In 2016, Caleb Schwab died at the Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts, which said in a statement that the company will be "fighting these charges aggressively."
Thank God for him .. if the mother had seen that .. she would never be the same again .. it's bad enough that they had to leave the park without their little boy .. but to have that image! .. no one has ever seen a child's decapitated head!! 😭👎🏽👎🏽
It's not up to him. Explain to her and let her make the choice. She may feel negligent for not being with his body forever. Idiots playing god for others.
@@sharonbinbaltimore8652 it was her sons decapitated body. i think anyone would try and stop her from seeing it. if i were her i’d be grateful my last memory of my son was him happy and excited and not decapitated.
@@darwinawardcommittee I doubt that really. They just wanted to do something for their representatives. But yeah, they were arrogant enough to think their park was safe.
@@chandlersmith5763 The court said that inadmissible evidence was used so the charges were dismissed. It didn't say they couldn't be brought again. But, yeah. Sucks.
@@samu-chan yup, if they need me to sign liability documents for a slide, I'd happily get a days worth of cardio. I don't want to worry about dying, only fun.
The ride no longer exists. But b4 the accident everyone just assumed "well it must be safe because it's open" You would have had no idea it was a death trap b4 the accident, it's not like crazy big rides kill people with any regularly. Riding an amusement attraction is one of the safest things you can do. You are more likely to be killed in a car crash driving to the park than being killed by one of it's rides.
I think it’s a good thing they were charged. Companies need to be charged for this kind of stuff more often. They need to be afraid of risking human life.
Everything about this is so heartbreaking. What really breaks my heart the most is that Caleb's 12 year old brother saw everything that happened. The mom was protected from seeing her son's body after the fact, but nothing can protect that little boy from what he saw. He will never be able to forget that sight. I hope he is okay.
i dont think he is, for obvious reasons. also i've heard there is a video of the incident posted online, who the hell posts that online? some seriously fucked up people were there that day.
The other traumatized people were the women behind Caleb. Middle seat broke her jaw and both were covered with blood. Eyewitness accounts at the scene when the news van got there to do their reporting. Such horror.
@Nemo Krada yeah sure if half a second is still considered alive to you then yeah. People that experience extreme trauma often don't feel pain right away due to shock he DEFINITELY didnt feel physically pain.
Trent Neal Roller coasters are incredibly safe, you have a much higher chance of dying in a car crash than you do on a roller coaster. That’s at least for non sketchy roller coasters.
Dakota Its not a shit comparison. Every time you set foot in a car you have a much higher chance of dying that car trip than you do every time you ride a rollercoaster. It has nothing to do with how often you do either.
I actually went on that ride twice and the second time I went airborne, but my head didn't touch the top i was about 2 or 3 inches from touching it and I remember laughing when I got down I kept saying to my friends "holy shit i almost got decapitated" over and over, but I didn't take it seriously I just laughed about it. When I heard that this kid got decapitated i realised how close I came to have the same thing happen to me.
John Smith Do you actually think i care if you believe me or not?. And who is we, are you so full of yourself that you think everyone on the internet thinks like you?. LMAO
That is standard procedure for so many things. Ever been to a trampoline park? Roller Coasters, and so much more. They were out of being safe with rushing it, but the liability is so standard.
I've done a lot of activities that required a liability waiver. Sometimes activities that could potentially be harmful and other times not so much. It's because the US is a litigious country that everyone makes you sign a waiver. I'm sure if it were practical to do, we'd make participants sign a waiver to use playground structures in public parks.
GLMR KILZ my son hated me for not letting him on a roller coaster....I did let him on once with his aunt...and when I got on, my seat only clicked once, theirs clicked three times...I brought it to the operators attention and she told me it was fine...I demanded to get off the ride, which she didn't want to, but finally let me get off...I told her not to let anyone sit in that seat. Recently I saw on TH-cam another woman this happened to and she flew out of the seat and died...:-(
As an adrenalin junkie even i wouldn't go on this slide. This design is wrong and it's just waiting for an accident to happen. And it happens. Poor boy. May he rest in peace. I hope his family recovered from this horrible day... 😭
Why? His father was a member of the legislature. He could have passed laws regulating water parks but didn't. At least it was his kid that died and not some innocent person's child. I just wish the guy hadn't stopped the mom from seeing the body. She should have seen her husband's handiwork. They wanted the government out of their lives. They got it. And now their kid is out of their lives. Too bad.
@@Padmepotter4986 hmm you're glad a kid died because of "the sins of the father" so to speak. That's messed up, and even further you decided that the mother should be made to suffer and see her son mangled and dead?
@@ch4z_bucks Absolutely! It's good for them to see what their policies could have done to an actual innocent person's family. This is what they wanted: let the free market decide. At least it decided with their own child and not another Kansan's child. The trash family than used a Texas law to sue for more money than what it allowed under Kansas law. The father voted to cap how much an injured party can sue for in Kansas but asked for more himself by going through another state. This family's garbage. I have no sympathy for the father or the mother.
@@Padmepotter4986 the father is of course deserving to face the consequences of his actions. But the mother had no role in making the legislation, you're calling for her to face punishment for something she had no hand in.
@@ch4z_bucks You should re-read padmepotters comments he or she is only insinuating that the father be mainly to blame (besides the people responsible in creating the slide in the first place which should take all the blame from there negligence and stupidity), the mother should be allowed to see her son even in that state as to see the terror of her and more greatly the fathers actions of letting them go on such a dangerous ride. Also the lack of effort from the father and to some degree the mother to help and support the father to pass legislation to prevent or lay to rest what has transpired so further “accidents” like this don’t occur through corporate negligence in the coming future. The ability to realise mistakes or danger from choices, learn from the choices so nothing like this ever happens again.
I remember taking a business law class a long time ago. I remember the lawyer teaching us. He said it does not matter if you sign a waiver or there is a sign saying dangerous, ride at your own risk, if you can prove there was a problem, and they knew about it, and did not fix it, then they are at fault. Like going to a baseball game, if you get hurt by a baseball hitting you, that is a known risk. You get hurt by sitting on the bleachers and they fall apart because it wasn't maintained properly, the owners are at fault because its not a known risk. I'm not a lawyer and I could be wrong, because laws can be different in different areas and they can change over time.
AND YET EVERYONE WANTS TO COME HERE .....and then they disrespect our country and or the citizens of...... in addition they do nothing but complain, and demand how things need to be rearranged to please their selfish desires not giving a thought how they should be grateful and appreciative they are able to come here.....anyone who disrespects our country, in any way shape or form including the citizens of needs to be swiftly booted OUT NOW! Imagine ANY American citizens going to any other country demanding they accommodate our every demand and doing so with utter disrespect and hate they would boot us out NOW or shoot us....only in the USA would BS from NON-American citizens get away with such disrespectable nonsense it makes those of us who respect our country ashamed we have lowered our standards to such an all-time bottom of the barrel position! The problem is that people get away with far too much! When you give a child who throws a tantrum, it's way ....you just LOST!
@SYD Some people record their births so they can remember the day, like when you record a wedding or a birthday (haha but the first). I don’t find it that weird, i mean my birth was recorded, luckily all went according to so.
The state had no regulations when the ride was built so the state was partly to blame! I don’t think these people deserve prison time for an accident that many people were responsible for!
He would be 18 now this is so heartbreaking, tears flowing after watching this years later. That little cutie is in a much better place, hope his family were able to heal; it’s good thing they have each other. 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Well, in the sense that gravity pulled the raft down to make the raft accelerate at a high speed, yes gravity lifted the raft..... Though it could be worded better.
