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this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
Rides shut after Ky. Six Flags accident By BRETT BARROUQUERE, Associated Press Writer
45 minutes ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Six Flags and another company shut down eight more thrill rides Friday around the country after a teenage girl had her feet chopped off at the ankle on a Superman Tower of Power.
State inspectors, meanwhile, returned to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom where the accident happened to examine the ride, which lifts passengers 177 feet straight up, then drops them nearly the same distance at speeds reaching 54 mph.
It was unclear at what point during the ride the 13-year-old was injured Thursday, said Wendy Goldberg, a Six Flags spokeswoman. The girl was taken to a hospital. She was not identified and details of her condition were not immediately available Friday.
Six Flags has shut down similar rides at parks in St. Louis, Gurnee, Ill., and near Washington as a safety precaution, Goldberg said. Six Flags Over Texas, near Dallas, also has a Superman Tower of Power, but it is not the same ride, Goldberg said.
There were no reports of injuries on the ride before Thursday, she said.
"Millions of people have safely ridden this ride in our parks," Goldberg said.
The accident led Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. to shut down and inspect drop tower rides at five of its amusement parks as a precaution, company spokeswoman Stacy Frole said.
Intamin, a Swiss company, made all the rides that were closed by both companies, said Craig Ross, a spokesman for Cedar Fair.
"We're going to keep these things down until we're certain it's safe," Ross said. "We'll wait and see."
An e-mail message sent to Intamin was not immediately returned Friday.
The five Cedar Fair rides that will be shut down are at Kings Island near Cincinnati; Canada's Wonderland, in Toronto; Kings Dominion in Doswell, Va.; Carowinds, in Charlotte, N.C.; and Great America in Santa Clara, Calif.
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J9-13
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Re: this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
I still can't believe this 
How horrid. I feel so bad for the little girl and the poor people who had to witness this
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| Posted 6/22/07 2:06 PM |
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MrsERod
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Re: this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
 that poor girl!
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| Posted 6/22/07 2:07 PM |
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june262004
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Re: this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
Im trying to figure out how it chopped off her feet though
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MelToddJulia
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Re: this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
Posted by june262004
Im trying to figure out how it chopped off her feet though
Me too, sounds strange.
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| Posted 6/22/07 2:14 PM |
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J9-13
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Re: this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
I heard that a wire snapped and severed her feet
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| Posted 6/22/07 2:23 PM |
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evnme
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Re: this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
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MrsPJB2007
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Re: this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
Posted by MrsF519
I heard that a wire snapped and severed her feet
wow! i went on the superman ride before myself--that poor girl!
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| Posted 6/22/07 3:05 PM |
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DaniJude
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Re: this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
well, i'm guessing the cord snapped and swept across her akles... and b/c of it's force severed her feet.
kind of like that little flower girl killed in the limo accident (by the drunk driver)... the car sent her flying with such a force that the seat belt acted like a razor- cutting off her head.
that is just horrible! that poor girl- she is only 13 and now she has no feet!
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| Posted 6/22/07 3:07 PM |
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J9-13
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Re: this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
Posted by DaniRella
well, i'm guessing the cord snapped and swept across her akles... and b/c of it's force severed her feet.
kind of like that little flower girl killed in the limo accident (by the drunk driver)... the car sent her flying with such a force that the seat belt acted like a razor- cutting off her head.
that is just horrible! that poor girl- she is only 13 and now she has no feet!
Yeah..thats pretty much what I made of it. So horrible. Thank god it was just her feet, as bad as that is...it could have been like the poor little flower girl
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| Posted 6/22/07 3:12 PM |
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nyteacher13
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MrsMessina
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I've been thinking about this all day- I feel so bad for the girl. It was on the news that she'll never walk again. I guess they didn't have a successful operation.
I'm so glad she's alive- but can you imagine at 13 w/ your whole life ahead of you - knowing how you used to run and walk and whatever--- having that taken away from you? I feel so badly for her. I hope that w/ all the technology in this world that she'll be able to get mechanical feet so she can still get around- and i hope she gets some settlement out of it. It's scary the things that are happening nowadays...
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| Posted 6/22/07 11:50 PM |
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luvsbob4603
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Re: this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
my heart breaks for the young girl.
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| Posted 6/22/07 11:55 PM |
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ruzi777
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Re: this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
Wow!!!
 For the little girl!!!
How Horrible......
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| Posted 6/23/07 1:29 AM |
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Emily
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Re: this is why i dont go on scary rides anymore.
Is this ride like the Demon Drop or Tower of Terror??? I never trusted those things because you are dependent on physics and machines to stop you. If I don't have a break, I am not going however many feet in the air and plunging to my death. 
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