The World’s Tallest Water Slide Was a Terrible, Tragic Idea

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  • Опубліковано 12 сер 2019
  • At nearly 169 feet tall, Verrückt was taller than Niagara Falls. Riders flew down the world's tallest water slide at 70 miles per hour, challenging the laws of physics. Then, on August 7, 2016, 10-year-old Caleb Schwab was decapitated on the ride. What went wrong to cause such a horrific tragedy? For more information, read this article: www.theatlantic.com/video/ind...
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    "The Water Slide" was directed by Nathan Truesdell. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 26 тис.

  • @TheAtlantic
    @TheAtlantic  Рік тому +41

    The Atlantic Festival 2022 is here! Join the event on UA-cam: ua-cam.com/users/AtlanticLIVEvideo

    • @savaun2
      @savaun2 Рік тому

      Can I have a job, @TheAtlantic

    • @travisbest1677
      @travisbest1677 9 місяців тому +9

      A kid got his head cut off. This is EXTREMELY inappropriate.

    • @scotthayes4135
      @scotthayes4135 7 місяців тому +1

      The slide should not have been designed that way. The second hill acted like a ramp sending the rafts airborne. It should have had the big drop, then a straight run out to the splash pool.

  • @night2night3
    @night2night3 4 роки тому +6725

    as an engineer, it just hurts seeing stuff like this.
    engineering codes are written in blood, that's why they are followed.

    • @hyperball01
      @hyperball01 4 роки тому +309

      These people cannot be called engineers, period

    • @olivialeighanne7210
      @olivialeighanne7210 4 роки тому +239

      Yeah I think they were just craving that attention breaking the world record would get them. Plain idiots

    • @QYNG1
      @QYNG1 4 роки тому +268

      But hey. They said all them "mathematicians" and "engineers" were wrong. Man o man... Science. Physics. I feel like the people who signed off on that death tube Cheese grater should all be in jail.

    • @osky529
      @osky529 4 роки тому +5

      Yes daddy

    • @louis-philippelavoie6929
      @louis-philippelavoie6929 4 роки тому +40

      A raft,on water,catching air.
      Now please calculate that!
      Maths are a tool,not to be
      placed over common sense.

  • @Astroryx
    @Astroryx 3 роки тому +14053

    “No.”
    “It’s too scary”
    Child potentially saved his own life.

    • @lilybarry4520
      @lilybarry4520 3 роки тому +371

      potentially? he did

    • @militaryjunkie6207
      @militaryjunkie6207 3 роки тому +78

      His parents told him to say no

    • @JGoodie02
      @JGoodie02 3 роки тому +129

      I swear I read this as soon as he said it. I don't know how this happens so much to me.

    • @Greg-uy6pu
      @Greg-uy6pu 3 роки тому +35

      @Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic what are you on about

    • @TheBerkeleyBeauty
      @TheBerkeleyBeauty 3 роки тому +34

      Marshal Murat - ExACTly what reSPONsible parents SHOULD have done. Not what this poor kid’s folks allowed him to do. The only intelligent person in the damn park that day was an 8 year old CHILD!!

  • @TR-oc7hh
    @TR-oc7hh 2 роки тому +1345

    1:41 “That was truly exciting because we really didn’t know if we would survive it or not.”
    That statement there says it all.

    • @eniddraws619
      @eniddraws619 2 роки тому +46

      Bro they knew yet still opened it for other people to risk their lives and say that

    • @gasstationpeanuts1814
      @gasstationpeanuts1814 2 роки тому +53

      That park is huge, I don't understand why they didn't make the slide longer with a less aggressive climb and fall at the end. 15% longer and there would be much less risk of going airborne at the end...

    • @GlynTaylor
      @GlynTaylor 7 місяців тому

      All "less risk" means is that it will just probably take longer for their to be an accident. Your logic is exactly the logic of the designers@@gasstationpeanuts1814

  • @splatrick6931
    @splatrick6931 Рік тому +824

    His brother witnessed the entire tragedy, told the manager “your slide killed my brother.” Even shielded his mother from seeing his body. Heartbreaking and devastating. Glad the family got $20 mil at the very least

    • @HI-ho4bj
      @HI-ho4bj Рік тому +75

      The slide manufacturers should have listened to the professionals advice, people like this just ignore it and act smart and all, No money can bring back their kid RIP.

    • @spritemarie
      @spritemarie Рік тому +8

      Has the family ever released a statement?

    • @Raresnce
      @Raresnce Рік тому +60

      Mom saw it. The bother was 8. He couldn't shield her. He ran to her to see if she saw it, to stop her from looking...she had already seen it. The body came down 1st. Head came down after.

    • @Evry1god
      @Evry1god Рік тому +15

      @@Raresnce omg 😳 scary & very sad. Nobody should have to go through that kind of thing, why build something if your not gonna make sure everything is correct and not gonna harm anyone.

    • @everydaybodybuilding2282
      @everydaybodybuilding2282 Рік тому +5

      @@MichaelJohnson-ny6zs why would you assume that some random politician had any role in crafting water park regulation standards? Shame on you

  • @kitchky1744
    @kitchky1744 4 роки тому +6376

    This was no freak accident. It was 100% death by negligence.

    • @BobbyZo43383
      @BobbyZo43383 4 роки тому +245

      Incompetence from the creator/ engineer’s that allowed this slide to be made

    • @kitchky1744
      @kitchky1744 4 роки тому +55

      @@blank_roundz7427 how so?

    • @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527
      @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 4 роки тому +363

      They were laughing and giggling as the rafts were flying off. They were way too immature to be making a ride like this.

    • @DonnaBrooks
      @DonnaBrooks 4 роки тому +194

      @@BobbyZo43383 Don't blame engineers! Pa Clampett & Jethro mocked those people w/ book learnin' and said the engineers & mathematicians all said it was too dangerous. But they were arrogant & greedy & thought they knew better. It was entirely the fault of the people who designed and built that slide.

    • @BobbyZo43383
      @BobbyZo43383 4 роки тому +25

      Donna Brooks that’s true. I assumed an engineer of some sort must’ve wrote a design for the slide. Can’t just build that thing with no experience and have it stand. I don’t fault the ones who deemed it dangerous and the creators ignored them.

  • @JaviEnding
    @JaviEnding 4 роки тому +26597

    The “it’s too scary” kid is the smartest person in this video.

  • @november132
    @november132 2 роки тому +2821

    I've never seen metal barriers/nets going over your head on a waterslide. That alone is a red flag 🚩

    • @highpath4776
      @highpath4776 2 роки тому +52

      I have not read the report, did the boat thing go into the air - which from the tests we know did have potential to, and thus impact any retaining supports, or did the supports fail being lower down than expected ? There was a similar happening in south wales, UK, on a (small) roller coaster, which had metal hoops over it carring decorative lights, no-one had checked for corrosion of the mounting bolts, while roller coasters are effectively locked to the track by wheels above and below the track, the two hoops failed and took out a number of persons, its possible again people may have tried to touch the hoops on the decent which make have been a causal factor over time.

    • @03stmlax
      @03stmlax 2 роки тому +23

      Yeah, there's only 1 reason why they would be there...

    • @alexanderfrankenberger1118
      @alexanderfrankenberger1118 2 роки тому +90

      What are they even for? To prevent you from falling out by killing you?

    • @maddielovelee
      @maddielovelee 2 роки тому +74

      @@alexanderfrankenberger1118 what do you think? They put nets so if you go flying you hit the nets. you saw how many times the raft flew off the ride in all those tests? Exactly that

    • @alexanderfrankenberger1118
      @alexanderfrankenberger1118 2 роки тому

      @@maddielovelee and if you hit the net you die. Where’s the sense?

  • @KDB349
    @KDB349 2 роки тому +409

    Chilling, I was horrified the whole video. The ride looked incredibly dangerous from the start. If multiple people are telling you it’s a really bad idea to do something why the hell would you go through with it? My heart goes out to the kid’s family. Tragic.

    • @valmacclinchy
      @valmacclinchy 2 роки тому +13

      And no one was held accountable. And I hope and pray, in the case where the 14 yr old boy fell from the ICON PARK Freefall ride (Orlando), the negligent parties are held accountable.

  • @vendettaharriss4201
    @vendettaharriss4201 4 роки тому +3104

    the dude was like “we asked many engineers and mathematicians who said it was impossible but look at us” nah dude they were right you should have listened to them

    • @alexmurillo2541
      @alexmurillo2541 4 роки тому +88

      It's like you physically can, but you shouldn't

    • @abbashaidari8313
      @abbashaidari8313 4 роки тому +176

      I was already horrified by the fact that the people designing the slide weren't engineers

    • @FRanger92
      @FRanger92 4 роки тому +5

      LMAO my thoughts exactly

    • @jin_cotl
      @jin_cotl 4 роки тому +2

      Abbas Haidari ikr

    • @Hackerhunter15
      @Hackerhunter15 4 роки тому +17

      It could have been made proper, restraints to keep riders held in, or a pod like design.