I wouldn't let my 10yr old go on a ride like this.. I've had my own close call on a ride when I was young, and my cousin fell off a ferris wheel.. No way..
@@kianadoescod6402 She hit the fence as well and his body fell on her. Every news story says it was an internal decapitation. Edit; every story with more detail.
What I don't get is why they weren't on the same raft if they're supposed to stick together? It says the brother was waiting for him at the bottom. I mean it's probably best that they weren't together because of what happened but I was a little confused by that.
notebookluvr it was 3 people per raft and if the two brothers would have gotten on the same raft, they wouldn’t have made the minimum weight required for the raft to operate
Reporter: So, would you say this slide is safe? Owner : Yeah yeah it’s safe *Owner literally a few seconds ago looking at the crew who is working with jackhammers and saws* “I don’t know what the hell they’re doing over there” TF???
No kidding. "I dont know what the hell they're doing"..... it's one of those moments where your like "wait, did he just say what I thought he said?" This dude is building a potential death trap and he doesn't even know what his crew is doing? Like, SERIOUSLY?
“Unforeseeable accident” Um. Literally everything about this incredibly stupid structure says you could have avoided alllllll accidents. Just by not building it or making it smaller and safer.
@@eileenmcdonald3162 yes, imagine being one of those lifeguards getting paid $7 an hour and probably in highschool or college and people blaming you for a kids death.
@@MisTracy39TheVeganLady the steepness of the initial slope is fine, if it was just that no one would have gotten hurt. It's that retarded second hill that literally acts as a ramp for the raft that's the problem. If they didnt include the second hill and just had a long stretch with some deeper water to bring the raft to a stop, that ride would probably still be open today
Not to mention they were working on it while it was in operation at times. During testing the dummies and raft flew completely off the ride which was one indication it wasn’t safe at all. Yet alone someone with an unknown heart condition it would’ve been deadly to them. Others were severely injured so they damn well knew just didn’t care which they should have. Or not let anyone under 18 on the slide period.
“Man, these rafts just keep flying off! How do we stop them from going airbor-“ “Barbed wire.” “...What?” “We put barbed wire over the slides.” “...How would that stop the rafts from flying?” “It won’t, but it’ll be painful.” “...that’s GENIUS!” honestly wtf were these people thinking?
That's what I was thinking. My dad worked for Arrow development. He helped create the Corkscrew, the first upside down roller coaster, and also the first log ride. I know this is not what they ever imagined back then.
Tiny McPoop is this a shitty joke? going outside isn’t extreme, a waterslide with a fucking cheese grater as a net and a 2nd hill that leaves you airborne is extreme.
I couldn't imagine what his family is going through especially his brother seeing the incident happen right in front of him. My heart is literally broken for this poor child's family. RIP little man.😭😪😭.
Yea no. This wasn’t like a “he got injured and the family is suing”. The poor kid was decapitated. That’s something that will catch a lot of publicity fast.
CTCS you are wrong, reported accidents and injuries by staff and guests that were ignored is the reason they are in jail awaiting trial, you need evidence to arrest and charge and clearly the state has it. Grow up and stop watching shitty liberal bs, it makes you dumb.
John Smith - The park was found LIABLE for it's use of Velcro, and the idiots that thought it was suitable are in jail. What video did you watch you fucktard?
The victims family has already collected on a wrongful death claim in civil court. That means the park was indeed found and held liable. You wrecked yourself.
Maddix Rojo he never got to grow up and have a family, or drive, or -maybe- have his first kiss or get married. rest in peace Caleb, fly high angel ❤️💕🥺😔🙏🕊
@@chickenwings4199 Your life doesn't have to be about kissing marrying etc, all you need is to have a good life that YOU personally enjoy. But yeah, obviously he could have had some sort of life after that if he wasn't killed.
That park chain was so unsafe. I had a coworker that said that her husband did construction at one in south Texas, when a resort hotel was added to it. Apparently, a teen worker was doing work he wasn’t supposed to be doing, and was fatally electrocuted. When I visited, my child flew out of our double tube. There were no lifeguards in that area. The water was rough rapids and I was scraped along the bottom as I tried to get to her. Still have scars on my knee and elbow.
If you’re talking about the parents it’s not the parents fault are you serious? You don’t go to a water park expecting your child to get hurt. You expect to go and have fun.
They have you need to be this tall to go on this ride for a reason. It could have happened to anyone and its not his parents fault. It's the selfish morons that made the ride, new it was dangerous yet continued to allow people to go on it.
I am in no way placing blame, I know just by looking at this ride I would have not allowed my children on. Especially, without me. A water park is not the place to have children watching other children. I grew up in the age of; giving your kid a note to buy cigarettes enough said.
The saddest part about all of this, is that nothing got done until a state legislator's son was killed on that death trap they called a ride, do the research, how many people got hurt before?, and How many complained?, What happened with safety inspections?... You build a shed in your back yard and the city will be on you like flies on shit, but these people built a ride taller than the statue of liberty that was unsafe as all hell and the city just allowed it to operate?.... This goes to show just how the law and justice work here, take notes people.
My point is, that ride was unsafe from the start, and they knew it, inspectors knew it, and they allowed it to operate... until a state legilator's son got decapitated on it, they should have shut that shit down way before that happened.
Esteban Garita No it was because SOMEONE GOT DECAPITATED. It doesn’t matter if it was a politician’s son or not. It’s common sense that a ride should be automatically shut down after a horrible incident like this. I agree with your statement on how this waterslide should’ve been closed down sooner. Instead you’re turning this into a political argument by targeting the dead kid’s dad which makes you sound like a libtard.
Orlando Igno bud he’s right. So many people got hurt before him, yet know one gave a fuck until it was someone of some “ importance”. That’s not being a libtard. It’s called it happens a lot and people are starting to get fed up with the injustice..
many people claim shit while riding rollercoaster and waterslide because they're scared , usually there are security measures sadly this isnt one of the cases.
It is normal for a rollercoaster that your effective "gravity" is so reduced at the top a hump, that you FEEL like you might leave your seat. In fact, rollercoasters generally do not want the rider to actually be pushed up against the harness (zero or negative g) because the number of people who would vomit would be offputting. Whether that has anything to do with what this person reported is hard to say.
Having to sign a waiver before you ride a water slide is already a HUGE red flag. I honestly have no idea what the f they were thinking opening that slide, smh 🤦♀️
The only reason this became a big deal is because the kid is the son of a state representative, they knew the risk, and pushed for the kids to be allowed on the ride even though they didn’t meet the minimum weight requirement
If a liability agreement is red before use, then I cant figure how a KID can go down the slide. Usually such agreements need to be agreed by an adult in charge.
@Squishy Potato Eedgit, it was an internal decapitation (head separated from the spine but skin intact). The head was probably at a weird angle when the body landed.
You really don't think these things could happen.. I've asked ride attendants to "double check" my seat belts so many times, yet even if it "felt loose" I'd go with it, not knowing what the hell I was really in for, just blindly trusting these man-made machines. This is a reminder to me not to be so trusting, because it only takes one error, one time to end it all. Be safe everyone!
Ride attendants are usually 17 year old kids or 60 year old carneys who may be half drunk and who are barely paying attention. Always doublecheck your seatbelts yourself.
@2:32 "I have *no idea* what they're doing over there" 😲 The co-owner of the park didn't even know what they were doing with jackhammers on the waterslide?! That right there is a big red flag, and is it just me or does the co-owner sound like he's drunk?
