David1511 a cable on the ride snapped and lacerated the kids leg. It also sent debris towards them which you can see in the video if you look close enough.
TheGrimReaper Definitely not impossible. I've seen a rigger lose his whole arm after a crane cable on a construction site snapped. It cut through him like butter and flicked his arm about 50m into the air.
For those who don’t wanna read the about, long story short, the kid got a very deep cut on his leg due to debris and had to go through multiple surgeries. Dad got back issues too.(edit 2022-Dad didn’t have back problems OOPS someone else did)
The most terrifying thing about amusement park accidents is that screams for help are indistinguishable from the screams of everyone else having a thrilling time.
@@sebascrafthelper9625 a metal cable snapped due to poor maintenance and ripped the child’s leg open. He had to have many surgeries and almost lost his leg :c
That kid is a badass though. You can tell he kept his composure and was screaming for help immediately. Glad these two are ok, hopefully they got a nice settlement
When something hits, cuts, slices, smashes you at a high rate of speed you honestly don’t feel any pain for about 20 seconds. Your brain is incapable of perceiving the amount of pain at an instance. Like that’s not how pain works lol. First you’re in shock, you don’t feel anything. Next you realize your situation and you can now begin to feel a tiny bit. At this point though your brain is trying it’s hardest to keep you from feeling pain, so now all your endorphins began to rush. This last for about 20 minutes. Then that’s when the actual pain starts, once that adrenaline wears off you feel it believe me lol. I’ve been through some shit, and have experienced the whole trip several times, it sucks being in that spot.
@@cooliodiablo4571 Yeah, I get it. I got an accident before in a bus crash, I braced myself but still bumped my left knee hard on the seat in front of me cause of impact. I didn't feel any pain for a day then I started feeling pain on my kneecap and lower back for a week. 😅 Until today, I get discomfort in both areas, especially on cold days.
@@duke1281 interpreting a statement wrongly of intention AND specifying you were passive aggressive? Who let grandpa on the internet unattended, again?
@@duke1281 Why are you so angry for no reason? They obviously meant that dad was having fun before the accident, and seeing his face quickly change is depressing.
what sucks is... you know the dad told the son he would love it if he tried it and probably pressured him to get on it as all dads do. He was probably happy not for himself but for his son and super proud of him in the moment as well. Crazy.
I mean in most cases it’s for the guest own safety, it will always come back to the station and if they hear screaming for help they’re obviously gonna check it out.
@@jonathanmudd4412 Well, they are first aware by some signals on the launch panel. Whenever it rolls back, it does inform the operator. And in addition to this, in europe, if a coaster have just a small default (for example a sensor who doesn't give the proper information) it automatically blocks the ride preventing the operator from doing anything via his panel.
They look just like each other. So glad for the family that they were all okay. I cannot image taking my child on an adventure only to have it end them.
0:13 the moment my heart sank... the instant change in the boys face to extreme pain is so depressing and when the father realizes he looks so heartbroken 😞 my heart goes out to the kid and father, and i hope theyre living a good life now ❤
I think you can't feel the pain until the adrenaline ends or whatever they call that thing. A long time ago my finger was sliced up, heavily, and I was only shocked, because I saw a blood and stuff, but I didn't felt a thing. Just vibration in my finger.
Yea, right. No worse feeling than not being able to help your kid ... But when shit happens to other people, and other people's kids, or esoteric catastrophes greater than these incidents, where are all these "wonderful protective great parents" whose "superior parental instincts trump all other important matters"? What you mean to say is, "no more important issue to these mammals than their own personal sphere of self-interest, which happens to be their immediate offspring or whatever TV or their personal preacher tells them to do".
Zeus Dione Yeah, but that’s a favorable evolutionary trait. Would you prefer it if we did not care for our offspring? We wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for such traits.
@@oscarlara1299 I said, “ for all he knew” at the time. You’re obviously not a father, and if you are….. I hope your children find someone who cares for them as much as they deserve to be cared for. It’s all love brother.
Agh the feeling of instant fear and hopelessness that sets in when you see the boys facial expression change to one of immense pain and then the dad looks at him and they are trapped in their seats still I know that probably felt like forever to them.
@@TommonSensePro it feels like forever because they need to get help immediately and need to wait for someone to let them out of their seats bro what the fuck
Adrenaline shock every kid might cry from being scared but his brain was to worried about what happened to his leg so for that time he didn’t feel pain
@@kevinthekid9623 def. shock. I saw a motorbike rider stand up and walk to the side of the street as if nothing happened after he was flung ~50 feet through the air after a car went through by red. His whole sholder was fractured and he had to be flown out by heli.
this makes me so sad for the kid and the dad. When I saw the dad smiling like that it reminded me of my dad because he loves rollercoasters and thats one of our favorite ways to bond. He was just trying to have a fun time with his son. You could see the fear spread on his face, this kind of thing should NEVER happen :( God bless them❤️
It was meant to be a fun experience that turned for the worst. But not so much. You want a bonding experience between the strongest bond; father and son. It was a near death experience that they both shared, and lived through it. They could have died. So the worst had not happened. Yet, they lived that day and created one of the most concrete memories that they will share because they lived through that by each other. Yes they suffer still because of it, but they share something that reminds each other of the day they lived together. You have to look for the good, or you'll never see the good. God did bless them that day.
Tupenny Senner If you somehow missed the title theni'm glad to tell you that this was recorded 10 years ago. Not many HD cameras were used back then. Especially not in a camera attached to a rollercoaster.
Even considering the multiple surgeries he’s endured, that kid got off lightly with leg lacerations. The cable could have easily taken his entire face off ... or his head.
@@Chadius_Thundercock Yeah no shit.. His leg was cut deep! He had to go through multiple surgeries.. He still handled A LOT better than most adults in that situation
Boy am I grateful that the sound was cut out of this, the video itself looked absolutely terrifying enough, I cannot even begin to fanthom how much worse the audio must've sounded.