  • @pnumekin3642
    @pnumekin3642 4 роки тому +39460

    You don't need to be an engineer to see that this design was horribly stupid.

    • @googlewolly
      @googlewolly 4 роки тому +620

      It's not immediately obvious, actually.

    • @KaneDeath4
      @KaneDeath4 4 роки тому +1712

      googlewolly that angle of it at 4:20 makes it seem pretty obvious

    • @googlewolly
      @googlewolly 4 роки тому +287

      @@KaneDeath4 No - it doesn't, actually. It's not immediately obvious. If it was, people wouldn't have gone on the ride.

    • @thejawooshtroll5565
      @thejawooshtroll5565 4 роки тому +1853

      To be honest they could have done without the middle hump and just had a long ground level lane that was just fast. Would have had the same novelty

    • @take7upyours822
      @take7upyours822 4 роки тому +874

      And people thinking it's safe just because it had a net over top just shows you how dumb and over trusting people can be. Yes, it might save you from flying off the side to be injured or worse but there are any number of things that can go wrong from there.

  • @fellowtheaterkid
    @fellowtheaterkid 2 роки тому +184

    Absolutely brutal, the kid who answered, ‘it’s too scary’ I admire, the simplicity of that response for some reason touched my heart

    • @mmeettwwoo
      @mmeettwwoo 5 місяців тому +4

      Wisdom in simplicity

    • @christinafidance340
      @christinafidance340 4 місяці тому

      He sounded just like Cleveland from Family Guy and The Cleveland Shiow! But at least he was smart enough to not go down the slide!

  • @03stmlax
    @03stmlax 2 роки тому +101

    I imagine the advice they received from the experts/engineers/doers of physics/"mathematicians"/etc went something along the lines of "this is a horrible idea" or "this incline is too steep" or "that second little hill has gotta go" or "hitting a metal poll whilst flying through the air at 60+ mph is going to cause death"

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 Рік тому +4

      The Designers and Owners: Damn that Yappin Noisea, We Know What we are Gad Dang Doing Right Cleatus, yeah We Are Home Schoolled.

    • @maygirlisnosyagain
      @maygirlisnosyagain 5 місяців тому +2

      The Ego of the owner wanted the biggest slide and its Guinness record. So he went through experts and engineers until he found his yaysayers.

  • @davidcooke8005
    @davidcooke8005 4 роки тому +3775

    "I want to be the first guy to get a drink at the bar..."
    I think we found the problem here.

    • @MajorCaliber
      @MajorCaliber 4 роки тому +76

      Yep, along with the equally ominous _all the Engineers and Mathematicians were WRONG_ Lawdy... shame on the State of Kansas.

    • @gappuma7883
      @gappuma7883 4 роки тому

      ICallsEmLikeISeesEm did he stand up or what?

    • @Charlotte-vj2pg
      @Charlotte-vj2pg 4 роки тому +2

      ICallsEmLikeISeesEm why was it only him that got decapitated and none of the taller adults?

    • @yeoisa
      @yeoisa 2 роки тому +3

      @@Charlotte-vj2pg probably because he was the lightest because he was only 10

  • @MrCTruck
    @MrCTruck 4 роки тому +3572

    Whoever edited this made it a thousand times more horrifying

    • @leisti
      @leisti 4 роки тому +169

      Yeah, because a child being decapitated by an amusement park ride is not actually that horrifying, right?

    • @TheFrogLord-ed5tz
      @TheFrogLord-ed5tz 4 роки тому +276

      @@leisti he didnt say it wasnt horrifying, he just said the editing of the video made it *more* horrifying.

    • @Emma-hs3gt
      @Emma-hs3gt 4 роки тому +68

      I grew up near this waterpark, and used to go there a lot before it was shut down. It was a pretty nice waterpark, though a few of the rides looked a bit iffy. I was staying at a nearby hotel with a youthgroup the day after this happened. There was still blood on the slide, and when we were standing on the balcony, we saw the news helicopter fly overhead. This was the main story in local newspapers for a while after it happened.

    • @chaosawaits
      @chaosawaits 4 роки тому +4

      I disagree

    • @joonisthabet3608
      @joonisthabet3608 4 роки тому +2

      Teemu Leisti Miks suomalaiset on aina näin suolasia ja triggeröityy tubes... aina saa hävetä.

  • @effiea5127
    @effiea5127 2 роки тому +854

    Whoever edited this did an amazing job. They really know how to place the clips at the right time to evoke the right emotions. Seeing the ad for the park right after hearing about the boy made me so angry! I don't know how the designers and owners of the park can live with themselves.

    • @perfectlyflawed5330
      @perfectlyflawed5330 2 роки тому +42

      Or why they are NOT IN JAIL

    • @small_joys2022
      @small_joys2022 Рік тому +11

      Or how parents can take their children to the park anymore.

    • @valmarie1
      @valmarie1 Рік тому +14

      I live here and will never go and support that place. Disgusting and could have been avoided. They left the dang thing up for so long too (not used, probably had to for the court case), wanted to vomit everytime I drove by. So horrible and such a broken system we have.

    • @VVVVV99611
      @VVVVV99611 Рік тому

      I'm just here for the info

    • @eriklakeland3857
      @eriklakeland3857 Рік тому +3

      Excellent story telling in this mini documentary. So many foreshadowing interview clips I couldn’t help my jaw from hitting the floor several times

  • @user-th3ky5zw9b
    @user-th3ky5zw9b 2 роки тому +36

    The little boy who said "no, it's too scary," to ride that ride will live until he is 99 I promise you that

  • @redclay4099
    @redclay4099 4 роки тому +4466

    If you have to wear a seatbelt to ride it that is not a waterslide anymore

    • @lactoast477
      @lactoast477 4 роки тому +47

      Red Clay it’s still a water slide bud

    • @Splatoon2News
      @Splatoon2News 4 роки тому +416

      @@lactoast477 They didnt mean it literally, they're saying it in the sense that if it's so dangerous that seatbelts have to be worn, it's a monster or an endangerment, not just a water slide

    • @lactoast477
      @lactoast477 4 роки тому +8

      Splatoon 2 News! it’s still a slide in water bud

    • @lactoast477
      @lactoast477 4 роки тому +2

      Zach Reynolds ok bud

    • @OfficialyMax
      @OfficialyMax 4 роки тому +84

      @@lactoast477 listen here you little s-

  • @ariz2233
    @ariz2233 4 роки тому +3381

    he cared more about getting a world record than the safety of whoever got on the water slide

    • @tylerdecker6994
      @tylerdecker6994 4 роки тому +17

      Cocky

    • @tylerdecker6994
      @tylerdecker6994 4 роки тому +34

      He just wanted the fame

    • @far0145
      @far0145 4 роки тому +56

      And it cost an innocent child who died tragically. Sad

    • @highlandsprings5752
      @highlandsprings5752 4 роки тому +6

      You do know the guy did not force people to ride it, play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

    • @ecnighthell325
      @ecnighthell325 4 роки тому +59

      Moortje Arkhorn this is one of the dumbest comments I have ever red

  • @prodd_rjm
    @prodd_rjm 2 роки тому +51

    “You gonna go down that water slide?”
    “No.”
    “Why not?”
    “It’s too scary.” The smartest child in Kansas said.

  • @johanlahti84
    @johanlahti84 2 роки тому +30

    Warning flags if a ride has a metal fence above it..first thing I noticed was that, IF the thing got airborne, their heads was the first thing that hits the netting. Such an insane oversight.

    • @Lifeasladyyorii
      @Lifeasladyyorii Рік тому

      And it sadly wasn't even the netting that caused his death 🤦🏾

  • @glitchtrapped5004
    @glitchtrapped5004 3 роки тому +3994

    A wise person once said
    “No, it’s too scary”

  • @daborshy4089
    @daborshy4089 4 роки тому +11835

    I figured somebody would die, but I wasn't emotionally ready for the word "decapitation"...

    • @chuchip9633
      @chuchip9633 4 роки тому +740

      Yeah that was, just.... I don't have the words

    • @GabrielF430
      @GabrielF430 4 роки тому +338

      @@chuchip9633 Brutal

    • @louis-philippelavoie6929
      @louis-philippelavoie6929 4 роки тому +300

      im not at the end of the video yet
      You confirm my suspicions

    • @TheFrontyer
      @TheFrontyer 4 роки тому +668

      As soon as I saw them putting that netting on the top of the slide, i knew it would get ugly. How stupid can they be.

    • @AtticusDragon
      @AtticusDragon 4 роки тому +539

      Like a horror movie. Not that their suffering was greatest, but imagine how shocked the people on the raft would have been? And the overheads of the slide filled with blood, my God. Just horrifying.

  • @nickh2935
    @nickh2935 2 роки тому +164

    I remember driving on the highway next to this park, for years after you could still see the blood stained on the side of the slide. Took them years to tear it down

    • @valmarie1
      @valmarie1 Рік тому +1

      Same!!!