@@AnnA-jd4xm If you just look at that slide anyone with any sense would not let a child of that age go on it. I know I wouldn't. I agree that with you that the park people try to make it safe but common sense goes a long way.
no dont you fucking dare even insinuate the parents should be blamed for their child being decapitated. if it wasnt going to be the boy, it wouldve been somebody else. it is entirely the fault of the cheap hick designers who valued monetary gain over human lives.
@@finnegan728 I'm glad they have taken action charged these men. BUT, Finnegan, as a parent myself, I would take one look at that ride and wouldn't have allowed such a young child to go on it. It's common sense.
“Decapitated”. I don’t think they are referring to the head coming off like you see in films. Medically speaking a decapitation is when the atlanto occipital joint is severed. Essentially the skull is disconnected from the spine but does not mean the surrounding skin and soft tissue were also torn completely allowing the head to detach.
his head actually came completely off.The two women he was in the ride with had fractured facial bones from it hitting them,and his brother witnessed his body come down the slide with no head + other witnesses watched as well when they heard him screaming when he saw his brother.
Why do you guys care so much about her choice to not ride rides let alone her race? You people really were raised by idiots. All this negativity for nothing.
I’m no engineer, but a flimsy air tube, high speed downward trajectory with a second crested climb stands to reason it would shoot off into air on the second crest. Weigh the risks when giving someone control of your life.
I agree. It is not like a rollercoaster which has wheels on top undearneath and beside the track to keep it from flying off the track even if they made the second hill a little bit taller the boat might not go airborne but then again the boat might not even make it over the second hill according to how much weight is in the boat.
Exactly... it's obvious there weren't any actual engineers or better yet a physicist involved in the design. It's just too high to ever be safe in my opinion. Gravity gains speed in time and distance.
I'm so sorry but fuck the lifeguards and workers this was not an isolated incident they neglected their duty of care by continuing to allow people to get on these rides time and time again.Im sure if enough noise was made things could of been alot different its because people just remained quiet allowed this negligent practice to continue this family lost a child.
This is the stupidest comment yet🤦🏿♂️ are u serious!? How can the lifeguards and workers be more devastated than his own family!🤦🏿♂️ think before you speak
100% truth here...the very first time I saw this ride, I said to my partner, "THAT SECOND HILL IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH! Those rafts are going to come down the first hill and go airborne because the second hump is too low." Surely enough, that is exactly what happened and they had to redo the second hill. I have taken no physics courses, this was simple common sense, yet these ENGINEERS did not have the foresight to see that this was a crappy design. Even with the revamp, it still was unsafe. If you have to put a cage on something to keep people from flying out...that's French for CRAPPY DESIGN!
If I recall correctly they didn't hire engineers that specialize in rides, in fact, I don't think they hired any engineers at all... it was all designed by the owners, who didn't have any background in ride design from what I've heard. Absolutely insane.
So you insult engineers and French people in one comment. Hmm ...maybe you should insult your English teachers too since you can't compose a complete thought.
Yes poor Caleb. May he rest in peace. But can we think about his brother for a minute. His brother who seen it all as he was waiting all excited for his little brother who he loves very much to come down and they could speak about how awesome the ride was. Pray that he finds healing and doesn't turn into a messed up adult drowning his horrific memory and heartache in drugs and alcohol
I pray that he does find drugs and alcohol , nothing else will ever stop the screaming . It really is tragic to no end , none of them kids will ever be alright , the kid behind who's jaw got smashed is fucked up for life too , all this for a fun day at the park . I never trusted any amusement park rides and as I got older and learned much of the truth about them I would never get one any of them , value my owl life too much .
I love my brother. If i watched him die, i would die myself. I love him even though sometimes i might not show him. He is my emotional support. If you have any and i mean any family, go hug them and tell them you love them. Because one day, they wont be here anymore.
I wish this wasn’t real. You can see the kindness and love in the child’s eyes and to think it’s the innocent that get killed while horrific people live in this world is just absolutely terrible
Any engineer with half a brain could have told you that this water slide was going to be a death trap one day. A vehicle that is not held and lead by rails going down a ramp with a bump in between where it relies solely on gravity and working breaks to stay inside the slide accompanied by an overhead net that is supposed to keep people from falling out. Just need one occasion where the breaks don't work properly before reaching that bump to make the vehicle lift off and start grating the passengers heads on that "safety net". They should have at least made sure that even without working breaks, that thing would not be able reach enough speed to lift off on the bumpy part off the water slide.
The crazy thing is the netting. What kind of scenario exists where a designer/engineer would say, "Well if the craft leaves the track, the net will keep it from falling. Problem solved." And then someone else doesn't say, "Well, what'll happen to people's bodies when they get thrown into the net at 50 mph?"
Totally agree. I think I would watch about 3 rafts take that slide before realizing it was a bad accident waiting to happen. It just seems to have unlimited tragic possibilities.
I'm just finding out this incident here in 2021,and even tho it was in 2016 it just broke my heard when I saw more videos on this,its really sad this boy didn't even make it to his teen years,and I know it was sad to drive back home and not seeing one of your child not coming back with you,and the you get home and hes not there no more,and then it probably was close to to school time and one of his friends won't to get to hang out with him no more.Man my heart goes out to the family because I know they miss and think about him,May God rest his soul.
Liliana Lee Yes, let. What correct grammar should I have used? I got caught by the grammar police! Damn, why do people like you, go around correcting people? Is it that hard to control your “ know it all” personality?!
Veronica Medina I wasn’t correcting your grammar, I just found the idea that he would have to grant his wife, a grown woman permission to go on a ride to be a bit ridiculous.
My dad rode that ride and one of his straps came undone. When he reported it to the lifeguard at the bottom, the life guard laughed and did nothing which ticked him off.
No, the lifeguards job is to save lives, so he should have reported it to his boss and take the raft out of the slide to further check the strap and send it to repair.
daniel wiles dude you realize your brushing off and insulting something that took the life of a innocent 9 year old? Or are you too much of a brainless rat to understand, this is a serious thing. It's pretty easy as a life guard to report that a HR rep, or manager. You're a sad, ignorant, and selfish person.
@@Jaxo_R your grammar sucks, you should have finished school, you're not gonna get far in life if you can't tell the difference between you, your and you're.
It needed to be made correctly. The second hump should have been way bigger to take the momentum of the raft away. It was way too short and they knew it. They didn't want to pay the costs to redesign and retest a new prototype
I speak for myself when I say I wouldn't let my children go on any extreme ride like that so young. I'm terrified of heights and just couldn't allow myself to risk them falling or in this case death😭😭 my heart goes out to the family 💔
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The kid who witness his brother's death deserves all the therapy and comforting he needs.
They got 20 million dollars.
I'm sure he's getting the best psych meds money can buy
@@mr.meeseeks2060 I'm sorry, but money can't buy him back :(
Giuliana CR nothing will ever be the same for them
@@mr.meeseeks2060 I would sacrifice myself so my family could have $20,000,000. But then I'd plan a $19,999,990 funeral.
Social Credit Score: Critical damn thats just cruel tbh
I’m glad that man stopped the mother from seeing her son’s body - she doesn’t need that image in her brain forever. God bless that man.
Yeah bless that dude. It would have scarred that poor women even more than she already is
Thank God for him .. if the mother had seen that .. she would never be the same again .. it's bad enough that they had to leave the park without their little boy .. but to have that image! .. no one has ever seen a child's decapitated head!!
