TEACHER WHO HAS FOUND A DIFFERENT PLACE TO APPLY HER SKILLS. YOU’VE SEEN THE VIDEOS.
BILL I’LL SLIDE MAKING
INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFTER RIDERS
ARE SEEN GOING AIRBORNE. TONIGHT
THOUGH, THE BIG QUESTION WHY WAS
THE SLIDE WHICH APPEARED TO BE A
SAFETY RISK ALLOWED TO STAY
OPEN? QUESTIONS NOW BEING
ANSWERED IN A NEWLY RELEASED
INSPECTION REPORT. CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER IS
LIVE ON BELLE ISLE TONIGHT, AND
I UNDERSTAND THANK YOU HAVE
LEARNED SOME PRETTY SURPRISING
INFORMATION. KAREN JASON. IT’S
ALL LAID OUT HERE IN THESE
DOCUMENTS THAT WE JUST OBTAINED
THOSE INSPECTION REPORTS. REALLY
SOME OF THE KEY HIGHLIGHTS WHEN
THIS RIDE WAS GIVEN THE GREEN
LIGHT EARLIER THIS SUMMER,
INSPECTORS NEVER ACTUALLY
WATCHED ANYONE MAKING THEIR WAY
DOWN THE SLIDE WILL. THEN THOSE
VIDEOS WENT VIRAL. THE SLIDE WAS
CLOSED DOWN AND ON THE FOLLOW UP
INSPECTION, THINGS WERE MUCH
DIFFERENT. TAKE A LOOK. THEY’RE
THE WILD VIDEOS THAT WENT VIRAL.
DETROITERS YOUNG AND OLD BEING
THROWN AND TOSSED ROARING DOWN
THE BELLE ISLE BIG SLIDE. IT
MADE MANY LAUGH, BUT ALSO HAD
OUR VIEWERS ASKING QUESTIONS
LIKE THESE. HOW IS THIS THING
STILL OPEN WHO TESTED IT OUT FOR
SAFETY? THE ANSWERS ALL IN THESE
NEWLY RELEASED INSPECTION
REPORTS JUST OBTAINED BY HELP ME
, HANK FIRST STAR, DR FRANK
MCGEORGE, LIKE MANY OF YOU SAW
THOSE VIDEOS AND LIKE SOME WAS
CONCERNED SEEING PEOPLE AIRBORNE
ON THE METAL SLIDE. I GOTTA BE
HONEST. WHEN I SAW THE ORIGINAL
VIDEO OF THE BIG SLIDE. ALL I
SAW WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF
POTENTIAL INJURIES NOW.
THANKFULLY NO ONE HAS BEEN
SERIOUSLY HURT, BUT THE
POTENTIAL FOR EVERYTHING FROM
SERIOUS CUTS AND ABRASIONS TO
SPINE AND BACK INJURIES TO HEAD
INJURIES, INGUSH INS ALONG WITH
SPRAINS AND BROKEN BONES, IT’S
PRETTY MUCH HOWARD WITH SOME
THAT RIGHT UP. SO WHY WAS THE
SLIDE ALLOWED TO REOPEN IN THE
FIRST PLACE? WELL, YOU MAY BE
SURPRISED TO LEARN STATE
INSPECTORS NEVER ACTUALLY
WATCHED ANYONE GO DOWN THE SLIDE
DURING THE INSPECTION PROCESS.
HERE’S ATTORNEY NEIL ROCK ON
THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE DONE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS RIDE
WOULD BE SAFE AT DIFFERENT TIMES
IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS THAN
WHAT WAS DONE. YES LET’S GET TO
THOSE INSPECTION REPORTS. THE
JULY INITIAL INSPECTION PASSED
WITH FLYING COLORS, THEY WERE
ONLY TOLD TO REPLACE THE VINYL
SIDE COVER AND REPLACE HOLES IN
THE PERIMETER FENCE. THE SLIDE
WAS CLEARED TO REOPEN, BUT THEN
THESE VIDEOS WENT VIRAL. THE
SLIDE SHUT DOWN HOURS AFTER THE
BIG REOPENING, AND NOW TAKE A
LOOK AT THAT FOLLOW UP
INSPECTION, WHICH REQUIRED A
LONG LIST OF SAFETY CHANGES,
INCLUDING STAFF TRAINING, SLIDE
, TESTING, MAINTENANCE LOGS, AND
THIS WARNING. SLIDER MUST BE
OPERATED IN A CONTROLLED
ENVIRONMENT WHERE EXCESSIVE
SPEEDS ARE NOT REACHED AND
PATRONS DO NOT LEAVE THE SLIDING
SURFACE, AND THEY HAVE TO TEST
IT FOR SPEED SAFETY.. WHAT THEY
CLEAR. THAT WHOMEVER ACTUALLY. TESTED. SPINACH
TESTED. SPINACH. MEDIATED . ALIVE IN A SENSE RELATED TO BE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HOSTED
CREWS OUT HERE. MADE THOSE
NECESSARY CHANGES HAD ANY
OFFICIAL DATE. OF COURSE
INVESTIGATED THEY FEEL THE STATE