David Becerra surgeries, physical therapy, ptsd ( can happen) is costly. iknow all too well as 1 week in a hospital reaches $50,000 or more. If there was money left over, its very little to cover work loss for the parents..
Todd Margaret A surgical room and depending on which doctor can add up to $250,000 or more per operation. If you want to pay for say $750,000 worth of medical be my guest. i sure as hell wont. Espcially since my costs of cancer, surgery and everything came to 1.6million. That was ontop of the $50,000 i had to pay out of pocket
Damn, I’ve been on this ride a thousand times growing up and never heard about this. Seems like a lot of amusement parks need to renovate their roller coasters cause crazy accidents keep happening that seem avoidable. Happy this wasn’t fatal.
Poor kid and father...😟😟😟 I can only imagine the fear that went though his father... I can’t even imagine what I would if something like this happened to my little sister.
This is awful, I couldn’t imagine being stuck and unable to help my child who is severely hurt- his leg got pretty messed up. This isn’t worth any amount of money, the stress and damage and emotional scars
Poor fella. You can tell he’s scared. I hate that he was injured, I really do, but I’m glad everyone’s okay now. Stuff like this is why I don’t mess with rides anymore. Brave little dude, though.
Reminds me of being on Superman Escape at SFMM... magnets failed on the way back, so we got to experience 60 to 0 in about... oh, two car lengths... That was a jolt. Fortunately, no one got hurt, but I did have a bit of a sore neck. The staff was very gracious about it, offered us a free pass for the next day, checked us all out... Been on Xcellerator as well, but fortunately all went well.
I Cant imagine how the dad felt. Those dad instincts kick in and you're right there but simply cannot help or do anything. You can see it in his face. Poor fellas, I'm glad it was alright (more or less)
Man...can I just toot a little bit about the sheer size of the heart and bravery of the kid who was just damn near amputated and then the dad also ...without context you wouldn't guess that the kid damn near lost his leg and dad had his spine screwed up and whiplash from their reactions. I'm a tough one but if'n I see a child hurt let alone mine I'm not even sure I can lie about me keeping it together. Very impressive and very mature mental fortitude to those two people. And extra points for the dad not spilling a drop of his DNA making that kid lol
Man oh man ...I'm so glad no matter how much I get low I just don't got it in me to take time outta my short existence to make a extra large McPetty burger with extra nitpickles for a complete stranger just cause
that kid is a champ. probably swamped with adrenaline but i would have expected an instant cry face and screaming. looks pretty calm and collected all things considered
Pretty sure his internal body response helped him. Something like this is so traumatic that it can cause the body to have a delayed response to pain, it’s a survival mechanism. It happened to me when I was a kid. I was going down a mountain coaster at high speed. I lost control and the go cart flipped over, sending me off the track and face first into the dirt. I didn’t register the pain from my completely skinned calf and my skinned cheek until I was almost down the slope with my dad. The kid must have felt the shock and went numb for a little bit
There's a camera on the coaster itself?? Why don't they show us that when we go? I want to see myself on that too! I'd probably buy it!... jk, no i wouldn't..
It's now been closed for a year+, and it's probably related to its sister coaster Top Thrill Dragster. From what I have heard a part specially designed for this ride needs to be installed (the station track is ripped up for anticipation of this part), but I think KBF and CF are considering removing the hydraulic launch system from this rides.
The older I get the more reluctant I am to go on rides like this, my kids are like “yeah dad let’s go to a theme park!!” In my youth, loved all things thrill ride, now I just know too much lol 😂
Well, you don’t know enough! With that attitude, never drive them anywhere again, give ‘em food, or bathe them. All of those things are A LOT more likely to kill them than any amusement ride, and riding thrill rides are some of the safest things you can be doing, so let them have their fun.
@@A-aronTI You literally just listed a bunch of things that are *necessities* in life. Riding a roller coaster is not a necessity, but a leisure activity. Learn the difference before making bad comparisons in the future.
@@samalton5837 Yes they are necessities, but the point still stands. The point about it is all of those “safe” things we do every day are much more dangerous than amusement rides. The comparison is purely hypothetical, ofc you have to eat ffs, but that doesn’t change that it’s a lot less safe than riding a coaster.
My sister (19f) explained this same thing to me she said the older she gets the more worried she gets on ride although she isn’t old at all she just means from when she was 12 or 13
I work in failure analysis. It definitely takes a toll on what you would consider "safe". I will say that large public rollercoasters are generally very safe; their entire profit depends on it.
this rollercoaster is what got me to like coasters in general. never rode anything of this size before lol. it was my 8th grade field trip a year before this incident...imagine this was my first real coaster experience xD
The last roller coaster I went on was at Knott's. I loved the fast rides. I am very tall, and I went on their wooden coaster. It slammed me so violently and I was taller than the head pad I am sure I was knocked out for a moment. This was 20+ years ago, and we didn't appreciate head trauma at the time. I remember walking around in a daze for the rest of the day and friends asking, "Are you alright?"
@@A-aronTIhe's not stupid, he got hurt once and is willing to not get hurt again, I have done the same with waterslides, pretty sure everyone in my family has almost drowned or got seriously injured by the damn things yet ppl still tell me they are harmless
What’s most interesting is the fact that the kid probably didn’t even realize the laceration until he looked down and saw it, from the adrenaline he was receiving from the body.
So glad everyone’s okay! Hope the kid heals up physically and this doesn’t leave him or dad with any long term trauma. That must feel awful to not help your kid right away and to both be locked in for a short time. It must be so scary/confusing to be shook up and then your hurt and in pain at a place you should be having fun and safe at! 😭💕 so glad both and everyone else is okay!
Anyone who’s confused, In September 2009, 12 year old Kyle wheeler and his dad Russel Wheeler. Rode the Xcelerator at Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park. The roller coasters launch cable snapped and whipped the fibreglass causing it to smash. The cable hit Kyles left calf and flying debris hit his dad, Russels, face. Down below the ride, his mother Anita Wheeler watched on in horror. He has had multiple surgeries and physical therapy and was later able to walk again.
