Six Flags has another bad accident

TC · Postby TC » June 28th, 2008, 4:44 pm

Awhile back a young girl had her feet cut off here in the Ville at the Ky Kingdom

now a young boy from a church group is decapitated at 6 flags Ga. I know that he is someones family but I hope it is no one that is related or known by any of our Ga members here.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages ... geId=1.1.1

Postby **Pastor Gary** » June 28th, 2008, 4:49 pm

I am not sure "accident" is the correct word in this case; the kid and his friend climbed 2 six-foot fences, one of which was covered with signs warning of the danger, and moved under a very complex and obviously dangerous piece of equipment traveling at high speed.

It is, indeed, tragic, but what was he thinking??

TC · Postby TC » June 29th, 2008, 5:39 am

the story I linked is all I saw about it, if the boys did what you have said it is their fault but in todays world it will still come back on 6 flags.

They will say they should have had 3 6foot fences and 2 10 foot ones and the signs needed to be in 4 different languages.

I deal with Osha alot and no matter what the worker did disreguarding safety precautions, they always slam the owner saying that the owner should have realized that the workers would not follow the rules.

TC · Postby TC » June 30th, 2008, 2:26 am

I guess being further to the west you got more info while I was in bed.

I read more about it this morning. THe kid went to a Baptist Church and was from SC.

DeWayneTN · Postby **DeWayneTN** » June 30th, 2008, 3:19 am

I don't want to be insensitive but why in the world did he scale the fence? Mental illness? A dare? Being rebellious?

TC · Postby TC » June 30th, 2008, 3:41 am

D.... you didn't know that it is all 6 flags fault, they made it too easy for him to pass up. :lol:

because we know that it was not his fault.

Mole_J · Postby **Mole_J** » June 30th, 2008, 3:52 am

One news report I read, not sure if it is accurate, but he dropped something from the ride and was going back to get whatever he dropped.

KBevangelist · Postby **KBevangelist** » June 30th, 2008, 4:11 am

Mole_J wrote:One news report I read, not sure if it is accurate, but he dropped something from the ride and was going back to get whatever he dropped.

That is one more costly drop.

I have ridden that ride many many times. There is no way I would want to be under it regardless of what I lost.

KB

Brian · Postby **Brian** » June 30th, 2008, 4:26 am

The report off of Fox News said witnesses said he went to retrieve a hat he lost while on the ride. It's just plain sad,.....stupid, but sad. He was there with his church group.

DeWayneTN · Postby **DeWayneTN** » June 30th, 2008, 4:28 am

The new reports are that he entered the area from the parking lot after lunch, which doesn't sound as much like he lost something. He was with his church youth group (imagine the nightmare that youth leader and group went through). One report speculated since no other injuries were reported that he may have been struck just by the coaster. A previous death from that ride was from a woman's leg hitting a man's head and her leg was broken. It is a tragic situation all around but seems to have been totally unpreventable.

PastorDaniel · Postby **PastorDaniel** » June 30th, 2008, 4:30 am

Yeah well...he might have dropped something....but the Fox News link I read said that he was jumping up trying to grab the feet of people on the ride....

I mean..come on...Here's you sign!!

I know its tragic and I'm sounding a bit unsensitive...but its only due to the fact that this family will now be millionaires due to having a disobedient child!

COBB COUNTY, Ga. (MyFox Atlanta) – Investigators with Cobb County police said a boy was decapitated at Six Flags amusement park Saturday.

Authorities said the incident happened just after 2:00 p.m. Saturday. A church group went to the amusement park and a group of boys with the group jumped a fence and entered an area that was marked off limits.

One of the boys jumped up and tried to grab someone's feet who was on the Batman ride. The boy ended up being decapitated.

Investigators did not release the boy's age, name or the name of the church the boy was traveling with.

TC · Postby TC » June 30th, 2008, 4:48 am

PastorDaniel wrote:Yeah well...he might have dropped something....but the Fox News link I read said that he was jumping up trying to grab the feet of people on the ride....

I mean..come on...Here's you sign!!

I know its tragic and I'm sounding a bit unsensitive...but its only due to the fact that this family will now be millionaires due to having a disobedient child!

You got that right because 6 Flags would rather pay than fight it and get bad PR. It will most likely be cheaper in the Long run than to look uncaring in the press.

soulsearcher · Postby **soulsearcher** » June 30th, 2008, 4:50 am

Pastor Gary wrote:... what was he thinking??

The TV show/movies, "Jackass," comes to mind.

PastorDaniel · Postby **PastorDaniel** » June 30th, 2008, 5:00 am

soulsearcher wrote:
Pastor Gary wrote:... what was he thinking??

The TV show/movies, "Jackass," comes to mind.

And the whole church said "AMEN"

Those types of movies are literally "killing" thousands of young folks that are attempting to mimmick them.

I wish someone could do an invetigative study and connect "stupid accident" deaths with kids who had watched Jackass or other similar type films.

dolfan · Postby **dolfan** » June 30th, 2008, 7:17 am

Bad weekend to be a parent, it seems.

The kid at Six Flags (and, believe me, I agree with everyone who wonders what in the world that kid was thinking ..... did you read and notice in Six Flags' statement after the incident that they described them as "two men" --- that was intentional.)

The 5 year old at Huntsville Airport (for those outside AL, there was an air show this weekend at Huntsville and a sudden microburst storm -- what were little, nothing showers everywhere around had this one, sudden and violent but small storm in the midst of it; you can almost never pick those up on radar in advance because they are small and sudden -- Sunday afternoon caused a large tent to blow over, knocking a portable air conditioner onto a 5 year old boy and killing him).

The kid curiouspk mentioned, and his parents and his friend from Iowa, who died in a plane crash in Walker County, Alabama -- with the parents of the Alabama kid. All dead.

Then, last week, the story of the two year old who survived on cat food for six days after his mother died and no one knew.

I just cringe at the horror of all these things.

Jude 2