Video of "Petrified" coaster riders at CP

Got this article sent to me today it shows a 11year old boys video of coaster rider's getting down from coaster yesterday because of blackout. Title of story is "Boy catches video of petrified roller coaster riders".

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2409465/detail.html

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*** This post was edited by supermandl34 8/15/2003 9:34:51 PM ***

I wonder how much he got for that video.

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Now tell me Cedar Point is running out of space.

Rofl! When ads collide. When I looked at the story, it had an ad above the article saying: "Sponsored link: Cedar Point Sandusky Ohio. Discount tickets. Save money, and never wait at the gate again!"

As for the story, yeesh... sensationalistic garbage at its best :b

Not to be rude. His parents must be proud, such a nice picture of their son.

This begs the question, is it more "petrifying" to ride a roller coaster, or evacuate it. I'm sure that'll be a sweeps piece for this news station next year.

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Come on fhqwhgads!

I don't get it - is he a hero for having the video? I guess I could understand if WEWS wanted to use the footage as part of their story, but why is the story about the kid himself?

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*** This post was edited by Gemini 8/16/2003 9:48:03 AM ***

...because it's poorly written.

I've been more and more disappointed with the quality of what they've been doing in the news department at WEWS for the last six months. It's like their producers have gone stupid or something. Their coverage was especially bad during the blackout. WKYC (where the Webmaster contributes stories to CoasterBuzz :)) has really turned things around, and with their new station has great technical quality in addition to good content. Tim White is Cleveland's premier new anchor, a real class act on the air.

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Rides such as the Corkscrew were left frozen with petrified riders forced to catwalk their way to safety.

Does this sound to you like they're trying to imply that riders were forced to climb the ride to get off? They're STEPS. Like the kind in your house. There's a railing next to them. ------------------
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Hey Jeff, I have always liked WKYC when it comes to news in Cleveland with Channel 19/43 coming in second. I think Fox 8 is terrible and Newschannel 5 is even worse.

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19/43 is crap. I have a friend that's a photog there. He calls it "reAction news" since all they do is read the Plain Dealer and follow up on their stories. 3 has come a long way. Back in the tabloid-style days circa '93 or '94 they were crap too.

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Guess thats why CP does not allow people to videotape unless aurthorized.

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Charles Nungester.
It's official Lesourdsville Lake is closed for 2003

ive always thought fox wasnt bad at all....id say
1. wkyc nbc
2. wjw fox 8
3. wews abc
4. woio & wuab 19/43

and you cant forget about the akron news on pax...lol

is that against the TOS^ lol....oh well

this story is a good example of how pointless the news usually is. they just talk about stupid stuff that no one cares about. i dont know thats just my opinion.

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That was pretty funny, they are just steps.

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Oh geez. People get stuck on a coaster and think it's the end of the world. This sort of reminds me when there are talks of a tornado and all of a sudden the local grocery stores are mobbed.

I am glad I visited Wednesday. :-) The heat has been especially bad here in Ohio the last few days so I can sympathize with that. :-(

-Tina

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Gimme speed, height, airtime and plenty of LAUNCH!!!

Magnum XL 2000? They didn't even get the name right.

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I regret to inform you that Cedar Point's newest roller coaster, Top Thrill Dragster will not be operational today, or tomorrow or probably any day that you decide to visit our park. Please accept our apologies.

The local paper around my parts (Erie Times News) had a small picture and caption about Magnum, you can see it here.

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Hmmph. I have still photos I took of a walkdown on Legend. Top bidder gets the pics. I'll start the bidding at a nickel.

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I have the memory of being on The Legend when the bell fell at SRM 2002. I'll start the buiding at a penny to tell the story. ;)

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coastingohio said:
ive always thought fox wasnt bad at all...

Yeah, nothing says journalism like lead stories about lesbian alien hookers! I can't understand why they don't have any Emmy awards for that.

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