I saw the results of a "wire rope" snapping under tension on a Navy tugboat deck hand while serving in the US Navy in 1979. Nasty wounds. Don't know if he survived...
Fuck man. Why do I keep watching this? This makes me cry especially at the last part where the dad is yelling for help. The poor kid. I’m so glad that they’re safe though.
@jordila I doubt the kid would ever step foot in an amusement park again but because of how well he took that pain he probably would’ve gone back to it.
Very good thing this only happened once in the ride's history, which is still too many unfortunately regardless, but out of the millions of successful launches and safe rides given by the ride, I can still trust it to be very safe.
Reading the comments I don't think folks realize how serious this injury was. The cable sliced thru the car they were seated in. It sliced thru his leg. His leg was destroyed.
I remember when I was on that ride at knotts (Los Angeles )my seat wouldn’t strap in. Mind you I was tall and skinny the seat unlatch it’s self right before it was getting ready to drop luckily I was able to strap in back in. I told the workers when I got off the ride what happen so they temporarily closed it for a few hours and did test runs. They may have got the seat handle fix it was a really scary situation but I still got on other ride while I was there which is crazy on my part😅.
I remember this. I know they’re okay now, but I feel so awful for both of them. Just a father and son going on the ride to have a fun time then this unfortunate circumstances had to occur.
actually its a huge misnomer that adrenaline prevents pain, it doesn't prevent pain, it has no mechanism of action towards any type of pain receptors and infact adrenaline can INCREASE the perception of pain due to neural excitation and increased firing of neurons, pain just takes time to set in full force, especially with deep wounds. extremity pain is near instant but muscle lacerations, organ damage, etc, that pain is going to set in about 10-15 seconds after. you're not gonna feel shit from that instantly.
I’m pretty sure he felt the pain. The reason you may not notice it for about 10-15 seconds is because the feeling is so foreign and you’ve never felt it before and the chaos of it all, but it’s a myth that you literally don’t feel it.
@@ChristopherGray00 It's well documented that epinephrine both dampens pain perception and increases pain threshold. The unknown part is how, not if. And it wouldn't be a misnomer. It would be a myth or misconception.
@@ttt69420 That is false, it literally does not interact with any pain receptor, and does not have any evidence for pain reduction, not sure what you're talking about when you say "well documented". It stimulates alpha and beta adrenergic receptors, which have nothing to do with pain, and that's it. You must be confusing endorphins, which are released during the same time, in a severe injury, with adrenaline and correlating it to adrenaline, endorphins are endogenous opioids for the reduction of pain.
As a mechanic I see most amusement park rides and a chill goes down my spine knowing how things work and how easy even the strongest components fail at the worst times.
This is a very unlikely, the chance that you will get injured of a rollercoaster is 1 in every 24 million, Your chance of dying in 1 in every 750 million, for all of you people thinking rollercoasters are unsafe. I would read the statistics again.
@@loopquantumgravity8658 ok do you not go outside then? Do not breath air? More people die from choking on food than rollercoasters, do you not eat food?
damn. glad the kids ok now. i live somewhat close to six flags st louis and (i cant remember the exact year) there was a similar accident on the superman vertical drop ride (not a coaster just one of those rides you go straight up like a few hundred feet then straight drop). one of the cables snapped on that ride too and literally CUT off a ladies foot or leg or something. it was horrible. i love roller coasters but these theme parks REALLY gotta do a good job of inspecting each and every part of the ride. glad nobody died here
There was an incident at 6 Flags in California about ten years ago on the Free Fall ride. A cable snapped. The operator was alerted by a warning buzzer but went to get a manager, instead of immediately pushing the Emergency Stop button. When it went into free fall, the free end of the cable wrapped around a young girls lower legs and cut them both clean off below the knees. Unfortunately, many States do not regularly inspect machines nor require the operator to do so. We often assume we are safe with the machines and operators, but there's still a certain amount of risk.
I think you got the wrong park and the wrong state. The incident you are talking about was at Kentucky Kingdom (Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom at the time it happened) back in 2007.
LOL..... I never new xcelerator goes backwards, I would have been so scared to go backwards while going up, I am already scared of this ride cuz the take off is so fast to me.
A cable under tension snapping like that is no joke, lucky nobody lost their head.
Burial Impossible.
Burial I'm confused wtf happened?
David1511 a cable on the ride snapped and lacerated the kids leg. It also sent debris towards them which you can see in the video if you look close enough.
Hey they still have their dicks ok.....that's more than I can say for most of us.
TheGrimReaper Definitely not impossible. I've seen a rigger lose his whole arm after a crane cable on a construction site snapped. It cut through him like butter and flicked his arm about 50m into the air.
For those who don’t wanna read the about, long story short, the kid got a very deep cut on his leg due to debris and had to go through multiple surgeries. Dad got back issues too.(edit 2022-Dad didn’t have back problems OOPS someone else did)
Did they sue? If so did they win?
@@Screwby_Jones6200 They sued and settled for an undisclosed amount
I was wondering was lil man okay
not the dad, it was *another male rider
i mean, if you’re gonna shorten it to save readers time, at least make sure all the details are correct
The most terrifying thing about amusement park accidents is that screams for help are indistinguishable from the screams of everyone else having a thrilling time.
Men explain me what happened in the video? Idk
@@sebascrafthelper9625 a metal cable snapped due to poor maintenance and ripped the child’s leg open. He had to have many surgeries and almost lost his leg :c
@@Vexarax damn
🤯
Also the puking.
That kid is a badass though. You can tell he kept his composure and was screaming for help immediately. Glad these two are ok, hopefully they got a nice settlement
Definitely didn’t look composed
That was definitely shock more than anything
That was shock, not composure...