😭👎🏽👎🏽
That's just unimaginable.... good thing hey
Child of Persia bless the woman
Omg his twelve year old brother must get counseling. How devastating
Imagine your work telling you "Get on this ride and let's see if you get hurt" 🙁 that's wild af.
dessy-chan , I know right. the world we live in..
Stupid employees
Action Park. Father put his son on all kinds of sh*t he just made up.
@@petrusromanus4647 They're like teenagers dude chill
No money is worth life
Bless that man who stopped the mother from seeing.
It's not up to him. Explain to her and let her make the choice. She may feel negligent for not being with his body forever. Idiots playing god for others.
@@sharonbinbaltimore8652 shut up
@@sharonbinbaltimore8652 shut up
@@sharonbinbaltimore8652 shut up
@@sharonbinbaltimore8652 it was her sons decapitated body. i think anyone would try and stop her from seeing it. if i were her i’d be grateful my last memory of my son was him happy and excited and not decapitated.
This is what happens when money is more important than safety regulations.
And always will be
it was free admission on that day but i get what you mean
I think money was second. Ego and reputation were first. Though both probably not far from each other.
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Free for state legislators. Gee. I wonder why? Greasing the regulation skids? How did that work out?
@@darwinawardcommittee I doubt that really. They just wanted to do something for their representatives. But yeah, they were arrogant enough to think their park was safe.
Imagine being the boy who has to live with having seen his brother get decapitated like that? Jesus.
@Brad BradBradBrad That's not the point genius.
@Brad BradBradBrad god I'm so used to seeing complete morons in the TH-cam comment section I guess I became one. Lmao
Yeah and the girl that got her face broke because the head hit her so hard
I can’t imagine. I also feel bad for the lifeguard and ride operator that day. Probably teenagers/college students working summer jobs.
@@xoVirtuous I'm sorry you have an anime profile picture your opinion is completely irrelevant.
That ride killed the child of a state representative! You know damn well somebody going to jail.
Nope. All charges acquitted
The father was all deregulation. Huh.
I was looking for this comment
@@Mordo___ what happened?
@@chandlersmith5763 The court said that inadmissible evidence was used so the charges were dismissed. It didn't say they couldn't be brought again. But, yeah. Sucks.
I feel for Caleb's brother who witnessed Caleb get decapitated. How could you ever get that image out of your head?
Thankfully our brains can destroy distressing images , and I hope his brother had that image destroyed. Awful situation.
@@jilltrevail3739 yes but it’s takes a while unless u get therapy
@@armyandmoaandgem3120 actually your brain can remove images straight away.
You still know you saw it but the visual image can be gone.
@@jilltrevail3739 that actually only happens to people who dissociate. Many people don't dissociate.
@@happywifehappylife2739 nope. It happens due to how the brain works
If someone is reading to me about liability before I go down, then I’m getting the hell out.
i agree
U reallt wanna walk all those steps again?
@@samu-chan yup, if they need me to sign liability documents for a slide, I'd happily get a days worth of cardio. I don't want to worry about dying, only fun.
Don't ever go to universal Studios in Orlando then. They read you a list so you can't sue on 7 out of ten rides.
No cap
Idc if my child hated me for life! Would never let em got on that death trap!!
If I was a dad I be like, time to go to the kiddy pool
Stephanie Woodruff ikr
Yeah it looks way too steep.
Stephanie Woodruff Then you’re probably a good parent. Kudos
The ride no longer exists. But b4 the accident everyone just assumed "well it must be safe because it's open" You would have had no idea it was a death trap b4 the accident, it's not like crazy big rides kill people with any regularly. Riding an amusement attraction is one of the safest things you can do. You are more likely to be killed in a car crash driving to the park than being killed by one of it's rides.
I think it’s a good thing they were charged. Companies need to be charged for this kind of stuff more often. They need to be afraid of risking human life.
I agree! The owner LITERALLY said it was a “spur of the moment” build it was for publicity and money
Unfortunately many companies, many owners of companies, ceos, etc. all view people as having no actual value.
C Morgan agreed
Guilty verdicts overturned.
All charges were dismissed.
Everything about this is so heartbreaking. What really breaks my heart the most is that Caleb's 12 year old brother saw everything that happened. The mom was protected from seeing her son's body after the fact, but nothing can protect that little boy from what he saw. He will never be able to forget that sight. I hope he is okay.
i dont think he is, for obvious reasons. also i've heard there is a video of the incident posted online, who the hell posts that online? some seriously fucked up people were there that day.
So sad
The other traumatized people were the women behind Caleb. Middle seat broke her jaw and both were covered with blood. Eyewitness accounts at the scene when the news van got there to do their reporting. Such horror.
Oh yyea i hope that a DECAPITATED BOY is doing ok its not like HE LOST HIS HEAD
That kid must have been so scared in his last moments, this is so horrendous.
Thankfully, it was probably too quick for him to know it was coming.
Ham Burglar Hopefully. That poor kid, I woulda taken the fall for him if I could have, so young. 💔
@Nemo Krada Thanks for that!
@Nemo Krada 😐😐
@Nemo Krada yeah sure if half a second is still considered alive to you then yeah. People that experience extreme trauma often don't feel pain right away due to shock he DEFINITELY didnt feel physically pain.
Could not imagine that ride back home. This is so incredibly heartbreaking.
Trent Neal lmao💀
@Trent Neal ate a edible before going to six flags... One of the worst mistakes I've made :(
Trent Neal Roller coasters are incredibly safe, you have a much higher chance of dying in a car crash than you do on a roller coaster.
That’s at least for non sketchy roller coasters.
@@Randomperson-fr1qg that comparison is shit lol. Nobody is on a roller coaster everyday as they are driving a vehicle
Dakota Its not a shit comparison.
Every time you set foot in a car you have a much higher chance of dying that car trip than you do every time you ride a rollercoaster. It has nothing to do with how often you do either.
Moral of the story: don’t fail physics class
Especially don't fail physics and then decide "I'm gonna be an amusement park ride engineer!"
Especially when building things like the world trade center
@@jew_world_order wait why the Wtc? Was their a flaw in engineering to those towers?
@@marca4585 no.
Or geometry.
In case you didn’t know: there were 2 girls sitting behind the boy. They saw him get decapitated, and they had blood all over them.
Oh man. That is so awful
How tragic
😪😪
Awesome!
@@markjones2361 lol i mean, yeah, delighted to hear that great extra piece of info. Thanks so much lol
I actually went on that ride twice and the second time I went airborne, but my head didn't touch the top i was about 2 or 3 inches from touching it and I remember laughing when I got down I kept saying to my friends "holy shit i almost got decapitated" over and over, but I didn't take it seriously I just laughed about it. When I heard that this kid got decapitated i realised how close I came to have the same thing happen to me.
You were literally given another chance at life.
um the float went airborne on the smaller crest of the ride and the kid's head got lopped off by "safety rods"
John Smith
Do you actually think i care if you believe me or not?. And who is we, are you so full of yourself that you think everyone on the internet thinks like you?. LMAO
i care
I care, too. You're getting a little outnumbered here, Johnny boy. So who is "WE", again? And no, the voices in your head don't count.
If any ride has to read a liability to you then it shouldn’t be built in the first place.
That is standard procedure for so many things. Ever been to a trampoline park? Roller Coasters, and so much more. They were out of being safe with rushing it, but the liability is so standard.
I've done a lot of activities that required a liability waiver. Sometimes activities that could potentially be harmful and other times not so much. It's because the US is a litigious country that everyone makes you sign a waiver. I'm sure if it were practical to do, we'd make participants sign a waiver to use playground structures in public parks.