    • @Vnov93
      @Vnov93 9 місяців тому +8

      Jesus. Why wouldn't they just remove it out of respect for the family? It's not like they need it for DNA purposes or anything.

    • @lamspam
      @lamspam 8 місяців тому +3

      @@Vnov93 because it's expensive to clean

    • @humanbeing2420
      @humanbeing2420 23 дні тому +1

      You sure it was blood? Not rust or some other form of corrosion?

  • @mattjohnson7198
    @mattjohnson7198 2 роки тому +51

    I feel horrible for that family. As a father I can't even imagine something like that happening to one of my children. Such a horrible tragedy.

    • @iamnothing9639
      @iamnothing9639 Рік тому +4

      I know what you mean....and to think it happened when you were taking that child to have one of the best days of his/her life. I cannot even imagine the guilt I would feel.

  • @viperstrike0
    @viperstrike0 4 роки тому +67427

    "all the mathematicians were wrong" the is the most dangerous sentence ive ever heard.

    • @jackmiddleton2080
      @jackmiddleton2080 4 роки тому +4846

      The weight of people varies, the weather varies, the water varies, the wind varies, the riders can lift the vehicle. The biggest problem with design is you have to account for the worst possible scenario. I am not saying it happened here but what if someone lifts someone up.

    • @blammers
      @blammers 4 роки тому +2214

      I wanted to know what he thinks they were wrong about.

    • @gotnothingclever
      @gotnothingclever 4 роки тому +4256

      "the mathmaticians being wrong" is nightmare fuel arrogance, but those bastards knew the slide was dangerous.
      Because it's not like Caleb getting decapitated was the first injury. People regularly suffered: concussions, broken toes, herniated spinal discs, broken jaws on that death trap and the park covered it all up.

    • @luckyjc11
      @luckyjc11 4 роки тому +788

      @@jackmiddleton2080 I don't know who is wrong and who is right but the fact is any uneducated person also can say that at that peak where it's going launch boat should have better protection than net that was an awful choice a net at that speed bad idea👎

    • @jackmiddleton2080
      @jackmiddleton2080 4 роки тому +381

      @@luckyjc11 Yeah should have made it like a clear plastic tube for that part.

  • @Felamine
    @Felamine 4 роки тому +23686

    The fact that they were using sandbags instead of, you know, actual crash test dummies to simulate human riders in the early tests should have been enough to raise red flags.

    • @johnp139
      @johnp139 4 роки тому +1179

      Adam Ohm exactly, and all they seemed to do was trial and error.

    • @MatSmithLondon
      @MatSmithLondon 4 роки тому +1611

      Yeh, mass distribution of sandbags completely different to a human. Everything about this was wrong, the aims of the ride, the design process, the lack of understanding of the need for extremely rigorous training, a failure from start to finish. But I guess the guys who put this thing up are laughing all the way to the bank. Horrible.

    • @volgax3646
      @volgax3646 4 роки тому +77

      Adam Ohm on a smaller version no less

    • @ryanpervola163
      @ryanpervola163 4 роки тому +536

      Crash test dummies are used for impact testing. There was no need to use them on this unless they were measuring impact damage on the body.
      Amusement parks and waterparks use sandbags/water dummys because they are trying to calculate weight on the attraction.
      Not defending them, but crash test dummies would serve no purpose on this.

    • @rosie3929
      @rosie3929 4 роки тому +114

      Parks always use sandbags for testing

  • @KastiaVids
    @KastiaVids 8 місяців тому +20

    The editing of this piece gives me chills every time I watch it. Not to mention the brilliant and absolutely terrifying sound design that not only amplifies the horrific tragedy of these events, but highlights just how negligent and willingly ignorant the people who made this ride were. Rest in Peace, Caleb....

  • @hiidk6414
    @hiidk6414 Рік тому +24

    The fact that i almost went in the slide when i was 7 because my step dad pressured me to and somehow still get called a chicken for not doing it. My grandma was the only one who was against it and most likely saved my life. so terrifying to think that could have been me.

    • @martharyder7173
      @martharyder7173 10 місяців тому

      Send this video to your dad and tell him that you obviously have a stronger survival instinct than he does and the stupid will wipe themselves out (and no I'm not calling this boy stupid, it's just a decent dig at your dad) ;)

  • @brandonginkel7323
    @brandonginkel7323 4 роки тому +36730

    “Are you gonna go on that water slide?”
    “No.” Smartest kid in Kansas right there.

    • @burritomensch1257
      @burritomensch1257 4 роки тому +1391

      That kid’s name? Albert Einstein.

    • @louistru8652
      @louistru8652 4 роки тому +535

      That’s the same thing I said when my parents wanted to go.

    • @zacc4804
      @zacc4804 4 роки тому +458

      His voice tho

    • @lubystkaolamonola529
      @lubystkaolamonola529 4 роки тому +489

      My nephew once was trying to ride tall and steep water slide in Florida, but he had enough guts to say no in the last moment. Slides should generate fun, not fear.

    • @hebneh
      @hebneh 4 роки тому +86

      You said it. I thought exactly the same thing what that boy said he wouldn't go on it.

  • @kovac5412
    @kovac5412 4 роки тому +4927

    Wow a “safety” net. That’s like putting a fruit wrapped in plastic in a blender in order to protect it.

    • @mio9682
      @mio9682 4 роки тому +65

      Youl get your rent when you fix this damned door ! Not rlly the right metaphor, his head was decapitated BY the (metal) net, not the actually slide

    • @Me-wk7dz
      @Me-wk7dz 4 роки тому +118

      Yeah I was thinking that, like, what the heck were they thinking the net would do? The people aren't on a body slide they have a heavy raft underneath them while they're sitting, they'll hit head first with the full inertia of the raft beneath them. If you ask me they should make that second hill lower and shallower or just not have a second hill at all

    • @unstrict2452
      @unstrict2452 4 роки тому +77

      @@mio9682 It's like putting razor blades on a ceiling fan because they are less likely to knock you out

    • @unstrict2452
      @unstrict2452 4 роки тому +28

      @@Me-wk7dz I was thinking that if they did not have a second hill then it would be completely fine of a slide..

    • @niamhha9014
      @niamhha9014 4 роки тому +19

      Imagine getting your head stuck on it🤢! It would look like something out of Final Destination.

  • @Blessed-2-b-a-Hembree
    @Blessed-2-b-a-Hembree Рік тому +56

    I worked for a company who designed and built rides for amusement parks and carnivals. After about a month I never rode another ride at either place. It’s shocking and terrifying what goes on.

    • @user-by2ew9ys8u
      @user-by2ew9ys8u 5 місяців тому +5

      What goes on?

    • @Solidsnaik
      @Solidsnaik Місяць тому

      That reminds me, my uncle works for a company that sells bullshit.
      Its shocking and terrifying what people make up for internet points

  • @foodiegal9923
    @foodiegal9923 Рік тому +30

    “….she has not cleared any of our children…”. Mom instincts right there. 👍🏾

  • @fryncyaryorvjink2140
    @fryncyaryorvjink2140 4 роки тому +3144

    The guy who designed it looks like he would be a drunk in a bar everyday

    • @redan420
      @redan420 4 роки тому +66

      No doubt. How did they estimate the varying weights of the riders on each raft? Just a few pounds can greatly change its momentum. Should have never happened. Poor kid. R.I.P.

    • @tps64
      @tps64 4 роки тому +49

      "every bit of advice weve been given have just not been correct." maybe all those test runs where the raft went flying might have been a clue. Oh we have a metal cage over top of the slide, nothing can go wrong.

    • @thema1998
      @thema1998 4 роки тому +23

      @@tps64 I'm surprised that it took 2 years for something to go wrong on the Verrückt. The ride looked sketchy from the start.

    • @tps64
      @tps64 4 роки тому +17

      @@thema1998 i looked it up, there were 13 injuries in the first year.

    • @thema1998
      @thema1998 4 роки тому +1

      @@tps64 I didn't know that! 😅

  • @pokemonmanic3595
    @pokemonmanic3595 4 роки тому +7865

    To quote Jurassic Park: “You were so busy thinking that “you could” that you never stopped to think if “you should.”

    • @brookemckinley9044
      @brookemckinley9044 4 роки тому +57

      Damn!! Too bad he missed that quote

    • @kayamorris437
      @kayamorris437 4 роки тому +5

      pokemonmanic3595 that wasn’t originally from jurassic park i don’t think

    • @asterix811
      @asterix811 4 роки тому +11

      He was paraphrasing Ian Malcolm.

    • @hangukhiphop
      @hangukhiphop 4 роки тому +7

      *BUT THEY COULDN'T EITHER*

    • @ivonned32
      @ivonned32 4 роки тому +12

      Very wise words!

  • @chefvonsean4057
    @chefvonsean4057 2 роки тому +27

    The dad brought flowers to a water park after what happened and still let his kids go back too. My heart goes out to the kids.