When something hits, cuts, slices, smashes you at a high rate of speed you honestly don’t feel any pain for about 20 seconds. Your brain is incapable of perceiving the amount of pain at an instance. Like that’s not how pain works lol. First you’re in shock, you don’t feel anything. Next you realize your situation and you can now begin to feel a tiny bit. At this point though your brain is trying it’s hardest to keep you from feeling pain, so now all your endorphins began to rush. This last for about 20 minutes. Then that’s when the actual pain starts, once that adrenaline wears off you feel it believe me lol. I’ve been through some shit, and have experienced the whole trip several times, it sucks being in that spot.
@@cooliodiablo4571 Yeah, I get it. I got an accident before in a bus crash, I braced myself but still bumped my left knee hard on the seat in front of me cause of impact. I didn't feel any pain for a day then I started feeling pain on my kneecap and lower back for a week. 😅
Until today, I get discomfort in both areas, especially on cold days.
The worst part is the fathers face when he realizes what happened. Thank God the Kid was okay in the end.
@@Thebignator112 the kids leg got cut and had to get surgeries
@@Thebignator112 nothing happened? Kid got a deep cut in his leg and had to get multiple surgeries and has dad got back issues from this incident
@@Thebignator112 ur a weirdo and you know it 😂
@@Thebignator112 don't be a moreon
@@Thebignator112 read the description lmao
I felt so bad for the dad he looked like he was having fun:(
Yea
@@duke1281 interpreting a statement wrongly of intention AND specifying you were passive aggressive? Who let grandpa on the internet unattended, again?
@@duke1281 Why are you so angry for no reason? They obviously meant that dad was having fun before the accident, and seeing his face quickly change is depressing.
what sucks is... you know the dad told the son he would love it if he tried it and probably pressured him to get on it as all dads do. He was probably happy not for himself but for his son and super proud of him in the moment as well. Crazy.
@@duke1281 How exactly was that passive aggressive?? You do remember what that terms means right?
It's scary to think the staff are trained to keep people locked in their seats until they determine its safe even if someone is bleeding out
I mean in most cases it’s for the guest own safety, it will always come back to the station and if they hear screaming for help they’re obviously gonna check it out.
@@jonathanmudd4412 The back roll doesn't always go back to the station, which might be an issue for an accident like this.
@@meowredacted975 I know but they will certainly hear the screaming
@@jonathanmudd4412 Well, they are first aware by some signals on the launch panel. Whenever it rolls back, it does inform the operator.
And in addition to this, in europe, if a coaster have just a small default (for example a sensor who doesn't give the proper information) it automatically blocks the ride preventing the operator from doing anything via his panel.
It is a safe way to get off the riders since you need to get to the wagon to unlock each seats 1 per 1.
Kid is legit awesome. He had an injury so bad he needed multiple surgeries but kept his cool and bit through any pain
Lol what else could he do?
one word, adrenaline.
not keeping his cool, that is shock/endorphins/adrenaline. He's a trooper still though.
The pain would've come later
Hes in shock bro
They look just like each other. So glad for the family that they were all okay. I cannot image taking my child on an adventure only to have it end them.
But… all adventures have an end?
@@MrTangent shut up
@@MrTangent also read better
@@syeneingram1218 It’s was a joke, you turd eater.
Whom was ended?
Rides there are knott berry safe
XGT59 get out
2 points
XD this is perfect
Profile pic goes with comment very well.
Excellent pun
*wooow! This could’ve turned FATAL! A cable rupturing on a high velocity ride …that force could’ve decapitated them both!!*
Final destination style!
High velocity indeed 80mph
@@dontaskquestions. your right. Them going up it went right over their heads
@@Dx21223 XD
While I’ve never heard of anyone being decapitated, a girl did get her feet cut off on the Superman Tower of Power from a snapped cable
0:13 the moment my heart sank... the instant change in the boys face to extreme pain is so depressing and when the father realizes he looks so heartbroken 😞
my heart goes out to the kid and father, and i hope theyre living a good life now ❤
I think you can't feel the pain until the adrenaline ends or whatever they call that thing. A long time ago my finger was sliced up, heavily, and I was only shocked, because I saw a blood and stuff, but I didn't felt a thing. Just vibration in my finger.
I'm sure it'll toughen him up. I worry more about kids that get cancer than kids that get a lacerated leg
@@Tommyknocker.0:04 that wasn't a cable he had too much Taco Bell!💨💥😂
@@EUPH0RiC_RUSH This happened in 2009. Kyle Wheeler is now a bodybuilder with lots of muscles.
@@Tommyknocker.NAHHH THATS CREEPY 😭 i feel sorry for u
That dads look is horrible, no worse feeling than being helpless for your kiddos. Poor kid
Yeah seeing him trying to wrench free and call for them to release them or call an ambulance or whatever he's doing is pretty gut wrenching.
Yea, right. No worse feeling than not being able to help your kid ... But when shit happens to other people, and other people's kids, or esoteric catastrophes greater than these incidents, where are all these "wonderful protective great parents" whose "superior parental instincts trump all other important matters"? What you mean to say is, "no more important issue to these mammals than their own personal sphere of self-interest, which happens to be their immediate offspring or whatever TV or their personal preacher tells them to do".
Zeus Dione dude... shut up take that philosophical shit back to the basement
Zeus Dione What?
Zeus Dione Yeah, but that’s a favorable evolutionary trait. Would you prefer it if we did not care for our offspring? We wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for such traits.
That could have ended VERY dangerously. Those wires hold tons of forces, just imagined if it caught one of their eyes..
Yeah if it caught their eye, their whole head would've come off bruh.
it cut the kids leg and he had to get surgeries and the dad had back issues :(
I don’t understand why you would put other images into peoples head..
@@Evanw10282 Get aphantasia. Then you can't get something put into your head.
Haha in their eyes😅 And what about their toes or fingernails?
As a dad, it kills me to see his father screaming helplessly as his son was dying beside him for all he knew. Happy they were paid out.
Rip to the son he passed away in route to the hospital.