GLMR KILZ my son hated me for not letting him on a roller coaster....I did let him on once with his aunt...and when I got on, my seat only clicked once, theirs clicked three times...I brought it to the operators attention and she told me it was fine...I demanded to get off the ride, which she didn't want to, but finally let me get off...I told her not to let anyone sit in that seat. Recently I saw on TH-cam another woman this happened to and she flew out of the seat and died...:-(
Not been funny but why is the ride still there ?
Most amusement parks have liability waivers
I would never let my children go on any ride like that
Me neither
As an adrenalin junkie even i wouldn't go on this slide. This design is wrong and it's just waiting for an accident to happen. And it happens. Poor boy. May he rest in peace. I hope his family recovered from this horrible day... 😭
I would never go
I knew the boy that died that day. I was overwhelmed with emotions and heart ache when I had heard that he passed away. Please pray for his family!
Why? His father was a member of the legislature. He could have passed laws regulating water parks but didn't. At least it was his kid that died and not some innocent person's child. I just wish the guy hadn't stopped the mom from seeing the body. She should have seen her husband's handiwork.
They wanted the government out of their lives. They got it. And now their kid is out of their lives. Too bad.
@@Padmepotter4986 hmm you're glad a kid died because of "the sins of the father" so to speak. That's messed up, and even further you decided that the mother should be made to suffer and see her son mangled and dead?
@@ch4z_bucks Absolutely! It's good for them to see what their policies could have done to an actual innocent person's family. This is what they wanted: let the free market decide. At least it decided with their own child and not another Kansan's child.
The trash family than used a Texas law to sue for more money than what it allowed under Kansas law. The father voted to cap how much an injured party can sue for in Kansas but asked for more himself by going through another state. This family's garbage. I have no sympathy for the father or the mother.
@@Padmepotter4986 the father is of course deserving to face the consequences of his actions. But the mother had no role in making the legislation, you're calling for her to face punishment for something she had no hand in.
@@ch4z_bucks You should re-read padmepotters comments he or she is only insinuating that the father be mainly to blame (besides the people responsible in creating the slide in the first place which should take all the blame from there negligence and stupidity), the mother should be allowed to see her son even in that state as to see the terror of her and more greatly the fathers actions of letting them go on such a dangerous ride. Also the lack of effort from the father and to some degree the mother to help and support the father to pass legislation to prevent or lay to rest what has transpired so further “accidents” like this don’t occur through corporate negligence in the coming future.
The ability to realise mistakes or danger from choices, learn from the choices so nothing like this ever happens again.
“6 came to the park, 5 came back.”
No, I’m sorry. I just can’t. That is too much for me, that poor boy.
Jen farmer i-
Jen farmer Hopefully you’re the one who doesn’t come back
Vlogasaurus facts
@@Bullish_Lauren thats rude..............
shadow10 hi Shut up. You didn’t see their previous comment about the boy dying so mind your damn business
If you have to wear a seat belt on a WATER SLIDE??? it's not a water slide.
True, it's a death trap.
Is it a slide with water on it?
@@bodariousbruh4549 he means that you shouldnt have to wear a seatbelt on a water slide.
@@bodariousbruh4549 r whosshed//
I didn't know there were rules???
I remember taking a business law class a long time ago. I remember the lawyer teaching us. He said it does not matter if you sign a waiver or there is a sign saying dangerous, ride at your own risk, if you can prove there was a problem, and they knew about it, and did not fix it, then they are at fault. Like going to a baseball game, if you get hurt by a baseball hitting you, that is a known risk. You get hurt by sitting on the bleachers and they fall apart because it wasn't maintained properly, the owners are at fault because its not a known risk. I'm not a lawyer and I could be wrong, because laws can be different in different areas and they can change over time.
"It is unusual for a company and it's owners to be charged criminally"... That about sums up the US
That's because more often than not businesses are involved in civil matters, not criminal ones.
UK the same. We have an offence of corporate manslaughter . Surprise, surprise no one has ever been charged. Money talks.
AND YET EVERYONE WANTS TO COME HERE .....and then they disrespect our country and or the citizens of...... in addition they do nothing but complain, and demand how things need to be rearranged to please their selfish desires not giving a thought how they should be grateful and appreciative they are able to come here.....anyone who disrespects our country, in any way shape or form including the citizens of needs to be swiftly booted OUT NOW!
Imagine ANY American citizens going to any other country demanding they accommodate our every demand and doing so with utter disrespect and hate they would boot us out NOW or shoot us....only in the USA would BS from NON-American citizens get away with such disrespectable nonsense it makes those of us who respect our country ashamed we have lowered our standards to such an all-time bottom of the barrel position!
The problem is that people get away with far too much!
When you give a child who throws a tantrum, it's way ....you just LOST!
Then leave or stay out. Jackass
@@tauntasmom what a completely irrational rant
So... this kid watched his little brother get decapitated?! I can't ever have another bad day
@User Sorry to hear 😔
@SYD
Some people record their births so they can remember the day, like when you record a wedding or a birthday (haha but the first). I don’t find it that weird, i mean my birth was recorded, luckily all went according to so.
You're definitely allowed to still have bad days... Hopefully none of them will be this bad
@@daviddunn3894 Woord
@Username the human body is amazing
RIP to that baby boy, I couldn't imagine losing my child that way.
Kelsey Hudson He's still alive but in another person's body. Hail Paimon!
This is sad but.... Play stupid games... Don't risk life
The state had no regulations when the ride was built so the state was partly to blame! I don’t think these people deserve prison time for an accident that many people were responsible for!
Abraham Herrera who’s Paimon
Just think, a little laziness caused all this.
He would be 18 now this is so heartbreaking, tears flowing after watching this years later. That little cutie is in a much better place, hope his family were able to heal; it’s good thing they have each other. 🙏🏽🙏🏽
He had a great life ahead, wonder what would happen if he didn’t die.
This ride was a ticking time bomb. Someone was destined to die on this murder machine
"The gravity lifted the raft"
no, that's not how gravity works
Negative G
That is nonsense
@@Jaxo_R Negative G is?
Well, in the sense that gravity pulled the raft down to make the raft accelerate at a high speed, yes gravity lifted the raft..... Though it could be worded better.
Jose Ponce 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"is this ride safe with the jackhammers and saws?"
"I don't know what they're doing. Yes totally safe."
I know! Such stupidity...
Seriously wtf!
Miss M ugh people are just stupid
Miss M what they said was very troubling omg 😬 like wtf
True
I wouldn't let my 10yr old go on a ride like this.. I've had my own close call on a ride when I was young, and my cousin fell off a ferris wheel.. No way..
I was thinking the same thing, my own common sense would have told me no way.
*construction happening on the ride*
Them: “We don’t know what they’re doing, but it’s safe.”
😐
Decapitation is something I would never want to see. I mean I wouldn’t want to see any death but damn this would be straight up horrible.
decapitations can be clean, degloving is always messy.
It was an internal decapitation. His head never left his body, as most people watching this might think
Katie Wood that's a pretty important detail i wish people would get straight because now i have the first scenario stuck in my mind.
Katie Wood
Then how did the women get the facial fracture from his head leaving his body and hitting her in the face...???
@@kianadoescod6402 She hit the fence as well and his body fell on her. Every news story says it was an internal decapitation. Edit; every story with more detail.
"Brothers stick together " my heart literally broke 💔😿
Father: You brothers stick together and say calm as well, don’t go losing your heads.
@KeepMyNameOutYoMouf LoL!
Ik this is a massive tragedy but, don't fuckin use the word literally jeez people, literally means, you know, literally....