  • @Lorenmakesart
    @Lorenmakesart 2 роки тому +77

    I remember when the slide was first open and they had like a set amount of rides they ran every day on a first come first reserve basis. The last time I went to the park before the accident I recall getting there too late in the day to reserve a ride and feeling bummed out about it. Ever since then I've considered myself lucky I missed out. RIP Caleb.

  • @irvndtn
    @irvndtn 4 роки тому +5570

    Those guard rails? The dumbest “safety” measure ever. Its practically a cheese grate.

    • @kittenmimi5326
      @kittenmimi5326 4 роки тому +47

      Yep

    • @jerryrobinson6250
      @jerryrobinson6250 4 роки тому +264

      yes..G-force would allow it to separate your head from your torsal

    • @doctormcgoveran2194
      @doctormcgoveran2194 4 роки тому +117

      I am with you, tall sides yes a metal head catcher not so much

    • @shiloh3157
      @shiloh3157 4 роки тому +53

      irvandy yah, seeing that there made me cringe about hitting that and grinding against it

    • @JESUS-LOVED-ANAL
      @JESUS-LOVED-ANAL 4 роки тому +112

      "Right guys we need protection in case folks fly away-choices are metal mesh cheese grater wire or toughened perspex".

  • @TobinFell
    @TobinFell 4 роки тому +3863

    "They've all been completely wrong. Every bit of advice we've been given from the brightest brains and the smartest engineers, mathematicians, just have not been correct."
    If that's not a red flag, I don't know what is

    • @winterhobley6957
      @winterhobley6957 4 роки тому +194

      Tobin Jacob not even a red flag. It’s a big fat STOP. NO.

    • @chronicles2613
      @chronicles2613 4 роки тому +68

      It's a stop sign

    • @Unclejamsarmy
      @Unclejamsarmy 4 роки тому +129

      Also, what are the chances that sketchy seeming owner of a wildly unregulated Kansas water park really hired the “brightest brains and the smartest engineers” ?? 😂😂😂😂

    • @aa.4639
      @aa.4639 4 роки тому +58

      Or they were correct.. And they didn't like what was said

    • @jotrutch
      @jotrutch 4 роки тому +2

      It's never a failure until you stop trying

  • @filmedbymar
    @filmedbymar 2 роки тому +34

    I feel so bad for the boy he was probably really exited not knowing it was his last moments :( R.I.P

  • @jwoodfill14
    @jwoodfill14 8 місяців тому +16

    I went down this slide - absolutely one of the most adrenaline inducing things I’ve ever experienced, it basically felt like several seconds of pure g force as you’re falling straight down. There were a lot of signs on the way up the stairs, the last one I could recall read that “You’re now higher than the Statue of Liberty”. I was able to go on the ride because they were looking for people of specific weights to group together, and would let people cut the line if they fit the weight they needed. Absolutely horrifying tragedy, rest in peace to the boy who passed. Completely terrifying. Very weird and eerie feeling to have ever been on it. The straps themselves were basically Velcro, and did not feel as secure as you’d hope.

    • @lamspam
      @lamspam 8 місяців тому +6

      yeah, the 2 women who were on the raft are partly responsible for his death because they lied about their weight when being grouped with the boys

    • @TheAngryKilljoy
      @TheAngryKilljoy 7 місяців тому +6

      I was wondering if the boy was not wearing seat belt or if front of raft just flew up up that high. It’s shocking that knowing there was risk of people becoming airborne that it wouldn’t have secure safety straps.

  • @saebyeok1551
    @saebyeok1551 4 роки тому +14436

    Imagine having to drive home without your child. Absolutely sad.

    • @feetwithtoesjoe8875
      @feetwithtoesjoe8875 4 роки тому +223

      Goodness

    • @alyssa1960
      @alyssa1960 4 роки тому +942

      Imagine the younger brother how he felt afterwards, the whole situation is so tragic :(

    • @tewstronge9173
      @tewstronge9173 4 роки тому +98

      Well they surely stayed up all night at the hospital but yeah

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 4 роки тому +73

      They handled every second of this badly.

    • @Dead25m
      @Dead25m 4 роки тому +367

      @@tewstronge9173 Idk if a hospital is in any way needed after a decapitation..

  • @carrotking123
    @carrotking123 4 роки тому +8592

    Their testing process is literally how a nine-year-old me built rides on the Roller Coaster Tycoon game.

    • @DEATHBYFLYINGCDS
      @DEATHBYFLYINGCDS 4 роки тому +143

      Yep...... Especially water slides... because you could literally accomplish what they accomplished here.

    • @SebHaarfagre
      @SebHaarfagre 4 роки тому +126

      I read it as a joke first but it is, as you say, literally just like that
      We were also the ones that removed the ladders from the pools in SIMS

    • @vinceeager8553
      @vinceeager8553 4 роки тому +52

      If the guys who designed and built this slide ever played RCT, this wouldn't have happened

    • @nthgth
      @nthgth 4 роки тому +24

      TBH making the crest of the hill an enclosed tube would still cause severe injury IRL

    • @missingnotheglitchmon
      @missingnotheglitchmon 4 роки тому +1

      Same. And I'd do it in real life, unlike some certain incompetent employees.

  • @xavariusquest4603
    @xavariusquest4603 2 роки тому +73

    This is insane. It was not engineered...it was guesswork. This is not a tough problem. The factors are the flow and consistency of flow of water in the channel, the inflation of the raft (its shape vs the shape of the channel), the defomation of the raft due to weight loading, the weight in the raft, the distribution of weight in the raft, the cross-sectional area of individuals above the raft, effects of wind, and energy loss on the top of rise. There is a sweet spot which has a left hand side where there is too little energy to make it over the rise and a right hand side where there is so much energy that the raft becomes critically airborne. The easiest way to increase safety was to significantly reduce the height of the rise and then add two more rises to dissipate the energy. Here's the real issue. The higher the slide the higher the rise has to be to dissipate the energy...otherwise you enter the exit at a lethal speed. But the area of land devoted to the slide was limited. So, this "engineered" wonder became a launching ramp...there were too many solutions to the factors above that led to the failure of the ride. This is a simple problem of multidimensional vector analysis... any mechanical engineering graduate from MIT could whip this out in 1 day. So, who did they hire.?

    • @MrDwarfpitcher
      @MrDwarfpitcher Рік тому +6

      Yeah the incline had to have been far less than what it was before the drop.
      Having problems keeping enough speed that it can't go over the hill?
      On a ride that has massive variable weight and fluctuating amounts of water pushing it?
      While flying can and will kill the occupants?
      The only thing what could have helped here was a rail that keeps the raft in the same vertical position.
      Along with some seatbelts.
      I know a log flume that has just that.
      It has wheels in the side of the "slide" that makes it impossible to go airborne.
      I know it would basically become a wet rollercoaster.
      Which at these speeds and inclines would be fine.

    • @xavariusquest4603
      @xavariusquest4603 Рік тому +8

      @@MrDwarfpitcher you mention log flumes. They are a great design principle...make the system be the vast majority of the mass so the thing the system operates on is small by comparison. In a traditional flume, the mass of the riders is small by comparison to the vehicle and the volume of water required to keep just the vehicle in motion. In that way, the variation in the masses of riders represents such a small deviation to the operation of the system that it is easy to design the necessary safety margin to keep the system from failing...that is, stopping or catastrophic destruction.
      Here, the mass of the system is skewed heavily towards the riders. With ages between 12 to 60 allowed, you have variations of mass that are three fold...anything from 80 pounds to 250 pounds. With a fix amount of water flowing, there is no way to easily design a safe ride other than a single drop slide. Even that could be lethal.
      As I said, any solid student of physics or mechanical engineering in their junior or senior year would see the disaster coming and be able to design something far better.
      This was a travesty and a tragedy born of ignorance.

  • @brownrabbit61
    @brownrabbit61 2 роки тому +23

    I'd say it was a horrible accident waiting to happen, rather than a freak accident. Especially seeing the tests carried out, and the fact that the builder seemed determined to have his record breaking slide, regardless of contrary advice.

  • @lacrossehiggins9308
    @lacrossehiggins9308 3 роки тому +4352

    “No it’s too scary.” That kid is a true survivor, don’t give in to peer pressure, it may just save your life

    • @redbird146
      @redbird146 3 роки тому +136

      Yep, trust your gut instinct everyone, in every walk of life. We have it for a reason :)

    • @jesussaves8549
      @jesussaves8549 3 роки тому +12

      Someone has life insurance on their kids

    • @jesussaves8549
      @jesussaves8549 3 роки тому +36

      Tom H smoking makes you look trashy. NOT COOL! It also makes your fingers, clothes, nails, skin, teeth, and surroundings stinky and yellow. Very gross and unappealing🤮

    • @jesussaves8549
      @jesussaves8549 3 роки тому +12

      Tom H No my nerves are fine and smoking would make my nerves bad. And you should start caring about your health and self appearance and hygiene

    • @jesussaves8549
      @jesussaves8549 3 роки тому +12

      Tom H You sound like you’re part of NAMBLA. Weirdo

  • @kazukinakamura1110
    @kazukinakamura1110 4 роки тому +5431

    So they designed this using trial and error and not mathematical calculation?

