Michigan's Adventure chaos crashes, injuring several

To Quote Super7:
"You people who do not value lives, might feel differently if it was someone YOU knew."

This statement is an immature cheap shot. The first person to start name calling loses. Please quit with these annoying accusations and please give me some clear facts on how federal regulation could have avoided this accident.

You can't give me any facts, because there aren't any. Let's face it Super7, the position that additional federal regulation is needed is weak and unsupportable. Federal regulation, exspecially in this example could not have prevented this from happening. The proper steps are currently being taken to prevent this from happening again.

Another question for those who support additional regulation: What program should have it's funding reduced to pay for this new one?

Ok, I just got back from MIA. They have that whole corner roped off with security. Surrounding the ride is a makeshift fence of plywood about 7 or 8 feet high. The bottom half of the ride is covered in tarp. To get a better look we went on the log ride which goes right by it, so we could look down over the plywood. I saw many mechanics there, along with some pieces of fiberglass against the walls in many colors just in pieces. The pieces look really bad, so I would hate to see what is under that tarp. There is no way they can salvage this ride. Besides the hidden damage, all of the carts that had people in were totally ripped apart; the metal bar and the shoulder harnesses were not there, just empty shells. The interesting thing was, that the park was busier than ever. Maybe people just wanted to take a look, I don't know. in the local paper it showed a diagram of how it happened. It became disconnected from the arm and fell to the ground still in the vertical position, so the bottom cars got scrunched. The two worst injuries were a dad and his son who were trapped on the bottom, scrunched up for many hours. Well, that is all I have, hopefully pieces can start to come together.
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Life is a roller coaster...enjoy the ride!

http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/07/31/amusement.park.accident/index.html

Update on CNN.com...

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"It's Deja Vu all over again." - Yogi Berra

It was a bit ironic that next to the Chaos article in the Kalamazoo Gazette this afternoon was an article about a man who died after being hit by a batted ball in a softball game. Will someone try to legislate softer softballs now? We all have to go sometime. Thank God no one was killed on Chaos.

it was reported on the local news here near South bend, indiana that some of the worst hurt people will appear on the Today Show tomorrow morning.
this is not good for michigan's adventure

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No wonder CHAOS at Six Flags Great Adventure was down

SHIVER-ME TIMBERS? WHAT THE HECK?....LOL Yes the news is wonderful.

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I love the American Eagle at SFGRAM!!!!

Did anyone see "The News with Brian Williams" last night on MSNBC? They did the same story that was on NBC, but they had an amusement park "expert" on the show. This guy talked about what riders should look for to keep themselves safe, and more or less said any federal regulation really would not have prevented this accident. He talked about how parks and ride manufacturers have specific guidelines they follow, etc. etc. He also said that amusement parks are looking less safe because of the increased media coverage, and the fact that there are more parks, more rides, and thus more riders than before. These increases lead to more accidents, though the percentages (if I remember what he said) are actually down a bit. Am I crazy, or did anyone else who saw it get the same feelings?

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UCSigep
"Did you make a copy? Because if you made a copy, we could watch the copy."

I only have one thing to say... SCARY!!!

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Andy

Yay!  More taxes!  I love paying for things I don't want! :D  Right on Markey!!:D

I was on the rattler near the end of the ride and all of a sudden all of the restraints in the back row popped up. it was very scary. immagine if that happened at the very top of the ride