12 Year old dies after Disney ride

[Speedy70]

How sad.

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A 12-year-old boy was pronounced dead after he rode a roller coaster at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/29/coaster.death/index.html

 

[hvp05]

Disney boasts of the ride on its Web site, "Zoom from 0 to 60 mph with the force of a supersonic F-14, take in high-speed loops and turns synchronized to a specially recorded Aerosmith soundtrack and zip through Tinseltown in the biggest, loudest limo you've ever seen."

Any kind of ride with a description like that is bound to see an occasional casualty. Simply saying, "You must be this tall..." is really not enough of a safeguard. That's why the individual -- or their guardian -- are supposed to be aware of any internal health issues.

But people don't think about it. Then the parents sue the amusement park because obviously it was their fault.

 

[crabcake]

How sad for the family!

 

[knittin]

We were just there Saturday. The ride isn't really that intense. It's really smoothe and my kids didn't have any problem with it. I really feel for the family. It's completely unimaginable.

 

[cdsulhoff]

We were just there Saturday. The ride isn't really that intense. It's really smoothe and my kids didn't have any problem with it. I really feel for the family. It's completely unimaginable.

My son who is 1o rode that darn thing over and over again..
That poor boy must of suffer from a medical condition. There are thousands of kids on and off that ride. I wonder how much money Disney is going to have to fork over... I do feel for the family but this should be a warning to others to go get check out before doing these kind of thrill rides... Yeah it seem inconvenience but hell if it saves your life then a little inconvenience is nothing...

 

[Pete]

Very sad, I am willing to bet the boy had some unknown condition that only needed a trigger. The bad part is the way Disney is going to be besmirched. Had the boy died in front of his house after making a plywood ramp and jumping his bike over it you would have never heard a word of it.

There is nothing to say that a single person reading this tonight wont drop dead tomorrow from a stroke or some other horrible undiagnosed condition tomorrow. It's just sad when it is a kid.

 

[FromTexas]

Any kind of ride with a description like that is bound to see an occasional casualty. Simply saying, "You must be this tall..." is really not enough of a safeguard. That's why the individual -- or their guardian -- are supposed to be aware of any internal health issues.

But people don't think about it. Then the parents sue the amusement park because obviously it was their fault.

There is much more warning than that. Disney has heart/pregnancy/etc... signs on the way in.

 

[Pete]

There is much more warning than that. Disney has heart/pregnancy/etc... signs on the way in.

Every park I have been too in the last few years has them. The parks have had to go to the n-th degree to limit liability and you know what? It doesn't matter one iota if a sympathetic jury doesn't care and awards the plaintiff a huge award despite the warnings.

The jury sees a grieving family on one side and deep pocket Disney Corp. on the other and decides "Disney can afford it."

It seems like the one thing dunderheads cannot seem to grasp; Sometimes shiat happens and it is no ones fault and it is really sad, and every terribly sad occurrence does not equate to a mandatory payday.

If litigation continues the way it is one day we will wake up and there will be nothing fun to do at all because no one will want to expose themselves to liability to provide it.

 

[K-T7]

Very sad, I am willing to bet the boy had some unknown condition that only needed a trigger. The bad part is the way Disney is going to be besmirched. Had the boy died in front of his house after making a plywood ramp and jumping his bike over it you would have never heard a word of it.

There is nothing to say that a single person reading this tonight wont drop dead tomorrow from a stroke or some other horrible undiagnosed condition tomorrow. It's just sad when it is a kid.

i agree he must have had some problem that nobody knew about!

 

[forever jewel]

My deepest sympathies to the family.

 

[Lilypad]

Very sad-

The 12-year-old boy who died after riding a Walt Disney World roller coaster had a congenital heart defect, a medical examiner ruled Friday. "No evidence of injury was found but congenital heart abnormalities were detected, which will be further evaluated," the Orange County medical examiner's office said in a statement.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

Just on the news....he had a congenitive heart condition.

The ride peaks at 60 mph. Do 60 on the beltway, you get spun around like a top.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

The 12-year-old boy who died after riding a Walt Disney World roller coaster had a congenital heart defect, a medical examiner ruled Friday. "No evidence of injury was found but congenital heart abnormalities were detected, which will be further evaluated," the Orange County medical examiner's office said in a statement.

You beat me....

 

[Speedy70]

You beat me....

Someone finally did!

 

[Speedy70]

The 12-year-old boy who died after riding a Walt Disney World roller coaster had a congenital heart defect, a medical examiner ruled Friday. "No evidence of injury was found but congenital heart abnormalities were detected, which will be further evaluated," the Orange County medical examiner's office said in a statement.

That is terrible.

 

[hvp05]

There is much more warning than that. Disney has heart/pregnancy/etc... signs on the way in.

Ah, but one still must know they harbor a potentially harmful condition beforehand. Therefore, the burden is still upon them.

After such an incident, the ride is usually closed and the park is subject to intense investigation and evaluation. Where is the test for the parents' ignorance?

 

[MMDad]

Ah, but one still must know they harbor a potentially harmful condition beforehand. Therefore, the burden is still upon them.

After such an incident, the ride is usually closed and the park is subject to intense investigation and evaluation. Where is the test for the parents' ignorance?

Please tell me how a parent is supposed to know if their child has an undetectable congenital heart defect? It's not Disney's fault, but the child may have been completely healthy until this happened. Blaming the parents is just as stupid as blaming the ride. Sh*t happens. Why do people think they have to assign blame?

 

[hvp05]

Please tell me how a parent is supposed to know if their child has an undetectable congenital heart defect? It's not Disney's fault, but the child may have been completely healthy until this happened. Blaming the parents is just as stupid as blaming the ride. Sh*t happens. Why do people think they have to assign blame?

Okay, point one: By the definition of "congenital heart defect" this kid could not have been "completely healthy" prior to getting on that ride. The term loosely covers several specific disorders, but they all occur before or around birth.

Second, I have to wonder how a parent could not know their kid has developed such a defect, given technologies put into use in the past 30 years. Maybe they hired an idiot pediatrician.

I'm not necessarily ready to convict the parents of anything... but I would examine them before I would the amusement park.

 

[MMDad]

Okay, point one: By the definition of "congenital heart defect" this kid could not have been "completely healthy" prior to getting on that ride. The term loosely covers several specific disorders, but they all occur before or around birth.

Second, I have to wonder how a parent could not know their kid has developed such a defect, given technologies put into use in the past 30 years. Maybe they hired an idiot pediatrician.

I'm not necessarily ready to convict the parents of anything... but I would examine them before I would the amusement park.

From your link:

Still others may not be discovered until your child gets older or even until he or she becomes an adult.

While it is wrong to assign blame to Disney, it is just as wrong to assign blame to the parents.

 

[hvp05]

While it is wrong to assign blame to Disney, it is just as wrong to assign blame to the parents.

For now the case must rest, until/unless more is known about the child's specific disease.

Perhaps I'm too ready in waiting for the parents to sue Disney, the ride manufacturer and even the guy at the ticket office... because those are the moron parents that so often receive the attention.