid people don't deserve to die... but i mean you live and then you die.. be smarter.

 

[greenhead]

The kid was obviously not the brightest bulb, and it's probably amazing that he was able to survive for 17 years on this planet. This was no tragic accident, it was pure stupidity.

 

[roadrcr]

Apparently he was jumping up trying to grab peoples feet ! .. Guess white boys can jump .

 

[ItsGrowTime]

From the Irony Files:
One of the original local news articles about this incident (Im not far from where it happened) stated that the kid had jumped the fences to get his HAT that flew off his head while he was on the ride.

I wonder why the conflicting stories now though? Anyway, sad story but he should have known better. Some would call it natural selection at work.

 

[zomg1]

rollercoasters arn't like luxury cars, you can hear those fuckin things coming for sure

 

[sirgrassalot]

We had a RC called the FLYER down here, it's long gone back when I worked the shows. The carpentry shop was under the ride & they had areas like above. They used to find all kinds of things people lost under there. It's nothing to lose your head over. The ZIPPER is a great ride to find things. It's a caged ferris wheel where each cage can independently go ass over tea kettle while the ride is doing the same thing. A real money pit.

Losing your feet reminded me of a Night Gallery episode Marmalade Wine .

"Listen, your boots won't be a problem any more. And as for your taking my time, you're not in my way at all. As a matter of fact, I hope you can stay here as my guest for some time to come. While you were asleep, I took the liberty of amputating your feet." Creepers Jeepers

 

[zeeba amoeba]

No way I would give up my feet for 1000000 or even 100000000

peace
jip

I wouldn't do it either if I already had money but being low income, yeah I would sell my feet to a foot collector for a cool $1,000,000, tax free only of course. Then I would pay, what is it, $100,000 for artificial feet or maybe just $50 for a peg-leg, and just hobble around. Hey just sit on the couch and turn into a big potato.

As for severed heads, the brain remains aware for about a minute after circulation stops, think about when you hold your breath, it's the same thing. So he was looking around wondering why he rolled across the ground so fast, and wondering where the rest of his body was. Of course he couldn't scream without lungs so the only thing to do is open and close the lips like a fish out of water. The facial expressions are the creepiest, you can see the astonishment and surprise. Marie Antoinette is said to have lasted a good 2 to 3 minutes, she made comical expressions to her supporters, sticking her tongue out and mocking the Revolution, too bad she couldn't vocalize, but she was definitely mouthng words like "merde" and "baissez-vous". This is part of the historical record, look it up, though some histories try to censor the obscene language.

 

[roadrcr]

Sick fucking society that money is that important that we ponder what amount of money its worth losing a limb over .

 

[ItsGrowTime]

I wouldn't do it either if I already had money but being low income, yeah I would sell my feet to a foot collector for a cool $1,000,000, tax free only of course. Then I would pay, what is it, $100,000 for artificial feet or maybe just $50 for a peg-leg, and just hobble around. Hey just sit on the couch and turn into a big potato.

As for severed heads, the brain remains aware for about a minute after circulation stops, think about when you hold your breath, it's the same thing. So he was looking around wondering why he rolled across the ground so fast, and wondering where the rest of his body was. Of course he couldn't scream without lungs so the only thing to do is open and close the lips like a fish out of water. The facial expressions are the creepiest, you can see the astonishment and surprise. Marie Antoinette is said to have lasted a good 2 to 3 minutes, she made comical expressions to her supporters, sticking her tongue out and mocking the Revolution, too bad she couldn't vocalize, but she was definitely mouthng words like "merde" and "baissez-vous". This is part of the historical record, look it up, though some histories try to censor the obscene language.

He wasnt wondering anything. His death was instantaneous. Get hit only in the head by a roller coaster doing 50mph with probably tons of force behind it? He was dead and unaware the split second he got hit.

 

[Feyd]

I doubt his head was intact. It wasn't like the ride was teeing off on the boys neck, launching it hundreds of yards away. It was probably a bloody nasty mess, and I can't imagine being the other boy that witnessed his friend die.

I agree that the kid was an idiot, but being an idiot isn't a reason to die.

 

[bigghead]

them bus load groups are always trouble makers.

 

[Verite]

So how fancy does your baseball hat have to be to lose yer head over it?