What I don't get is why they weren't on the same raft if they're supposed to stick together? It says the brother was waiting for him at the bottom. I mean it's probably best that they weren't together because of what happened but I was a little confused by that.
notebookluvr it was 3 people per raft and if the two brothers would have gotten on the same raft, they wouldn’t have made the minimum weight required for the raft to operate
poor kid my boy is just 10 and this breaks my heart. He was still just a baby.
What about the people who had to “clean it up” they were probably scarred too
Look here, 0:27 , there's blood on the slide. I highly doubt they even bothered to clean it up...I feel so bad for this poor thing
@@genshindinthewrongimpact9846 Is that the spot where that poor kid got decapitated?
@@engineergaming4399 Believe so.
@@engineergaming4399 5:43 for a closer look.
Reporter: So, would you say this slide is safe?
Owner : Yeah yeah it’s safe
*Owner literally a few seconds ago looking at the crew who is working with jackhammers and saws*
“I don’t know what the hell they’re doing over there”
TF???
Indeed
One of "the safest "
Right?! I caught that too, bozos 😡
No kidding. "I dont know what the hell they're doing"..... it's one of those moments where your like "wait, did he just say what I thought he said?" This dude is building a potential death trap and he doesn't even know what his crew is doing? Like, SERIOUSLY?
if that one was actually the “safest”, then i’d be worried about the other stuff they have
“Unforeseeable accident”
Um. Literally everything about this incredibly stupid structure says you could have avoided alllllll accidents. Just by not building it or making it smaller and safer.
Or maybe dad should have not let the kid ride.
@@eileenmcdonald3162 yes, imagine being one of those lifeguards getting paid $7 an hour and probably in highschool or college and people blaming you for a kids death.
It shouldn't be so vertical .. WTF do they think? .. of course people will be airborne!! .. that's not a slide! .. that's a Drop!!
😲👎🏽👎🏽
@@MisTracy39TheVeganLady the steepness of the initial slope is fine, if it was just that no one would have gotten hurt. It's that retarded second hill that literally acts as a ramp for the raft that's the problem. If they didnt include the second hill and just had a long stretch with some deeper water to bring the raft to a stop, that ride would probably still be open today
Not to mention they were working on it while it was in operation at times. During testing the dummies and raft flew completely off the ride which was one indication it wasn’t safe at all. Yet alone someone with an unknown heart condition it would’ve been deadly to them. Others were severely injured so they damn well knew just didn’t care which they should have. Or not let anyone under 18 on the slide period.
“6 went to the park, and 5 came back.”
Wow.
0:28 blood on the slide, is it also on the roof of structure underneath?! My gawd, that poor boy, bless his sweet soul.
Thats not blood
Official Subway then what is it?
chicken wings paint
looks a lot like rust for me
That's not blood
“Man, these rafts just keep flying off! How do we stop them from going airbor-“
“Barbed wire.”
“...What?”
“We put barbed wire over the slides.”
“...How would that stop the rafts from flying?”
“It won’t, but it’ll be painful.”
“...that’s GENIUS!”
honestly wtf were these people thinking?
They accidentally hired Jigsaw.
Where on the slide is there barb wires?
Jessie Alexander literally on the top
Holly those are nets
That’s what I’m sayin.. are y’all blind?
Why do we need rides like this. Everything doesn't have to b so extreme to be fun
I mean if it was built by actual engineers it would be okay. Not two drunk rich hicks who want to own a water park.
I hate extreme rides and anything extreme
It does for Americans. Dw USA won’t exist soon economy is about to burst China and Russia will move in and we will make USA great!
That's what I was thinking. My dad worked for Arrow development. He helped create the Corkscrew, the first upside down roller coaster, and also the first log ride. I know this is not what they ever imagined back then.
Tiny McPoop is this a shitty joke? going outside isn’t extreme, a waterslide with a fucking cheese grater as a net and a 2nd hill that leaves you airborne is extreme.
Child, just give me the lazy river
Um, well...look up some nasty accidents on those...they move because of conveyor belts...
I couldn't imagine what his family is going through especially his brother seeing the incident happen right in front of him. My heart is literally broken for this poor child's family. RIP little man.😭😪😭.
Since its a senator's kid it's jail, and this is a CIVIL case all the way, everyday. If that was your kid or mine, no charges filed.
So true
Yea no. This wasn’t like a “he got injured and the family is suing”. The poor kid was decapitated. That’s something that will catch a lot of publicity fast.
They were charged for 13 people
yea other people got injured too.
CTCS you are wrong, reported accidents and injuries by staff and guests that were ignored is the reason they are in jail awaiting trial, you need evidence to arrest and charge and clearly the state has it. Grow up and stop watching shitty liberal bs, it makes you dumb.
Velcro straps? I’ll pass...
John Smith buckles would be safer still
John Smith - The park was found LIABLE for it's use of Velcro, and the idiots that thought it was suitable are in jail. What video did you watch you fucktard?
John Smith I don't see where there's any place to drown. There's not a pool of water at the end "Dingbat"
Many water rides use push button seat belts.
The victims family has already collected on a wrongful death claim in civil court. That means the park was indeed found and held liable.
You wrecked yourself.
This breaks my heart. That poor child.
"[...] had even scheduled his wife to ride Verruckt on the day of the accident."
Sounds like he really, really hated his wife.
They should have made the owners do it
I wouldn't even walk that far up the stairs. Nope too high
Honestly it's so sad, the kid had an entire life ahead of him but it was taken away from a ride he thought would be fun
Maddix Rojo he never got to grow up and have a family, or drive, or -maybe- have his first kiss or get married. rest in peace Caleb, fly high angel ❤️💕🥺😔🙏🕊
@@chickenwings4199 Your life doesn't have to be about kissing marrying etc, all you need is to have a good life that YOU personally enjoy. But yeah, obviously he could have had some sort of life after that if he wasn't killed.
That park chain was so unsafe. I had a coworker that said that her husband did construction at one in south Texas, when a resort hotel was added to it. Apparently, a teen worker was doing work he wasn’t supposed to be doing, and was fatally electrocuted. When I visited, my child flew out of our double tube. There were no lifeguards in that area. The water was rough rapids and I was scraped along the bottom as I tried to get to her. Still have scars on my knee and elbow.
I also blame the adults who thought a kid that small should go on that ride.
If you’re talking about the parents it’s not the parents fault are you serious? You don’t go to a water park expecting your child to get hurt. You expect to go and have fun.
They have you need to be this tall to go on this ride for a reason. It could have happened to anyone and its not his parents fault. It's the selfish morons that made the ride, new it was dangerous yet continued to allow people to go on it.
I am in no way placing blame, I know just by looking at this ride I would have not allowed my children on. Especially, without me. A water park is not the place to have children watching other children. I grew up in the age of; giving your kid a note to buy cigarettes enough said.
It’s not the parents or adults fault. They were told the ride was safe for someone his age and size. He was in the raft with two other adult women
no
The saddest part about all of this, is that nothing got done until a state legislator's son was killed on that death trap they called a ride, do the research, how many people got hurt before?, and How many complained?, What happened with safety inspections?... You build a shed in your back yard and the city will be on you like flies on shit, but these people built a ride taller than the statue of liberty that was unsafe as all hell and the city just allowed it to operate?.... This goes to show just how the law and justice work here, take notes people.
Esteban Garita he was decapitated you moron. Was someone else decapitated?
My point is, that ride was unsafe from the start, and they knew it, inspectors knew it, and they allowed it to operate... until a state legilator's son got decapitated on it, they should have shut that shit down way before that happened.