    • @rcalphonse2701
      @rcalphonse2701 4 роки тому +321

      Lead pipe babies attempting to build a waterslide

    • @motorwayt-s628
      @motorwayt-s628 4 роки тому +74

      Action Park has entered the chat

    • @limbtz
      @limbtz 4 роки тому +137

      It's 'murica. Maths and physics have no saying here

    • @hesingshesobs
      @hesingshesobs 4 роки тому +76

      With things like this and Donald Trump, the great myth of the 'greatest nation on earth' gets exposed more and more, everyday.

    • @RandomPerson-nd2ey
      @RandomPerson-nd2ey 4 роки тому +142

      @@hesingshesobs Oh wow... you found a way to link Trump to something that has nothing to do with him while insulting him... how original, creative, and counter culture of you. That's something I have never seen or heard before except for everywhere...

  • @eriklakeland3857
    @eriklakeland3857 Рік тому +11

    This mini documentary is a phenomenal bit of storytelling. Perfect combination of maddening Travel Show clips, foreshadowing interviews, and the fade to siren when the accident happens is downright chilling.

  • @leomurry8195
    @leomurry8195 2 роки тому +55

    I remember visiting this water park while this slide was in construction and being excited for it to open. I was also around this kid’s age. It’s horrible that this happened, and crazy to think it could have been avoided by just removing that fatal hump in the slide.

    • @Lifeasladyyorii
      @Lifeasladyyorii Рік тому +3

      Not even just the hump the thing was dangerous from the beginning the whole bud was fucked up but they didnt listen IT SHOULDN'T have been passed but yk kansas laws

  • @starcherry6814
    @starcherry6814 4 роки тому +3744

    Seeing the blood on the water slide was horrific

    • @KumaBean
      @KumaBean 4 роки тому +238

      Yeah I was surprised to see that to be honest, that shit should be reserved for LiveLeak.

    • @johnjohnson201
      @johnjohnson201 4 роки тому +334

      KumaBean Unfortunately, these things happen. Keeping people from seeing it doesn’t make it less real, just makes people more dumb. Censorship is wrong.
      Could you imagine being there and actually seeing it? I bet his parents were watching ugh omfg🤢😭

    • @gabrielajames4703
      @gabrielajames4703 4 роки тому +5

      Time stap please

    • @averyw6482
      @averyw6482 4 роки тому +21

      @@gabrielajames4703 5:53

    • @CATsissta
      @CATsissta 4 роки тому +44

      all of that blood...

  • @shrimpspaghetti
    @shrimpspaghetti 4 роки тому +2706

    This would've been a million times safer if they didn't literally design it like a ramp.

    • @moespaws16
      @moespaws16 4 роки тому +237

      Synchronize_ FR. I feel like they wanted to shoot the raft into fucking space

    • @chaosawaits
      @chaosawaits 4 роки тому +319

      It'd be even safer if they just didn't design it

    • @shrimpspaghetti
      @shrimpspaghetti 4 роки тому +38

      I really can't argue with that.

    • @NonStopYousef
      @NonStopYousef 4 роки тому +35

      It can be still tall but the ramp is trash for the slide

    • @Carlisho
      @Carlisho 4 роки тому +62

      The ride needed to be a long flat straight to stop the raft after the main drop. That ramp makes no sense

  • @RamsFan93
    @RamsFan93 2 роки тому +26

    I feel so sorry for the kid that lost his life, and his family. And I also feel for those who were there and had to witness such a horrific end.

    • @est1989x
      @est1989x Рік тому +4

      And his poor brother who was waiting for him at the bottom my god……💔💔

  • @ChiSportsNut18
    @ChiSportsNut18 Рік тому +6

    If they wanted to put a net over the ride in case somebody got ejected, why not make it out of plastic instead of metal like a goddamn CHEESE GRATER?

  • @phambao2006
    @phambao2006 4 роки тому +3287

    Okay who’s idea was it to put a METAL fence over the slide going around 50 mph?

    • @angel-nv7jk
      @angel-nv7jk 4 роки тому +198

      The madman who invented it

    • @Jiff321
      @Jiff321 4 роки тому +19

      Looked like hockey net material

    • @magic3061
      @magic3061 4 роки тому +118

      Overhead foam our inflatable barriers would have served better...The engineers where incompetent.

    • @Ravishrex1
      @Ravishrex1 4 роки тому +29

      A bracket or Roll cage over the boat .

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 4 роки тому +16

      70 miles an hour actually

  • @paradiazine9246
    @paradiazine9246 4 роки тому +3442

    "The mathematicians were all wrong"
    He regretted that for the rest of his life

    • @Purdy2042
      @Purdy2042 4 роки тому +242

      So stupid of this guy. The annoying part is that the only engineering thing factored into this was the strength of the structure. Nothing about the physics was factored into it. They literally had a consultant who told them someone will die on this and they decided to not take the guy's advice. There's so much shit that went wrong with this

    • @queenpurple8433
      @queenpurple8433 4 роки тому +4

      Josh Purdy source of consultant telling them someone would die?

    • @someoneelse583
      @someoneelse583 4 роки тому +8

      @@queenpurple8433 In the beginning, the man clearly said

    • @queenpurple8433
      @queenpurple8433 4 роки тому +1

      Someone Else no one said anything about a consultant telling them someone would die.

    • @queenpurple8433
      @queenpurple8433 4 роки тому +2

      Someone Else what josh was saying basically isn’t proven in this video so I was asking for proof

  • @ariannabotti2434
    @ariannabotti2434 Рік тому +6

    There is something so bitter about this story - a family that simply wanted a fun day with their children that ended with a gruesome death. It's heartbreaking.

  • @unknowncreature-0069
    @unknowncreature-0069 2 роки тому +14

    4:27 that kid's got a good sense of self preservation I like him

  • @ducks7015
    @ducks7015 4 роки тому +12875

    Whoever edited and put this together knows how to make people uncomfortable and scared

    • @vOyOr
      @vOyOr 4 роки тому +354

      For real, like the black metal even. Squares don't usually know about that on mainstream news. Poor kid.

    • @lilkeyla5769
      @lilkeyla5769 4 роки тому +13

      ikr :/

    • @MDAM12716
      @MDAM12716 4 роки тому +123

      Right I'm second guessing rollercoasters and shit.

    • @starchythepotato2877
      @starchythepotato2877 4 роки тому +361

      Whoever edited this knows how to point out the absolute idiocy of the ride's designers.

    • @Qwertyasdfg123
      @Qwertyasdfg123 4 роки тому +4

      Aware*

  • @coolminer1231
    @coolminer1231 4 роки тому +12355

    I expected something bad but when they said decapitated my jaw dropped

    • @joanna7350
      @joanna7350 4 роки тому +1245

      yeah, people try to downplay it and say "internal decapitation" but they flat out said he was decapitated on the news, and not to mention that guy in the video saying his mom saw the women who were on the ride with him covered in blood.

    • @vonlobo
      @vonlobo 4 роки тому +577

      @@joanna7350 people usly dont see the bigest problem. I have a friend who hit a man on motorway 130km/h . He is avoiding cars ( not even step in ) , he is on pills ( so he doesnt go completly crazy) and that happened 12years ago. Those 2 behind the kid are in big trouble ( mentaly ) , thats a hardcore experience.

    • @yikemoo
      @yikemoo 4 роки тому +983

      Supposedly his little brother was waiting for him and witnessed nearly the entire thing. There was one report that said the injuries suffered to the other passengers here's face was caused by the severed head striking her.
      This was one of the saddest, most shocking stories in a long time.

    • @placebo4815
      @placebo4815 4 роки тому +48

      Is this supposed to be a joke? Decapitated so your jaw dropped?😂😂

    • @coolminer1231
      @coolminer1231 4 роки тому +805

      Shadow Playz you seriously have something wrong with you if you don’t find it messed up that a kid was literally decapitated while he was just trying to have fun with his family at a water park

  • @shaunrutherford7764
    @shaunrutherford7764 2 роки тому +13

    I revisit this story sometimes only to turn it off after a few minutes. I get chills each time. I have a ten year old almost nephew (s/o's little cousin) who means the world to me. I can't imagine this story without thinking of him and it brings me to tears every time.

  • @mellusse
    @mellusse 10 місяців тому +5

    The state rep whose child head was decapitated had voted for cap of $300,000 on compensation families could receive after a death of a child in his state. Then after his child died his legal team found a loophole that meant they got $20 million.

