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Topic: Hey Coaster Fans
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Roup
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posted June 04, 2001 06:18 PM
 
A woman died on Goliath at Magic Mountain from a cerebral hemorrhage. I guess she had an aneurysm which burst from the speed and g-forces.- Should the coaster be tamed down if possible? (I can anticipate the answer to this one, probably shouldn't even bother asking)
- Won't this likely be used as covert word-of-mouth advertising that the coaster is "so intense" it killed somebody? Would that make you want to ride it if you heard?
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Harmonious
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posted June 04, 2001 09:15 PM
I'm not sure that the brain anierism was caused by the ride. I think the clot was waiting to happen, and the g-force just made it happen sooner.It doesn't make me feel one way or another about the ride. Every high-speed ride I've ever seen warns (with a big sign, usually accompanied by a six-foot wooden cutout of Foghorn Leghorn) that people with heart problems should not ride these rides. I'm not saying that people with anyerisms know that they are going to happen, but I don't think it is the park's fault. I feel it is a case of being the wrong place at the wrong time. ------------------
"The value of anything cannot be greater than a person, because that would presume that the person making the judgement is somehow more important than the person who is at risk, which is piffle." - Jesse Dangerously
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Clickie
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posted June 05, 2001 09:39 AM
Yeah, if you've got an aneurysm, lots of things can trigger it, like sneezing. I would imagine that the Goliath would be just as likely to trigger the rare aneurysm as sneezing would be, but wouldn't hurt anyone who didn't have a pre-existing condition.IP: Logged |
kazul
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posted June 05, 2001 09:45 AM
but she didn't know about the pre-existing condition, right? I'm not saying the park is responsible, just that it didn't happen because of her own stupidity either. IP: Logged |
kazul
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posted June 05, 2001 09:49 AM
(right, so in other words I was agreeing with harmonious.)IP: Logged |
Clickie
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posted June 05, 2001 09:58 AM
Well yes, exactly. The sneezers didn't know they had an aneurysm either, I'm sure. It's not the fault of the victim or the fault of the ride; it's just an unfortunate accident.IP: Logged |
monopoly
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posted June 05, 2001 03:27 PM
It's safer to be on a moving roller coaster than in a moving automobile. Odd piece of triva that I read during a test last quarter.IP: Logged | |
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