@@jonmacdonald5345 yeap
@@jonmacdonald5345 the kid is fine. had a deep cut in his leg and underwent multiple surgeries and stitches to get it fixed. he is alive
Dude relax he wasn't dying..
@@oscarlara1299 I said, “ for all he knew” at the time. You’re obviously not a father, and if you are….. I hope your children find someone who cares for them as much as they deserve to be cared for. It’s all love brother.
I'm glad there's no audio
Same
Agh the feeling of instant fear and hopelessness that sets in when you see the boys facial expression change to one of immense pain and then the dad looks at him and they are trapped in their seats still I know that probably felt like forever to them.
Felt like forever? Pretty ironic since it’s a short ride, especially this one since there was a rollback.
@@TommonSensePro it feels like forever because they need to get help immediately and need to wait for someone to let them out of their seats bro what the fuck
@@TommonSensePro Things slow down when experiencing things like these...
@@TommonSensePro bro u have to be dense🤣
@@TommonSensePro I smell a moron.
I can’t believe how strong the kid stayed with what just happened. Most kids would probably be balling their eyes out for everyone to hear.
Adrenaline shock every kid might cry from being scared but his brain was to worried about what happened to his leg so for that time he didn’t feel pain
@@kevinthekid9623 def. shock. I saw a motorbike rider stand up and walk to the side of the street as if nothing happened after he was flung ~50 feet through the air after a car went through by red. His whole sholder was fractured and he had to be flown out by heli.
What are you talking about? That kid was panicking like crazy lol.
He was, are you blind?
@@jeffghant4760 adrenaline, and you would tho stop thinking you’re someone :)
this makes me so sad for the kid and the dad. When I saw the dad smiling like that it reminded me of my dad because he loves rollercoasters and thats one of our favorite ways to bond. He was just trying to have a fun time with his son. You could see the fear spread on his face, this kind of thing should NEVER happen :( God bless them❤️
I agree, a day supposed to be memorable turns memorable for the wrong reason.
It was meant to be a fun experience that turned for the worst. But not so much. You want a bonding experience between the strongest bond; father and son. It was a near death experience that they both shared, and lived through it. They could have died. So the worst had not happened. Yet, they lived that day and created one of the most concrete memories that they will share because they lived through that by each other. Yes they suffer still because of it, but they share something that reminds each other of the day they lived together. You have to look for the good, or you'll never see the good. God did bless them that day.
Um ok im officially crying, my dad loved rollercoasters and would never be able to forgive himself if something happened
Npw he will never ride a rollercoaster spme fucked up stuff
exactly, can't imagine how sad it'd be if it were to be my dad and I, I wouldn't even feel bad for myself, js my dad cus he was having fun
I always remember Xcellerator being under maintenance every time I went to Knott’s Berry Farm. Now, I know that it was for good reason
It's finally back open after nearly 2 years of being closed
@@hellacia8151 😳 oof.
Thought his neck broke at first.
Kuroyase I had to watch it a couple of times to see what went down lol then I read the comments and that cleared it up
Lmfao,instant death
Kuroyase lol
i thought it was a bird lol
Me 2
This video look like it was 1999
Tupenny Senner If you somehow missed the title theni'm glad to tell you that this was recorded 10 years ago. Not many HD cameras were used back then. Especially not in a camera attached to a rollercoaster.
lifeisnot4yo Tons of HD cameras were being used back then.
lifeisnot4yo yeah but this wasn't the 90's technology was more advance this was 10 years ago not 20 years ago
Rilumai yes but I think he meant resolution
Crystalgames1211 Well yeah, of course.
Even considering the multiple surgeries he’s endured, that kid got off lightly with leg lacerations. The cable could have easily taken his entire face off ... or his head.
If it's the wong cable, or enough of them, none would have survived the death plummet back down.
@@randomuserame Is a wong cable a cable made in China 😄
@@randomuserame Word. 😂🤣💀
@@bowlchamps37 Affirmative.
@@bowlchamps37 😂
Kid handled it like a freaking champ! I would’ve been freaking out and crying at that age
What a wimp.
Me too at my current age... I'm 22
Did we watch the same video he’s clearly freaking out
@@Chadius_Thundercock why are you watching a little kid get smacked in the balls? Perv
@@Chadius_Thundercock Yeah no shit.. His leg was cut deep! He had to go through multiple surgeries.. He still handled A LOT better than most adults in that situation
Boy am I grateful that the sound was cut out of this, the video itself looked absolutely terrifying enough, I cannot even begin to fanthom how much worse the audio must've sounded.
Softer than a marshmallow scared to hear anything
@@electrictouch1188 found the anti-life a-hole.
@@electrictouch1188 we got mr tough guy over here
@@wabbajocky8235 and we got mr don’t talk nobody is talking to you guy
@@electrictouch1188 No one was talking to you either, yet you replied. 🙄
That kid is a millionaire now
David Becerra surgeries, physical therapy, ptsd ( can happen) is costly. iknow all too well as 1 week in a hospital reaches $50,000 or more. If there was money left over, its very little to cover work loss for the parents..
Snipe Stud00 I believe you man just dont bd a organ donor because they will let you die 💯
Snipe Stud00 You can make very small payments on medical bills. It wouldn’t effect his money whatsoever.
Todd Margaret A surgical room and depending on which doctor can add up to $250,000 or more per operation. If you want to pay for say $750,000 worth of medical be my guest. i sure as hell wont. Espcially since my costs of cancer, surgery and everything came to 1.6million. That was ontop of the $50,000 i had to pay out of pocket
Snipe Stud00 Can’t you just make the minimum payment of like $50/month or whatever it is though.
You mean to tell me that this whole time, coasters came fully equipped with security cams?????
It's pretty common to have cameras all around roller coasters.
Ascension 2000 that’s what happens when you skip church and go to the amusement park instead. God is just.
Damon Amos shut up lmao
Damon Amos that was on a Tuesday, you can go to church any other day!
Dance Party there’s no single day to worship our father. Praise be.