  • @emanuela9611ify
    @emanuela9611ify 4 роки тому +12984

    The sad thing is that they had professionals engineers and mathematicians telling them that shit was dangerous but they were too full of themselves to think that they (PROFESSIONALS) might have been right

    • @brownwallet942
      @brownwallet942 4 роки тому +515

      One of the traits of a good leader is to believe in FACTS. It's good to be intuitive in decision making but not at the expense of facts. I've learned that from Dell's biography

    • @lajeandom
      @lajeandom 4 роки тому +112

      well, the slide itself was working, but the structure was not inspected properly, there was maybe a weakness somewhere and then....well we know what happened. I just think they were stupid to not make a stronger structure and make more inspections

    • @brownwallet942
      @brownwallet942 4 роки тому +48

      @@lajeandom what happened to mathematicians and engineers in your story

    • @brasspipes2548
      @brasspipes2548 4 роки тому +169

      full of themselves? more like greedy. it's all about money, profit.

    • @lajeandom
      @lajeandom 4 роки тому +40

      @@brownwallet942 bro just watch the video, they say that the structure broke, we even see it...people saying the slide was wrong blablabla are wrong. The structure broke, because they made a cheap structure and didnt do the inspections they should have done.

  • @nicksprofile
    @nicksprofile 4 роки тому +3499

    Not to be that guy but I could tell from the first 30 seconds of the video that the netting was a terrible idea. If the design of the slide doesn’t keep you attached to the slide, they expect a net to save you when you are flying head first into it at terminal velocity? I immediately thought that’s a great way to get your face shredded off... how on God’s green earth could anyone have allowed this to pass 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @MrSurfsagger
      @MrSurfsagger 4 роки тому +48

      Right? But I believe it said laws there when it comes to rides are lax

    • @justaguycalledjosh
      @justaguycalledjosh 4 роки тому +91

      @@MrSurfsagger Laws, what laws?
      "You said you did the tests, right? Good enough for me."

    • @mcfrosty8739
      @mcfrosty8739 4 роки тому +101

      my exact same thought. You're going 70 mph and the metal netting isn't and there's nothing between you and the netting. Just plain utter stupidity, neglect and ignorance. The ride itself is dangerous, yes, but the safety measures to make it 100x less hazardous to you as a rider would've been so easy and simple.. i.e. proper straps not some flimsy velcro and a rubber-encoated metal roll cage would've saved this boy's life and saved many other injuries. The added weight would've also helped keep the vehicle planted

    • @jess228
      @jess228 4 роки тому +119

      Essentially, they just figured out the minimum weight needed to keep the raft from lifting off and called it good. Because Caleb and his brother were so light, they couldn't ride down together. They had to stand aside and wait at the top until two heavier people without a third rider were available. Caleb's brother went, and then Caleb got to go with the two women eventually. They almost made the minimum weight, but not quite. Investigators said they almost certainly would have made it regardless if the employee had made the lightest rider, Caleb, ride in the center instead of in the front like the safety guidelines required. But it is pretty ridiculous to expect a minimum wage summer park employee with no expertise in physics to be the only thing standing between an exciting ride and death and dismemberment. Caleb was the one who got killed, but before him there were multiple serious injuries and the park just didn't care as long as it still made them money and brought people in.

    • @lavoshakern
      @lavoshakern 4 роки тому +65

      I was thinking the whole time that there should be a mechanism that actually keeps the raft ATTACHED to the slide until it reaches the lake at the bottom. You would think the engineers of the ride would have thought that too after that raft flew off of the slide for the hundredth time.

  • @mikedawolf95
    @mikedawolf95 2 роки тому +8

    Why a mesh net? Why not basically half slide and half plastic clear tube? If I do go airborne I’ll smack the top of the tube but at least not get snagged on the net and supports.

  • @matthewdavenport2490
    @matthewdavenport2490 2 роки тому +8

    "Kansas has a national reputation for providing minimal state oversight at amusement parks." No state inspections. No required reports. This is the result. The park's owner is a criminal and Kansas let him get by with negligent homicide. God be with that poor young man's family.

    • @regaliaretailfashionmerch4314
      @regaliaretailfashionmerch4314 Рік тому +3

      Caleb's own father being a representative and politician probably signed off on park laws that were lax and negligent
      He only started to support stricter regulations after Caleb was murdered

    • @EXO-L-ls8qj
      @EXO-L-ls8qj 9 місяців тому

      @@regaliaretailfashionmerch4314 I was thinking the same thing when I read this comment. Like, his father was one of the people that probably signed off on those lax and negligent laws. Not saying he deserved losing his son this way, but lawmakers only ever seem to act when something horrible happens first.

  • @bostontowny4life744
    @bostontowny4life744 4 роки тому +5922

    Those poor women who were riding with that boy. Can you imagine the horror? The PTSD they have to go through now.

    • @proepicidiot
      @proepicidiot 4 роки тому +1721

      @DiamondLife83 tf

    • @pianoboss6000
      @pianoboss6000 4 роки тому +140

      Why so mean

    • @worldofwarcraftfartgirl
      @worldofwarcraftfartgirl 4 роки тому +812

      Boston Towny4life The victims older brother who at the time was around 12, was right next to him aswell. i couldn’t imagine the horror

    • @johnnyblaze6146
      @johnnyblaze6146 4 роки тому +558

      DiamondLife83 dude wtf. Do you even have ptsd? It’s hard to deal with it every single day of your life. Trying to forget what happened to you in your past. Just watching someone get decapitated is just horrible. Sometimes bad ptsd can make someone kill them self’s to just forget.

    • @jotrutch
      @jotrutch 4 роки тому +28

      Blood is mostly water and it's WATER park

  • @leobieker9631
    @leobieker9631 4 роки тому +2475

    I assume all the experts that were “wrong” were telling you not to do this

    • @notiaproast1386
      @notiaproast1386 4 роки тому +176

      The man is insane at best, being all about "the first to date, get this and that" and saying "everyone , mathematicians, architects were wrong except us", this is not just red flags, this is pure idiocy of everyone who let that fool doing this and of course Kansas State...

    • @chaosawaits
      @chaosawaits 4 роки тому +7

      You would be correct

    • @OimOnotO18O
      @OimOnotO18O 4 роки тому +8

      I live down the street from this place. it’s something I will never forget. when I was younger I had a boyfriend who was abusive so telling my friends”I went on the big slide” when really just arguing in the parking lot. but that poor boy. my heart and prayers will always go to my family it’s just not fair. you are right. complete. Idiocracy. it also took so long for this slide to be taken down.. i took that disrespectful

    • @SamSpade2010
      @SamSpade2010 4 роки тому +4

      He showed those eggheads what's what.

    • @flyaround312
      @flyaround312 4 роки тому +15

      leo bieker That, or they were "wrong" because they gave accurate advice about the math, architecture, and design, and when the people making the ride failed at implementing it correctly, they decided the experts must of course be the wrong ones.

  • @helterskelter4every1
    @helterskelter4every1 2 роки тому +10

    Calling this a “freak accident” is a bit disrespectful to the victim, doncha’ think? I mean, these people knew just how dangerous this slide was *months* and months before it opened. This accident was bound to happen. The fact that the owner of this park was planning to continue to continue to build “bigger water slides”, even after knowing how many issues the first one had, shows just how narcissistic this guy was. He needed to be stopped, and I’m glad he was. I’m just devastated that it had to be at the cost of a child’s life. If anyone had to pay with their life, it should have been his, not some innocent kid.

  • @kindredhawk
    @kindredhawk 2 роки тому +5

    The pain that family felt that day is unimaginable. This would destroy me.

  • @kevinarndt6110
    @kevinarndt6110 4 роки тому +2754

    Who knew that those pesky mathematicians were actually trying to make the ride safe. They sure proved them wrong.

    • @snintendog
      @snintendog 4 роки тому +3

      really i heard the mathematicians all said it was perfectly safe until someone died...geee know it alls that dont know it all.

    • @snintendog
      @snintendog 4 роки тому +1

      the problem there is the the Math was "sound" UNTIL the tragedy then the mathematicians said it wasn't. Basically they didn't do the MATH right and let it go to the archs to build and open for the public.

    • @shikiextend
      @shikiextend 4 роки тому +23

      @@snintendog In the video itself, you hear the park builder saying despite all the advice they were given, nothing was corrected.

    • @ross_ulbright7779
      @ross_ulbright7779 4 роки тому +3

      I think they were saying that they were consulting engineers and mathematicians as to why the rafts keep flying. The slide was already built at that point. They clearly tried to make it safe.

    • @CJJ6699
      @CJJ6699 4 роки тому

      Kevin Arndt 1000th like apparently

  • @zooer64
    @zooer64 3 роки тому +3387

    Any time a child dies during a event that is meant to bring them joy just breaks my heart. For a brief moment he was having the time of his life...and then it was over.

    • @jessicascricco5978
      @jessicascricco5978 3 роки тому +13

      😭😭😭😭

    • @truefulluke5056
      @truefulluke5056 3 роки тому +70

      The poles holding the neting killed him, not the actual ride, if they would have had elastic netting without poles he'd be alive! So sad that it was rushed to impress!

    • @jessicascricco5978
      @jessicascricco5978 3 роки тому +83

      @@truefulluke5056 with how fast they were going I don't think elastic netting would have made a difference. He would have been killed. Maybe not decapitated but he still would have died.