Esteban Garita No it was because SOMEONE GOT DECAPITATED. It doesn’t matter if it was a politician’s son or not. It’s common sense that a ride should be automatically shut down after a horrible incident like this. I agree with your statement on how this waterslide should’ve been closed down sooner. Instead you’re turning this into a political argument by targeting the dead kid’s dad which makes you sound like a libtard.
Esteban Garita If he was a state legislator how come he exercised such terrible common sense. Or maybe I've just answered my own question.
Orlando Igno bud he’s right. So many people got hurt before him, yet know one gave a fuck until it was someone of some “ importance”. That’s not being a libtard. It’s called it happens a lot and people are starting to get fed up with the injustice..
Why didn’t they mention the person in his seat before him was complaining that it seemed like she was gonna fall off and they said “that’s normal”
Wow...
Because that is normal.
many people claim shit while riding rollercoaster and waterslide because they're scared , usually there are security measures sadly this isnt one of the cases.
It is normal for a rollercoaster that your effective "gravity" is so reduced at the top a hump, that you FEEL like you might leave your seat. In fact, rollercoasters generally do not want the rider to actually be pushed up against the harness (zero or negative g) because the number of people who would vomit would be offputting.
Whether that has anything to do with what this person reported is hard to say.
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Having to sign a waiver before you ride a water slide is already a HUGE red flag. I honestly have no idea what the f they were thinking opening that slide, smh 🤦♀️
The only reason this became a big deal is because the kid is the son of a state representative, they knew the risk, and pushed for the kids to be allowed on the ride even though they didn’t meet the minimum weight requirement
This just crushes my heart little kid just wanting to have fun and is dead.
James Steevens fun is never safe
@@oodeezydeezy6629 ???? what lol
Stickydot fun is never safe lol anything you do that’s fun is never safe
@@oodeezydeezy6629 That's not true
useless trash #23 it’s very true anything can happen
Those poor parents, "came with 6 and left with 5" I'm in tears! Couldn't begin to imagine
Arianna P Had they used common sense they would have left with 6.
LAZY DOG Used common sense to not let them ride any rides? That is kind of ridiculous
Joseph Jang Did I say any rides, NO.
Blah blah blah who gives a damn
Natural selection doing its job
“He even had scheduled his wife to ride the water slide that very day”.
Yeah, exactly.
If a liability agreement is red before use, then I cant figure how a KID can go down the slide. Usually such agreements need to be agreed by an adult in charge.
You bring up an excellent point!
@@sjpavur Well as a german i am prone to safety (and fear) :)
It's probably redundant. They probably sign a waiver when entering the park.
I feel so bad for the brother
What he witnessed probably haunts him ugh how sad 😢
Rah Torres that is so sad
Sadly it will haunt him for the rest of his life
@Squishy Potato Eedgit, it was an internal decapitation (head separated from the spine but skin intact). The head was probably at a weird angle when the body landed.
Squishy Potato yum
The decap was internal. Not removed.
You really don't think these things could happen.. I've asked ride attendants to "double check" my seat belts so many times, yet even if it "felt loose" I'd go with it, not knowing what the hell I was really in for, just blindly trusting these man-made machines. This is a reminder to me not to be so trusting, because it only takes one error, one time to end it all. Be safe everyone!
Amen to that
it just takes one error to end several lives
That's the risk you take living life.
Ride attendants are usually 17 year old kids or 60 year old carneys who may be half drunk and who are barely paying attention. Always doublecheck your seatbelts yourself.
It’s not even just the ride, it’s the fact that a 10 year old was allowed on it.
Built on “spur of the moment”: Never a good sign
Raiders suck lmao GO CHIEFS!
@2:32 "I have *no idea* what they're doing over there" 😲 The co-owner of the park didn't even know what they were doing with jackhammers on the waterslide?! That right there is a big red flag, and is it just me or does the co-owner sound like he's drunk?
Da mn
He likely knew what they were doing but he didn't want to say
Just looking at the thing gives me anxiety..
Caleb's parents should not have allowed him to ride that nightmare.
@@AnnA-jd4xm If you just look at that slide anyone with any sense would not let a child of that age go on it. I know I wouldn't. I agree that with you that the park people try to make it safe but common sense goes a long way.
no dont you fucking dare even insinuate the parents should be blamed for their child being decapitated. if it wasnt going to be the boy, it wouldve been somebody else. it is entirely the fault of the cheap hick designers who valued monetary gain over human lives.
@@finnegan728 I'm glad they have taken action charged these men. BUT, Finnegan, as a parent myself, I would take one look at that ride and wouldn't have allowed such a young child to go on it. It's common sense.
“Decapitated”. I don’t think they are referring to the head coming off like you see in films. Medically speaking a decapitation is when the atlanto occipital joint is severed. Essentially the skull is disconnected from the spine but does not mean the surrounding skin and soft tissue were also torn completely allowing the head to detach.
his head actually came completely off.The two women he was in the ride with had fractured facial bones from it hitting them,and his brother witnessed his body come down the slide with no head + other witnesses watched as well when they heard him screaming when he saw his brother.
I don't ride rides anyway & this furthermore validates my reasons why
Do you drive a vehicle/ride a bus? Better stop, you have a better chance of getting in a car accident than an amusement ride accident!
classic gp
Why do you guys care so much about her choice to not ride rides let alone her race? You people really were raised by idiots. All this negativity for nothing.
Classic white folk in the comments
@Nfl Ref how does that make any sense???
I’m no engineer, but a flimsy air tube, high speed downward trajectory with a second crested climb stands to reason it would shoot off into air on the second crest. Weigh the risks when giving someone control of your life.
I agree. It is not like a rollercoaster which has wheels on top undearneath and beside the track to keep it from flying off the track even if they made the second hill a little bit taller the boat might not go airborne but then again the boat might not even make it over the second hill according to how much weight is in the boat.
The angle looks like you could just fall over the SIDE. F THAT.
Exactly... it's obvious there weren't any actual engineers or better yet a physicist involved in the design. It's just too high to ever be safe in my opinion. Gravity gains speed in time and distance.
I would never allow my 10 year old to ride that ridiculously dangerous waterslide.
Sad... When I see that little boy, I see my own son, and it hurts. I can't imagine the actual pain they're going through. So sad..
I agree the family is devastated, but imagine the lifeguards and workers who let them into the ride. I don’t think I could live with myself.
I'm so sorry but fuck the lifeguards and workers this was not an isolated incident they neglected their duty of care by continuing to allow people to get on these rides time and time again.Im sure if enough noise was made things could of been alot different its because people just remained quiet allowed this negligent practice to continue this family lost a child.
SilverFrost Fox fr they’re most likely just teenagers with part time jobs. This can’t be their fault
Don’t think they care
This is the stupidest comment yet🤦🏿♂️ are u serious!? How can the lifeguards and workers be more devastated than his own family!🤦🏿♂️ think before you speak
I couldn’t imagine how they feel. They probably witnessed the death as well.
We live by this and everytime we drove by it we kept saying someone is going to die on that. It was insane to see in real life.
You could see it from the highway. It was huge. I said the same thing. I had a bad feeling someone was going to die on it.
what state is this ride in? i have a schlitterbahn near me
@@halog_rden3931 its in Missouri
"Money is More important than safety" -F*ck those people, You ain't gonna bring your money to your grave...
I've never been a huge fan of waterslides, but after seeing this, I'm never going to look at waterslides the same way again.