Damn, I’ve been on this ride a thousand times growing up and never heard about this. Seems like a lot of amusement parks need to renovate their roller coasters cause crazy accidents keep happening that seem avoidable. Happy this wasn’t fatal.
Poor kid and father...😟😟😟
I can only imagine the fear that went though his father... I can’t even imagine what I would if something like this happened to my little sister.
This is awful, I couldn’t imagine being stuck and unable to help my child who is severely hurt- his leg got pretty messed up. This isn’t worth any amount of money, the stress and damage and emotional scars
I have been to Knott's countless times and I have never gotten to ride this ride because it's ALWAYS BROKEN
Probably a good thing!
@@mybraineatseverything7404you’re wrong, the ride is perfectly safe and this is an extremely rare instance
@@WCfanboy in your tiny little mind, what does "perfectly safe" mean?
@@doublesunday1268 it means that this thing happened once in millions of cycles and you’re more likely to get eaten by a shark than die on a coaster
@@WCfanboy so "mostly safe" is what it means?
Poor fella. You can tell he’s scared. I hate that he was injured, I really do, but I’m glad everyone’s okay now. Stuff like this is why I don’t mess with rides anymore. Brave little dude, though.
You can see the desperation in the father's face as both of them are locked into their seats helplessly.
Reminds me of being on Superman Escape at SFMM... magnets failed on the way back, so we got to experience 60 to 0 in about... oh, two car lengths... That was a jolt. Fortunately, no one got hurt, but I did have a bit of a sore neck. The staff was very gracious about it, offered us a free pass for the next day, checked us all out... Been on Xcellerator as well, but fortunately all went well.
didn’t happen
A dad's number 1 job is to protect his children, and the desperation in his face when being restrained is so heart breaking.
I Cant imagine how the dad felt. Those dad instincts kick in and you're right there but simply cannot help or do anything. You can see it in his face. Poor fellas, I'm glad it was alright (more or less)
Wow..... That kid had to have been in so much pain when he realized what happened.....
"It's a rollback lol, shit happens" - Knott's Berry Farm speaking out about the incident 9/19/09.
Bruh
No the kids legs were cut off cause a cord snapped
Summer Pendley wait really?
@@evenunez2095 it was lacerated. Read the description.
He’s not wrong. Shit does happen.
Man...can I just toot a little bit about the sheer size of the heart and bravery of the kid who was just damn near amputated and then the dad also ...without context you wouldn't guess that the kid damn near lost his leg and dad had his spine screwed up and whiplash from their reactions. I'm a tough one but if'n I see a child hurt let alone mine I'm not even sure I can lie about me keeping it together. Very impressive and very mature mental fortitude to those two people. And extra points for the dad not spilling a drop of his DNA making that kid lol
I believe you would for your son, Yasuke.
Thank you both. I'm having a hard time with things so I appreciate the kindness
They were in shock. The same result would happen for anyone in this situation. You are being too dramatic and sensationalizing this video.
What you're saying is false. The dad came out of it unscathed, it is another person on the cart that got injuries with his back.
Man oh man ...I'm so glad no matter how much I get low I just don't got it in me to take time outta my short existence to make a extra large McPetty burger with extra nitpickles for a complete stranger just cause
that kid is a champ. probably swamped with adrenaline but i would have expected an instant cry face and screaming. looks pretty calm and collected all things considered
Pretty sure his internal body response helped him. Something like this is so traumatic that it can cause the body to have a delayed response to pain, it’s a survival mechanism.
It happened to me when I was a kid. I was going down a mountain coaster at high speed. I lost control and the go cart flipped over, sending me off the track and face first into the dirt. I didn’t register the pain from my completely skinned calf and my skinned cheek until I was almost down the slope with my dad.
The kid must have felt the shock and went numb for a little bit
There's a camera on the coaster itself?? Why don't they show us that when we go? I want to see myself on that too! I'd probably buy it!... jk, no i wouldn't..
Whatgrinds mygears? those pictures are so expensive i wouldn’t even joke about that
I’d buy you’re coaster video ...
A cheap quality 8x10 picture for $25’s. I can’t imagine what they charge for the >1 min video.
I take a picture of the picture with my camera phone and those are my memories...🤗
krizpal1083 We know you don't... There's watermarks all over them
I remember this ride shutting down for awhile but never understood why… This just gives me goosebumps knowing now
It's had long shutdowns a few times. The last major one was for a repaint.
It's now been closed for a year+, and it's probably related to its sister coaster Top Thrill Dragster. From what I have heard a part specially designed for this ride needs to be installed (the station track is ripped up for anticipation of this part), but I think KBF and CF are considering removing the hydraulic launch system from this rides.
That's scary as hell. Cables under tension that snap can cut you in half. These two are lucky they didn't lose their lives.
Right!!! Ever see Ghost Ship?
@@SonnyGTAyeah
That's absolutely horrifying!
The older I get the more reluctant I am to go on rides like this, my kids are like “yeah dad let’s go to a theme park!!” In my youth, loved all things thrill ride, now I just know too much lol 😂
Well, you don’t know enough! With that attitude, never drive them anywhere again, give ‘em food, or bathe them. All of those things are A LOT more likely to kill them than any amusement ride, and riding thrill rides are some of the safest things you can be doing, so let them have their fun.
@@A-aronTI You literally just listed a bunch of things that are *necessities* in life. Riding a roller coaster is not a necessity, but a leisure activity. Learn the difference before making bad comparisons in the future.
@@samalton5837 Yes they are necessities, but the point still stands. The point about it is all of those “safe” things we do every day are much more dangerous than amusement rides. The comparison is purely hypothetical, ofc you have to eat ffs, but that doesn’t change that it’s a lot less safe than riding a coaster.
My sister (19f) explained this same thing to me she said the older she gets the more worried she gets on ride although she isn’t old at all she just means from when she was 12 or 13
I work in failure analysis. It definitely takes a toll on what you would consider "safe". I will say that large public rollercoasters are generally very safe; their entire profit depends on it.
