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You will forever have my heart, and however many collective pounds of my skin were shredded off on the Alpine Slide,” Barry Petchesky wrote in a blogpost on The Concourse about short documentary about Action Park by Seth Porges. It later opened under a new name after a massive overhaul which included doing away with attractions deemed to be unsafe. Featuring one of the first collections of modern water slides, Action Park developed a reputation for thrilling rides that were also criticized for being poorly designed and run by under-trained staff.įallout: After being given the names “Accident Park” and “Class Action Park” by doctors at nearby hospitals due to the number of serious injuries sustained by parkgoers, Action Park was involved over the years in multiple personal-injury lawsuits that eventually to the park’s closure. What happened: What was once known as Action Park, this now-defunct amusement park has been referred to as the most dangerous water park ever after six people were killed there in various accidents.

It’s empty,” said Jose Mendoza, the boy’s grandfather.

Quote: “I don’t think the pain in my heart is ever going to go away. By the time the victim was spotted by park employees it was too late.įallout: The boy’s death spurred a slate of reforms, including tough new rules on life vests and adult supervision four months after the accident, Santa Clara police announced there would be no criminal charges filed against the boy’s death, which the coroner ruled was an accidental drowning. What happened: The summer of 2007 at Great America amusement park was darkened when four-year-old Carlos Flores drowned in a few feet of water at a brand-new Great Barrier Reef wave pool despite the presence of six lifeguards on duty nearby. Scott Schwab, the father of four sons, one of them was the boy who died. Quote: “Six went to the park, five came back,” said Kansas state Rep. The raft taking him down the “Verrückt,” means ”insane” in German, went airborne, killing the boy and injuring two other passengers.įallout: The park’s operators said the towering slide would be demolished. What happened: Ten-year-old Caleb Schwab died after he was decapitated while riding the world’s tallest slide, the 17-story-high Verrückt attraction at Kansas City’s Schlitterbahn Waterpark. Amusement parks employ 100,000 people year-round and 500,000 seasonally.Ī 2007 study cited by The Safety Record newsletter provides some insight into the types of injuries that are typically suffered by patrons of water parks. These attractions drew an estimated 335 million visitors each year with a national economic impact of $55.4 billion in 2011, the last year the figure was available. Here’s the video of the boy’s scary ride:ĭangerous or not, water parks are big business.Īccording to The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, in 2016 there were 405 attractions, which included water parks, zoos, aquariums and science centers. What was supposed to have been a fun-packed opening day at the new water park in Dublin this past weekend was marred by a few frightening moments when a 10-year-old boy went flying off one of the park’s new slides and on to the concrete. The boy was “just shaken up,” said park officials at The Wave, but patrons elsewhere have not been so fortunate: Water parks have a long history of their guests being involved in mishaps, from the relatively benign to the truly horrific. Video: Child thrown from slide on East Bay water park’s opening day

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