100% truth here...the very first time I saw this ride, I said to my partner, "THAT SECOND HILL IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH! Those rafts are going to come down the first hill and go airborne because the second hump is too low." Surely enough, that is exactly what happened and they had to redo the second hill. I have taken no physics courses, this was simple common sense, yet these ENGINEERS did not have the foresight to see that this was a crappy design. Even with the revamp, it still was unsafe. If you have to put a cage on something to keep people from flying out...that's French for CRAPPY DESIGN!
Lonnie Appleby r/crappydesign
Lonnie Appleby true
If I recall correctly they didn't hire engineers that specialize in rides, in fact, I don't think they hired any engineers at all... it was all designed by the owners, who didn't have any background in ride design from what I've heard. Absolutely insane.
So you insult engineers and French people in one comment. Hmm ...maybe you should insult your English teachers too since you can't compose a complete thought.
That's exactly what I thought as soon as I seen the slide and like you said all it takes is common sense
Yes poor Caleb. May he rest in peace. But can we think about his brother for a minute. His brother who seen it all as he was waiting all excited for his little brother who he loves very much to come down and they could speak about how awesome the ride was. Pray that he finds healing and doesn't turn into a messed up adult drowning his horrific memory and heartache in drugs and alcohol
Exactly! He has to survive this. At least the deceased child is most likely in heaven now.
I pray that he does find drugs and alcohol , nothing else will ever stop the screaming . It really is tragic to no end , none of them kids will ever be alright , the kid behind who's jaw got smashed is fucked up for life too , all this for a fun day at the park . I never trusted any amusement park rides and as I got older and learned much of the truth about them I would never get one any of them , value my owl life too much .
timc333 You value your owl life too much, but what about your human life?
@@gircakes who knew , huh, even surprised me for a second , then I remembered the whole bird brained thing , LOL
timc333
no you made a typo
“6 went to the park and 5 came back”
Now that might just be the saddest thing ever
I love my brother. If i watched him die, i would die myself. I love him even though sometimes i might not show him. He is my emotional support. If you have any and i mean any family, go hug them and tell them you love them. Because one day, they wont be here anymore.
That kid was too small to go on that ride. Along with it being unsafe from the get go.
"You must be this tall to die."
Well his dad was told he wasn’t big enough to ride but dad used his power to intimidate ppl. So the dad should take accountability as well
Thank you the raft was to light that’s why it went airborne
who ever let that kid go on that ride should be held responsible!
@@rosiepena8917 his dad
I wish this wasn’t real. You can see the kindness and love in the child’s eyes and to think it’s the innocent that get killed while horrific people live in this world is just absolutely terrible
i keep on watching vids about this, this poor baby i can’t believe charges were dropped :(
My heart goes out to Caleb's parents and siblings. 💝 Be strong and be kind to yourselves. 🙏
Any engineer with half a brain could have told you that this water slide was going to be a death trap one day. A vehicle that is not held and lead by rails going down a ramp with a bump in between where it relies solely on gravity and working breaks to stay inside the slide accompanied by an overhead net that is supposed to keep people from falling out. Just need one occasion where the breaks don't work properly before reaching that bump to make the vehicle lift off and start grating the passengers heads on that "safety net". They should have at least made sure that even without working breaks, that thing would not be able reach enough speed to lift off on the bumpy part off the water slide.
Even so they had multiple cases of serious injury, many resulted from going airborne......and the ride wasn't shut down?
The crazy thing is the netting. What kind of scenario exists where a designer/engineer would say, "Well if the craft leaves the track, the net will keep it from falling. Problem solved." And then someone else doesn't say, "Well, what'll happen to people's bodies when they get thrown into the net at 50 mph?"
Totally agree. I think I would watch about 3 rafts take that slide before realizing it was a bad accident waiting to happen. It just seems to have unlimited tragic possibilities.
Been tested and evaluated and only decapitated one person.
Heck, I'M NOT an engineer and even I know to NOT want to go on that thing they call a 'ride'!!! >:(
This is why I don't go anywhere
E V Me too 😂
E V for the best
Same me or my future children are just gonna stay home and play video games
Same
Nope! I used to go on slides and rides but now I'm good!!!!
What parent would let their 10 year old child get on that thing? Parents should be charged. Let's use some common sense shall we
I'm just finding out this incident here in 2021,and even tho it was in 2016 it just broke my heard when I saw more videos on this,its really sad this boy didn't even make it to his teen years,and I know it was sad to drive back home and not seeing one of your child not coming back with you,and the you get home and hes not there no more,and then it probably was close to to school time and one of his friends won't to get to hang out with him no more.Man my heart goes out to the family because I know they miss and think about him,May God rest his soul.
If he was going to willingly let his wife ride, he must have, had a life insurance policy on her.
Veronica Medina ohh shit... 😱
Veronica Medina “let” his wife?
Liliana Lee Yes, let. What correct grammar should I have used? I got caught by the grammar police! Damn, why do people like you, go around correcting people? Is it that hard to control your “ know it all” personality?!
Liliana Lee Oh, wait you’re a feminazi!
Veronica Medina I wasn’t correcting your grammar, I just found the idea that he would have to grant his wife, a grown woman permission to go on a ride to be a bit ridiculous.
Why did they have to use flimsy rafts? How about seats attached to the track maybe?
Jessica Anderson cause it would have been more of a roller coaster instead of a water slide
@@dino91001 So! .. at least it would be safer 😉👍🏽
arcanine 917 Your now in heaven with Jesus.Jesus help the parents to cope with the loss of their son.
Designed by dumb asses!
Tom Fazio 😂
That park is so lame. That ride is the only attraction to it.... then this...Just shut it down
I keep watching videos about this. Ughhh, there’s this specific video put together that’s even scarier
My dad rode that ride and one of his straps came undone. When he reported it to the lifeguard at the bottom, the life guard laughed and did nothing which ticked him off.
daniel wiles 😂😂😂
No, the lifeguards job is to save lives, so he should have reported it to his boss and take the raft out of the slide to further check the strap and send it to repair.
daniel wiles dude you realize your brushing off and insulting something that took the life of a innocent 9 year old? Or are you too much of a brainless rat to understand, this is a serious thing. It's pretty easy as a life guard to report that a HR rep, or manager. You're a sad, ignorant, and selfish person.
Jason Genova you don't have to believe me maybe you just don't support the facts.
no way
Not at under 8 an hour. I would care less....
Wait. They have to read you a 2 page liability agreement before you get on the ride? WTF?!
Danger Will Robinson! Danger!
Ikr? if someone has to read you a 2 page liability agreement, you know some pretty bad shit can happen
DECAPITATED!!!! I’m sorry WHAAAT???? How horrible. Omg wow. How very tragic. So very sad
Beyond terrible. My heart goes out to the family
Smh May that little boy rest in heaven😢🙏🏽
Ced 214 errrrr your so ugly
@@Jaxo_R ???
@@Jaxo_R You're 10, did your parents ever teach you to treat others how you want to be treated? Would they like it if I were to show them this?
JACK ._. He is not
@@Jaxo_R your grammar sucks, you should have finished school, you're not gonna get far in life if you can't tell the difference between you, your and you're.
This ride should never have been made
It needed to be made correctly. The second hump should have been way bigger to take the momentum of the raft away. It was way too short and they knew it. They didn't want to pay the costs to redesign and retest a new prototype
I speak for myself when I say I wouldn't let my children go on any extreme ride like that so young. I'm terrified of heights and just couldn't allow myself to risk them falling or in this case death😭😭 my heart goes out to the family 💔
My Sincerest Condolences to the family and friends