    • @MonkeyDDragon9-11
      @MonkeyDDragon9-11 3 роки тому +11

      Are you trying to say he died doing what he loved?

    • @jenniferguillen1633
      @jenniferguillen1633 3 роки тому +38

      He died not knowing what would happen.

  • @TwentyOne_Five
    @TwentyOne_Five Рік тому +4

    4:26. The smartest person in town.

  • @lundsweden
    @lundsweden 2 роки тому +6

    I have to say, what an idiotic design, you don't need to be an engineer to be able to see that this thing was a disaster waiting to happen. I feel for all those affected by this tragic accident.

  • @peteskyrunner4845
    @peteskyrunner4845 4 роки тому +4183

    "I wanna be the first to hit the bar, to buy a drink and I wanna be the first to meet a pretty girl. I wanna be the first at everything."
    Congratulations! You were the first to decapitate a poor young child on a deathtrap of a water slide.

    • @wendyokoopa7048
      @wendyokoopa7048 4 роки тому +162

      I still think they should've been convicted of at least murder 2

    • @LosloTypical
      @LosloTypical 4 роки тому +13

      Sven MohaMad what does him being a rabbi have to do with anything

    • @lisas8244
      @lisas8244 4 роки тому +147

      Another grown man who never mentally developed or matured into a responsible adult. His toys just became larger and more dangerous. He should be in prison.

    • @LosloTypical
      @LosloTypical 4 роки тому +25

      Sven MohaMad, ah there it is. Random anti semitism.

    • @3ink3onk57
      @3ink3onk57 4 роки тому +21

      That boy was the first to hit the bar sadly, not him

  • @TheSkizzld
    @TheSkizzld 4 роки тому +1309

    And this is why maths should be taken seriously especially in engineering.

    • @yukadiangelo
      @yukadiangelo 4 роки тому +11

      100% true

    • @fredk6992
      @fredk6992 4 роки тому +5

      Too many variables

    • @adilshah7450
      @adilshah7450 4 роки тому +1

      As a engineer i agree

    • @coreym162
      @coreym162 4 роки тому +5

      They were too busy trying to have the math correct a flawed design to think that's maybe why the mathematicians couldn't solve it. It's mathematically impractical.

    • @SpiffoGaming
      @SpiffoGaming 4 роки тому

      Ok drunky tommy

  • @fuckfannyfiddlefart
    @fuckfannyfiddlefart 2 роки тому +5

    "Every piece of [expert] advise we have is wrong"
    Says the man who will soon decapitate a 10 year old boy.
    Anti intellectualism KILLS

  • @martinoamello3017
    @martinoamello3017 2 роки тому +50

    I stopped going on all rides way back in my teenage and early 20s when I worked with various carnival ride operators and learned real quick just how dangerous all rides are, even a mild kiddy ride. I saw thin sheet metal screws holding down plate steel that should have been bolted down or even welded in place..Kids falling off rides and operators complete lack of caring about the kids. I nearly got electrocuted when cables were laid directly across tracks and on and on.
    It dawned on me one day that if I stay in the business I wouldn't live to 25.. I never took my kids to any of those parking lot carnivals for sure and state fair rides are operated by the same criminal types..
    Stay off these damned things if life means anything at all to you. Dying doesn't count as a cheap thrill. With this business only life is cheap.

    • @terimorris6394
      @terimorris6394 2 роки тому +1

      I agree! I only went once with my kid and noticed the bad flimsy rides with no proper safety and made my mind up never to take my boy back there ever again! It’s fucking stupid to risk your life for a few seconds of ‘thrill’.

    • @langundschwarz9623
      @langundschwarz9623 Рік тому +3

      If you ever visit Germany, we have the safest rides there are. The Europa Park is HUGE and opened since the 70s, and the worst that happened was a cart stopping in a looping. Because of automatic safety measures, the whole ride mediately stopped all other cars and the passengers were rescued after hanging upside down for around an hour.
      I have never seen a park that felt safer. I literally would ride everything in this park and would let my children, too.

    • @MisoTower
      @MisoTower Рік тому +2

      Wow I’ve never met anyone who felt the same as me. Usually people think I’m odd especially those around my age bc it means I’ll be left out of the group. I’m only 19 and it’s been at least since I was 16 on one particular trip to carnival rides and the like that I decided that I would give up going on rides for the rest of my life. I came to this decision bc not only do I get motion sick after like 2 rides but I learned of the many tragedies that have occurred and became aware of how unsafe those rides can be. Although the thrill was fun and I didn’t want to be left out by my friends the risk wasn’t worth it. I thought to myself you know what I’ve had enough of carnival rides for one lifetime I think I’m through. And so I’ve never gone on one again and I hope I can convince others that it’s not worth it.

    • @edenpffen
      @edenpffen Рік тому +1

      @@MisoTower You should still visit theme parks every now and then though, think of how frequent car crashes are so going to a huge, popular and safe theme park maybe once a year is okay.

    • @MisoTower
      @MisoTower Рік тому

      @@edenpffen Oh yeah of course i still go to them when I get the chance I just stay away from rides. Besides I live in Tx and I’m a huge foodie so I would be missing out if I didn’t go to something like the Tx state fair, the food creations are to die for!!

  • @meekotakesapiss2298
    @meekotakesapiss2298 4 роки тому +2258

    I’ve seen fucked up things on the internet - but something about seeing the blood on that slide made me absolutely nauseous.

    • @tibo6749
      @tibo6749 4 роки тому +264

      And the fact that people still kept riding that thing.. WITH THEIR CHILDREN. That whole park needs to be burnt down. The owners don't give a shit about kids dying, they just want money

    • @kcunlimitedeats
      @kcunlimitedeats 4 роки тому +104

      It was worse in person. They shut the ride down and the blood sat there.

    • @kcunlimitedeats
      @kcunlimitedeats 4 роки тому +131

      @@tibo6749 No, they shut the ride down. It was a haz mat site. There was a blood trail. They tried to drain it but it they didn't get it all. They removed the netting that had chunks of head on it. Sorry so gross.

    • @kcunlimitedeats
      @kcunlimitedeats 4 роки тому +59

      Look, the dad was a politician. They got in for free. The dad voted for lax regulation policies. If this had been a normal kid, no one would have cared.

    • @tibo6749
      @tibo6749 4 роки тому +30

      @@kcunlimitedeats the video shows people still visiting the park and going on rides, though of course the media often portrays things differently and it's better to trust someone who has been there. Honestly I can't believe people would even go anywhere near that park after what happened. Normal kid or not, this is disturbing

  • @crabcrunchconsciousness3854
    @crabcrunchconsciousness3854 4 роки тому +12049

    That little black kid knows what’s good he had common sense

  • @Anna_Stetik
    @Anna_Stetik 2 роки тому +4

    The little guy who said it was too scary is a very smart kid.

  • @spritemarie
    @spritemarie Рік тому +4

    The fact anyone would take their kid there after this makes me sick. Especially 3 days after it happened. I hate that they showed us the bloody water. It’s still heartbreaking now.

  • @verilyverily1442
    @verilyverily1442 4 роки тому +2913

    Hmm...hundreds of adults and families lined-up to celebrate its opening.
    Nobody listened to the one little black boy
    ...he was a True prophet

    • @biglordebunnyrabbit627
      @biglordebunnyrabbit627 4 роки тому +36

      I was thinking the same thing about the little brother. Only person with sense.

    • @chloe-sm8il
      @chloe-sm8il 4 роки тому +88

      the way he said it is what creeps me out, he’s deadpan and staring at the ground.

    • @jotrutch
      @jotrutch 4 роки тому +18

      The black kid was actually afraid of the racists in line, and not the slide itself

    • @paige4443
      @paige4443 4 роки тому +1

      Joseph Trutch really?

    • @ketaminepoptarts
      @ketaminepoptarts 4 роки тому +5

      the jesus of our generation

  • @lostinthelookingglas
    @lostinthelookingglas 4 роки тому +3159

    If you find yourself saying that all the experts are wrong...you’re probably wrong

    • @spackle9999
      @spackle9999 4 роки тому +108

      "Math! Ha! Phhhhffft!!" - Kansas

    • @advocacynaccountablity
      @advocacynaccountablity 4 роки тому +63

      ... as evidenced by the current White House occupant.

    • @lukerinderknecht2982
      @lukerinderknecht2982 4 роки тому +81

      *cough cough* flat earthers *cough* climate deniers *cough* anti-vaxxers *cough cough*

    • @iamrosie2468
      @iamrosie2468 4 роки тому +6

      H S I was going to say the same thing.

    • @siegfriedkircheis9484
      @siegfriedkircheis9484 4 роки тому +9

      He was saying that the advice each of those area experts was proven wrong upon testing. This is called the scientific method.

  • @mar-k7104
    @mar-k7104 2 роки тому +2

    That net was such a stupid addition. I’d rather fall from a big height and maybe survive than be decapitated and get my face shaved off

  • @IndependantMind168
    @IndependantMind168 Рік тому +3

    This was really well put together. Superb job.

