News & Politics - Young Teen Loses Both Feet On Popular Six Flags Ride

GhostWriter · 06-26-2007, 07:20 PM

I hadn't seen this one here yet, and I want to know what other's think on this:

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Louisville, KY. —WHAS11 News has learned that 13-year-old Kaitlyn Lasitter is the teenager who had both of her legs severed above the ankles on the Superman Tower of Power ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom on last Thursday. Lasitter is a student at Highland Middle School in Louisville and is known as Katie by her friends there.

The young teen has been recovering at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville and is said to be conscious and doing okay. A neighbor describes the girl as bubbly, beautiful, positive and very close to her family. She also says the girl has already talked about writing a book about her experience.

The Superman Tower of Power remains shutdown as the state investigates the accident. According to the Associated Press, the president of the company that provided the ride to Kentucky Kingdom said that a failed cord is what caused the girl’s feet to be severed.

Here's a link to the web page with the full story:
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elisheva · 06-26-2007, 08:58 PM

I read about that

Apparently similar rides have been closed down across the States.

GhostWriter · 06-26-2007, 11:26 PM

Yeah, I'm down in Virginia and the ride Dropzone at Paramounts Kings Dominion has been shut down. Personally, I cannot ride that type of ride because it's just not something I like. I understand why they've done it, since all of those rides work almost identically.

-Kelly- · 06-27-2007, 12:54 AM

I heard about this

it's so sad

**Melis** · 06-27-2007, 05:24 AM

That is scary. Hopefully the girl will be okay.

migamoo · 06-27-2007, 07:40 AM

Also, a girl died the other day on a ride at Disneyland Paris.

**sunnykerr** · 06-27-2007, 09:55 AM

Alright, not to impersonate the devil or anything, but I'm wondering if the people who have these horrendous freak accidents aren't sometimes partially at fault. Now, obviously, some rides have grossly malfunctionned in the past. But I've also been on a lot of them where I saw for myself people who clearly acted in a way that flew in the face of safety regulations.

Obviously, whichever one it was in this case, nothing can undo the trauma of this kind of injury. And I have no desire to diminish that either.

I'm merely saying that, if anything, this should teach people to be more cautious and take as much responsibility as humanly possible for their own safety.

GhostWriter · 06-29-2007, 04:31 PM

In this case, I believe the girl was riding the ride just how she should have been. She was just in the right place to have the cord wrap around her feet and rip them off.

Jacob1983 · 06-29-2007, 06:49 PM

I hate roller coaster rides mainly because I'm afraid I will throw up all over the place. I also might have a dizzy spell. I hate those. I don't think people are stupid to ride roller coasters and theme park rides. Theme parks and amusement parks are suppose to make sure that their crap works and is safe. If it doesn't work, then it's their fault and not the customers.

GhostWriter · 06-29-2007, 06:57 PM

In this case, it's nobody's fault. They had the ride checked just a few weeks earlier. They still do not know just what happened, which is why they shut down all similar rides across the country and even international because it's got people scared as far as how it happened with no reason being found behind it.

**sunnykerr** · 06-30-2007, 10:34 AM

My God, if they have no idea how it could have happened, and she was doing everything right, then obviously, obviously, there was something terribly wrong with that ride.

I'm starting to understand why my mum never let me ride rollercoasters when I was younger. Mind you, I love rollercoasters. Always have, always will. But, egads. Can you imagine?

GhostWriter · 06-30-2007, 11:46 AM

Yup, that's why they've all been closed. I love roller coasters, but I always stayed away from that kind of ride cause it scared me just looking at it. This whole event has made sure that I'm never going to ride it.

S.A.S.H.A. · 07-01-2007, 02:10 PM

Ick, poor thing.

Sasha

Mandy Renay · 07-11-2007, 12:27 PM

Yikes. I've been on that ride... and am suddenly very glad I still have my feet.

jalapeno_wildchild · 07-12-2007, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sunnykerr (View Post)

Alright, not to impersonate the devil or anything, but I'm wondering if the people who have these horrendous freak accidents aren't sometimes partially at fault. Now, obviously, some rides have grossly malfunctionned in the past. But I've also been on a lot of them where I saw for myself people who clearly acted in a way that flew in the face of safety regulations.

Obviously, whichever one it was in this case, nothing can undo the trauma of this kind of injury. And I have no desire to diminish that either.

I'm merely saying that, if anything, this should teach people to be more cautious and take as much responsibility as humanly possible for their own safety.

i agree with you on this completely.


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