They looked like they were having so much fun especially the dad I love seeing people so happy
Your heart is pure gold 🥹✨ I also like people getting happy, although sometimes I am not.
i also love seeing people have fun and smile and i hate when they get into something bad after having so much fun and smiling
Awe cutest comment❤
@@shawns628same. But is so strange and sad that there exist people that think all the way around.
this rollercoaster is what got me to like coasters in general. never rode anything of this size before lol. it was my 8th grade field trip a year before this incident...imagine this was my first real coaster experience xD
It was probably this kids first coaster experience
@@kingcobra7183 that kid got very unlucky
The last roller coaster I went on was at Knott's. I loved the fast rides. I am very tall, and I went on their wooden coaster. It slammed me so violently and I was taller than the head pad I am sure I was knocked out for a moment. This was 20+ years ago, and we didn't appreciate head trauma at the time. I remember walking around in a daze for the rest of the day and friends asking, "Are you alright?"
Ghostrider is so much better than it used to be now. Worth giving another chance.
@@hellacia8151 I'm all set. It literally knocked me out. LOL
Wussy
@@EvanKayExotics Do it again lmao, its one of the best rides in cali
@@A-aronTIhe's not stupid, he got hurt once and is willing to not get hurt again, I have done the same with waterslides, pretty sure everyone in my family has almost drowned or got seriously injured by the damn things yet ppl still tell me they are harmless
This is what a father looks like. Tried to get his kid out first.
Man that is horrible what happened to the kid. I really hope that he was compensated for the pain, distress, and medical bills.
Damn. I can only imagine what the dad was thinking being strapped in unable to do anything. The stuff of nightmares.
What’s most interesting is the fact that the kid probably didn’t even realize the laceration until he looked down and saw it, from the adrenaline he was receiving from the body.
I’m surprised as to how much pain the 12 year old faced
So glad everyone’s okay! Hope the kid heals up physically and this doesn’t leave him or dad with any long term trauma. That must feel awful to not help your kid right away and to both be locked in for a short time. It must be so scary/confusing to be shook up and then your hurt and in pain at a place you should be having fun and safe at! 😭💕 so glad both and everyone else is okay!
i was stuck on this ride when i was 8
Ik I was stuck on it wit you
Jessica Cruz same I was sitting behind you guys
I was the 4th guy behind all 🌲 of y'all
I was the ride operator trollolol
Omg this whole post is hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂
Awful. That kid was very brave, you can tell the father raised him very well. Glad to hear they’re doing okay, really sad to see.
I can't tell what happened with that mute.
Oh.
I thought someone passed gas since I saw the yellow air after the cable snapped.
Ouch though.
***** he had to get major surgeries
Michaela Gruber whoa.
***** it's cause it tore major tissue in his calf
Emtobed .EMTOBED some little bitch cant handle fire
I remember that as I was there in line when it happened watching it partially go up then back down towards us.
I smell law suit!
Brian H It did!
Bobby Fleener what did they get
Glooper Xi it says an undisclosed amount In the description. So it was a out of court settlement.
Brian H excacly
Definitely
Anyone who’s confused, In September 2009, 12 year old Kyle wheeler and his dad Russel Wheeler. Rode the Xcelerator at Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park. The roller coasters launch cable snapped and whipped the fibreglass causing it to smash. The cable hit Kyles left calf and flying debris hit his dad, Russels, face. Down below the ride, his mother Anita Wheeler watched on in horror. He has had multiple surgeries and physical therapy and was later able to walk again.
I saw the results of a "wire rope" snapping under tension on a Navy tugboat deck hand while serving in the US Navy in 1979. Nasty wounds. Don't know if he survived...
I was disturbed and traumatised just by watching this accident... Therefore I want to file a lawsuit also to repair my mental state
This is the only injuring incident on this ride. 1 run out of 17 years is fine by me.
Just go fuck off man
murica
@@nikminnet2768 Hopefully this doesn't happen to you.
0:06 - I guess he's probably wondering if getting blasted in the face with debris is part of the ride
McMeevin omfg lmao XD I don’t even know what to say
😂It was that time!
Blood from the kids leg
McMeevin lol
Shoutout to bro for staying calm when he had such a bad injury.
Really glad both the kid and the dad were okay in the end. Little man took that like a champ as well.
Your mom took my little man like a champ
I went on this roller coaster with my little brother. Thats crazy that the cord snapped
Fuck man. Why do I keep watching this? This makes me cry especially at the last part where the dad is yelling for help. The poor kid. I’m so glad that they’re safe though.
Just terrifying, locked and bleeding.. I hope that was a past thing and today they can enjoy a day in a theme park safely. ❤
@jordila I doubt the kid would ever step foot in an amusement park again but because of how well he took that pain he probably would’ve gone back to it.
@@cameronkedas3375Maybe.
Very good thing this only happened once in the ride's history, which is still too many unfortunately regardless, but out of the millions of successful launches and safe rides given by the ride, I can still trust it to be very safe.
@@hellacia8151 millions of launches by that one ride?
Congratulations you won the lottery
StachMan enjoy your millions
Poor kid, just having the time of his life with his dad, then this shit happens. Now he may not ever want to go on roller coasters again
Im supposed to have an 8th grade field trip to Knotts Berry Farm this Monday...
*_WHY TF IS THIS ON MY RECOMMENDED?!_*
F
Well a year later....how was it
@@nikminnet2768 STOP SAME OMG
I was at Knotts when I was 15 and we were on a ride where a dude fell off and died
🤭
Never happened at knotts
Poor kid and father. I'm glad they both both ok. Must have been terrifying 😣
Omg the look on the dads face makes me want to cry 😢
Reading the comments I don't think folks realize how serious this injury was. The cable sliced thru the car they were seated in. It sliced thru his leg. His leg was destroyed.
How do you know?
@@bettysmith4527 I looked it up. His name is Kyle Wheeler.
The kid took the pain like a champ, nice to hear after surgeries, he’s fine again.