  • @falloutfan6649
    @falloutfan6649 4 роки тому +3705

    The worst part is, the charges against the park owners and the designers were dropped because the prosecution were idiots and presented inadmissible evidence. So nobody has been held accountable for a child’s death

    • @jotrutch
      @jotrutch 4 роки тому +162

      They should enter the head as evidence

    • @DolphinDivingChamp
      @DolphinDivingChamp 4 роки тому +62

      It's hard to charge dozens of people for the same murder

    • @ithikussssukihti406
      @ithikussssukihti406 4 роки тому +58

      @@DolphinDivingChamp Sadly so.... it shouldn't... but hey... MERICA!!!!

    • @emmaolivera3018
      @emmaolivera3018 4 роки тому +1

      😭

    • @roblikes8435
      @roblikes8435 4 роки тому +10

      That is just F'ed up

  • @despacito_boi4484
    @despacito_boi4484 4 роки тому +4829

    Kid: literally killed
    The park: Uhhhh, thoughts and prayers

    • @ThePrimeLine
      @ThePrimeLine 4 роки тому +202

      @wolfbitch82 that they're sorry it happened and pay the family

    • @imissmydeadcat.74
      @imissmydeadcat.74 4 роки тому +16

      I actually don't think that anyone was killed on this water slide. Think about it: liberals exist. If liberals exist, you cannot deny that liberals are going to a)lie b)lie about this c)cover this up by lying about it. Liberals are trying to kill you! WAKE UP!@!!! RUN!!!!! RUN FOR YOU LIFE FROM THE LIBERALS!!!!!

    • @hannahhiro146
      @hannahhiro146 4 роки тому +111

      millions of people: killed by guns
      NRA: uhhh thoughts and prayers???

    • @singhatar0912
      @singhatar0912 4 роки тому +50

      I miss my dead cat. We get it you took a couple philosophy classes at your local community college

    • @Ferro_Giconi
      @Ferro_Giconi 4 роки тому +11

      Ok but what do you expect them to do, bring the kid back to life? Yeah, they should have never built that death trap in the first place, but once someone is dead, there's only so much a PR person can do, and those things are apologize and announce the closure of the ride.

  • @zachary2471
    @zachary2471 2 роки тому +7

    i remember going to this water park with a buddy like 8 years ago, and he looked up at the ride and said "OH FUCK NOOOO I AIN'T GOING ON THAT SHIT", still remembering Caleb RIP

  • @kyeatsumi3666
    @kyeatsumi3666 2 роки тому +2

    THe disrespect keeping the park open after a tragedy.

  • @girliboi
    @girliboi 4 роки тому +5424

    pro tip: when all the engineers and mathematicians are wrong, just ask the little black kid, he knows whatsup

    • @muhammadsuleman5325
      @muhammadsuleman5325 4 роки тому +166

      They weren't wrong. They were just not giving them the okay that the slide is safe. The designers were saying they were wrong to keep their version of the slide.

    • @smartalek180
      @smartalek180 4 роки тому +39

      This is one cliche where the movies do get it right.

    • @nsmoonwalk414
      @nsmoonwalk414 4 роки тому +79

      The engineers and mathematicians were right, the dumbass hillbillies just really wanted their slide to work so they said they were wrong. It’s like a child trying to deny that 2 + 2 equals four despite the teacher telling them it’s four. These retards just wanted to be right so bad..

    • @sanders555
      @sanders555 4 роки тому +33

      I don't see how you watched that and determined that the engineers were the ones in the wrong.
      The independent analysts specifically declared it unsafe.

    • @dustywilson5461
      @dustywilson5461 4 роки тому +1

      Lmao

  • @Andrethemodel
    @Andrethemodel 4 роки тому +17945

    Shout out to the one black kid in Kansas that had sense to just say no

    • @kaylab8082
      @kaylab8082 4 роки тому +1746

      @YouMake MeReal he was scared cause it didnt look safe

    • @giulianacr2638
      @giulianacr2638 4 роки тому +650

      For whatever reason, I'm glad he said no.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 4 роки тому +820

      Sometimes fear is a sign of good instincts that something is dangerous or something is wrong

    • @jbgra2566
      @jbgra2566 4 роки тому +303

      @YouMake MeReal and why do you think he was scared huh? It totally looks unsafe

    • @darioinfini
      @darioinfini 4 роки тому +65

      @@gardensofthegods Truth. A lot of people will freeze in the face of oncoming danger. You'd have thought that gene would have been filtered out of the pool by now.

  • @davidhall5838
    @davidhall5838 Рік тому +4

    I can't imagine what those people behind him have gone through. Literally a horror scene

  • @mickeyromeo
    @mickeyromeo 11 місяців тому +2

    why would you bring your kids to a water park that killed a kid 3 days prior?

  • @ferdousimiah6843
    @ferdousimiah6843 4 роки тому +2617

    That child wasn't even a mathematician or engineer he just used his comman sense.

    • @bumbaclott5732
      @bumbaclott5732 4 роки тому +43

      Common*

    • @g.k.2156
      @g.k.2156 4 роки тому +7

      I know right?

    • @amelieclarke323
      @amelieclarke323 4 роки тому +9

      *common

    • @theluckyhooman9665
      @theluckyhooman9665 4 роки тому +5

      Well considering this would make sense, allow me to ask you. *Which* kid?

    •  4 роки тому +8

      Why did the kid sound like a young Cleavland brown

  • @throwawayaccount5078
    @throwawayaccount5078 4 роки тому +1500

    "my wife has given me permission to ride down the slide, but she has not cleared any of our children. I don't know what that means."
    Jesus, talk about a premonition.

    • @teslashark
      @teslashark 4 роки тому +52

      The dad is expendable, you know

    • @Wobmiar
      @Wobmiar 4 роки тому +50

      @@teslashark Mostly because she can't stop her husband to do what he wants, he is an adult

    • @teslashark
      @teslashark 4 роки тому +9

      @@Wobmiar If he's fully adult he'd see it's not worth risking!

    • @DanKoning777
      @DanKoning777 4 роки тому +3

      throwaway: "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned" Matthew 12 v37

    • @chaosawaits
      @chaosawaits 4 роки тому +2

      It means exactly what it looks like it means. Happy marriage, buddy.

  • @georgeglass211
    @georgeglass211 Рік тому +4

    "At the end of the day, we all have something special to hold onto" - Yeah, our HEADS !!! 😵🤕😢

  • @gup-gup2346
    @gup-gup2346 Рік тому +2

    If a water slide has you wearing a seatbelt it’s probably not even a water slide

  • @JohnjOcampo
    @JohnjOcampo 3 роки тому +2595

    A kid dies in one of the rides, days later a parent says "ehh we decided to come anyway" something is deeply wrong with some of yall.

    • @AlexMoreno-zj7po
      @AlexMoreno-zj7po 2 роки тому +39

      why shouldn't he have come? I mean I kind of understand not going cause of safety fears after that, but it doesn't seem disrespectful to me

    • @JohnjOcampo
      @JohnjOcampo 2 роки тому +239

      @@AlexMoreno-zj7po i don't think it was disrespectful lol im so confused on how you got that from my comment. Im talking about safety fears, days before someone's head gets chopped off and their thought was to come anyway?

    • @AlexMoreno-zj7po
      @AlexMoreno-zj7po 2 роки тому +28

      @@JohnjOcampo oh yeah I'm dumb idk what I thought lol

    • @l.arandom1631
      @l.arandom1631 2 роки тому +42

      Stupidity man, pure stupidity.

    • @KrikZ32
      @KrikZ32 2 роки тому +55

      maybe they're looking for an extremely late abortion

  • @blackcanary05
    @blackcanary05 4 роки тому +1944

    So, these dudes AREN'T engineers. Wow. The fact that this was even allowed to happen at all blows my mind.

    • @gibbsm
      @gibbsm 4 роки тому +49

      hey, they KS republicans love money, but not when it kills one of their kids. I'm from the area and it pretty much boiled down to that. But I'm from MO, which this video states, actually has state inspectors, unlike KS. I don't think anyone has been decapitated at Oceans of Fun or Worlds of Fun, I did lose my Colorado Rockies hat on the Timber Wolf in like '94.

    • @Andrea-nom
      @Andrea-nom 4 роки тому +8

      How are they still open?

    • @scottthewaterwarrior
      @scottthewaterwarrior 4 роки тому +28

      Remember, regulation = bad!

    • @drakedane
      @drakedane 4 роки тому +3

      don't recall them saying they weren't engineers! now i gotta watch again! i just recall them giving the impression they knew more than the engineers they worked with..

    • @carlosmejia5728
      @carlosmejia5728 4 роки тому +9

      🔊For American businessmen and politicians the most important thing (besides the image of success) is ....moneyyyyyy......

  • @elhombrebilingue
    @elhombrebilingue 2 роки тому +5

    If the riders had been strapped in and a shield placed atop the raft, this tragedy probably could have been avoided