The father didn't even notice the first glitch, it wasn't until the second one.
Jonathan Guzman, it's not a glich it was the launch cable that snapped
Interesting video, glad the kid was okay. Hope the surgery went well. Thx for posting!
Yes, his transition has gone smoothly and now he does not suffer in the wrong gender body
@@UhtredOfBamburghbruh what
@@sadsbarn bruh over your head bruh
@@UhtredOfBamburgh I get the joke I’m litearlly trans myself it’s just not funny
@@sadsbarn bruh, why are you teaching everyone that trans people have no sense of humour bruh. Its like, bruuhh
"GET MY SON OFF THIS DAMN DEATH TRAP RIGHT NOW!!!"
What a trooper that kid is. I’m so happy they came out okay considering how much worse this could’ve been
I remember when I was on that ride at knotts (Los Angeles )my seat wouldn’t strap in. Mind you I was tall and skinny the seat unlatch it’s self right before it was getting ready to drop luckily I was able to strap in back in. I told the workers when I got off the ride what happen so they temporarily closed it for a few hours and did test runs. They may have got the seat handle fix it was a really scary situation but I still got on other ride while I was there which is crazy on my part😅.
I remember this. I know they’re okay now, but I feel so awful for both of them. Just a father and son going on the ride to have a fun time then this unfortunate circumstances had to occur.
It’s crazy how their faces go from sheer joy to confusion and panic in a matter of seconds
thats how fast life can change, even faster
fIvE sTaGeS oF gRiEf!!!!
watching joy leave a face so fast is the pinnacle of hurt
I have night mares about this! Hope he’s doing ok.
Another reason why not to ride I'm heading to pony express...lol
Adrenaline is a hell of a thing. He was so shocked from what happened that his body ignored the pain.
actually its a huge misnomer that adrenaline prevents pain, it doesn't prevent pain, it has no mechanism of action towards any type of pain receptors and infact adrenaline can INCREASE the perception of pain due to neural excitation and increased firing of neurons, pain just takes time to set in full force, especially with deep wounds.
extremity pain is near instant but muscle lacerations, organ damage, etc, that pain is going to set in about 10-15 seconds after. you're not gonna feel shit from that instantly.
Not all injuries are painful.
I’m pretty sure he felt the pain. The reason you may not notice it for about 10-15 seconds is because the feeling is so foreign and you’ve never felt it before and the chaos of it all, but it’s a myth that you literally don’t feel it.
@@ChristopherGray00 It's well documented that epinephrine both dampens pain perception and increases pain threshold. The unknown part is how, not if.
And it wouldn't be a misnomer. It would be a myth or misconception.
@@ttt69420 That is false, it literally does not interact with any pain receptor, and does not have any evidence for pain reduction, not sure what you're talking about when you say "well documented".
It stimulates alpha and beta adrenergic receptors, which have nothing to do with pain, and that's it.
You must be confusing endorphins, which are released during the same time, in a severe injury, with adrenaline and correlating it to adrenaline, endorphins are endogenous opioids for the reduction of pain.
As a mechanic I see most amusement park rides and a chill goes down my spine knowing how things work and how easy even the strongest components fail at the worst times.
Wheeler huh? Ironic! 🤔
Sargento Dodó that's what I was thinking
How the hell is it ironic?
Go Fuck Yourself Just think about it dude... it doesn't need an explanation. Cheers!
Sargento Dodó ...
@Go fuck your self, How do you not get the irony in that statement.
why does the kid look like that one dude from toy story? the bully i think
Haley Cooper right
Sed
Lmao he does
This is a very unlikely, the chance that you will get injured of a rollercoaster is 1 in every 24 million, Your chance of dying in 1 in every 750 million, for all of you people thinking rollercoasters are unsafe. I would read the statistics again.
Xxswag_dawgxX statistics dont mean shit. No one can predict the future, anything can happen at any time no matter how safe it's been in the past
The Purple Panther but we are always imnovating and making amusement rides safer
@@loopquantumgravity8658 ok do you not go outside then? Do not breath air? More people die from choking on food than rollercoasters, do you not eat food?
damn. glad the kids ok now. i live somewhat close to six flags st louis and (i cant remember the exact year) there was a similar accident on the superman vertical drop ride (not a coaster just one of those rides you go straight up like a few hundred feet then straight drop). one of the cables snapped on that ride too and literally CUT off a ladies foot or leg or something. it was horrible. i love roller coasters but these theme parks REALLY gotta do a good job of inspecting each and every part of the ride. glad nobody died here
The crazy part is when the dad wipes what I assume was blood off of his face after the cable cuts his kids leg, not realising what it was.
the guy complaining of back pain is like "MMMM I SMELL A QUICK DOLLAR"
Ride Operator: "We have no line today, so if you'd like to go again, everyone wave your hands and scream!" ...Whooosh!
There was an incident at 6 Flags in California about ten years ago on the Free Fall ride. A cable snapped. The operator was alerted by a warning buzzer but went to get a manager, instead of immediately pushing the Emergency Stop button. When it went into free fall, the free end of the cable wrapped around a young girls lower legs and cut them both clean off below the knees. Unfortunately, many States do not regularly inspect machines nor require the operator to do so. We often assume we are safe with the machines and operators, but there's still a certain amount of risk.
I think you got the wrong park and the wrong state. The incident you are talking about was at Kentucky Kingdom (Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom at the time it happened) back in 2007.
My worst nightmare is being stuck in that seat, locked in…. OMG 😮
LOL..... I never new xcelerator goes backwards, I would have been so scared to go backwards while going up, I am already scared of this ride cuz the take off is so fast to me.
It doesn't go backwards, that was an accident
It didn't go backward the cable that pulls the car it snapped and cut the first car in half it didn't go fast enough to go up
Alana Mayfield its doesnt it stops
it doesnt go backwards...
Did u even read the title
It was so fast it looked like some type of liquid hit them but I’m guessing that was the cable
that is the calmest kid ever dude