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6 TREASURE. AN EMOTIONAL NIGHT
OUT THERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
IN TONIGHT. FOR THE FIRST TIME
WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
INNER WORKINGS OF THE FREE
FALL RIDE. WE’VE LEARNED THE
14 YEAR-OLD VICTIM.
>> SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ON
THE RIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES
NOW WITH NEWS. 6 INVESTIGATOR
MERRIS BADCOCK.
>> THIS MANUAL WAS WRITTEN
EXCLUSIVELY FOR FREE FALL. AND
ONE OF THE BIGGEST BOMBSHELLS
INSIDE INCLUDE HEIGHT AND
WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS FOR THE
RIDE.
>> NEARLY 200 PAGES WRITTEN
EMANUEL DESCRIBE EXACTLY HOW
ATTENDANCE OF ORLANDO FREE
FALL. WE’RE SUPPOSED TO
OPERATE THE RIDE WHICH KILLED
14 YEAR-OLD TYREE SAMPSON LAST
WEEK WHEN THE TEEN FELL FROM
THE DROP TOWER DURING A FREE
FALL. SIMULATION. ACCORDING TO
THE MANUFACTURER OF THE RIDE,
A FUN TIME THRILL RIDES. THE
MAXIMUM WEIGHT IS 286 POUNDS.
SAMPSON’S COACH TOLD US HE
WEIGHED 320 POUNDS ON FRIDAY.
WE SPOKE WITH JOHN STEIN, THE
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND
SALES FOR SLINGSHOT GROUP. THE
COMPANY THAT RUNS THE ORLANDO
FREE FALL. HERE’S WHAT HE TOLD
US THEN ABOUT HEIGHT AND
WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SIZE
RESTRICTIONS HAVE TO BE 50
INCHES TALLER. YOU HAVE TO BE
ABLE THE AND AND SO THERE’S
REALLY NO WAY RESTRICTION
LIST. YOU CANNOT FIT IN THE
SEAT.
>> THE MANUAL ALSO DESCRIBES
SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS FOR LARGE
PEOPLE. BE CAREFUL WHEN SEEING
IF LARGE GUESTS FIT INTO THE
SEATS, CHECK THAT THEY FIT
WITHIN THE CONTOURS OF THE
SEED IN THE BRACKET FITS
PROPERLY. THIS IS NOT SO DO
NOT LET THIS PERSON RIDE.
>> AND I DON’T CARE HOW
ATHLETIC A PERSON IS, HOW
STRONG THEY ARE. THERE’S NO
WAY A PERSON WAYS THAT AMOUNT
SUFFERING ARE SUBJECTED TO
NEGATIVE. 2 G’S CAN HAUL
THEMSELVES IN THE RIGHT. KEN
MARTIN HAS SERVED AS A RIDE.
SAFETY EXPERT FOR OVER A
QUARTER CENTURY.
>> EVEN SERVING AS AN EXPERT
WITNESS IN SEVERAL RIDE
ACCIDENT CASES.
>> THE RESTRAINT.
ACCIDENT CASES.
>> THE RESTRAINT. Make sure you have DEFINITELY NOT PROPERLY
SECURE. I KNOW. AND SEEING
PICTURES OF THE RIDE THAT
ENDED. TAKE YOUR NO SEAT BELTS
ON THE RIGHT, WHICH WOULD, YOU
KNOW, CLASSIFIES ONE REDUNDANT
SAFETY SYSTEM. BUT THE NEW
RECORDS RELEASED MONDAY SHOWED
THAT THE MANUFACTURER FUN TIME
THRILL RIDES.
>> SPECIFICALLY ADVOCATED FOR
NO SEAT BELT ATTACHING THIS
LETTER TO THE MANUAL, THE SEAT
AND SHOULDER RESTRAINT SYSTEM
HAS 2 INDEPENDENT LOCKING
DEVICES AND THE SHOULDER
RESTRAINTS ARE MONITORED.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR AN EXTRA
SAFETY OR SEAT BELT BECAUSE
THE SEAT AND RESTRAINT SYSTEM.
BUT BILL, MORE THAN THE
REQUIREMENTS. THE MANUAL ALSO
SAYS THAT ATTENDANTS ARE ALSO
SUPPOSED TO MANUALLY CHECK THE
RESTRAINTS WHEN LOADING A
GUEST PULLING ON IT TO MAKE
SURE IT LOCKS. WORKERS ARE
ALSO SUPPOSED TO CHECK THE
RESTRAINTS REGULARLY ENOUGH SO
THAT EVERY SEAT IS INSPECTED 2
TIMES IN A 30 DAY PERIOD. IF
IT’S FAULTY, IT MUST BE
REPLACED BEFORE CAN BE USED
>> LISA: THE MANUAL ALSO ADD SOME CONTEXT TO WHAT THE RIDE ATTENDANTS WERE CAUGHT ON
CAMERA SAYING TO ONE ANOTHER
AFTER SAMPSON’S FALL,
ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL GREEN
LIGHTS INDICATE THE RESTRAINTS
ARE CLOSED. NO LIGHT MEANS THE
RESTRAINTS ARE OPEN AND A RED
LIGHT INDICATES THE RESTRAINTS
ARE FAULTED.
>> THE RIDE WILL NOT SET
UNLESS THOSE HARNESSES ARE
LOCKED IN. AND YEAH, AGAIN, SO
THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS THAT
THERE WAS ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE’VE GOT TO
FIND OUT WHAT STATE
INVESTIGATORS ALSO RELEASED A
PRELIMINARY ACCIDENT REPORT IN
IT. IT READS.
>> WHEN THE MAGNETS ENGAGED,
THE PATRON CAME OUT OF THE
SEAT.
>> HARNESS WAS STILL IN A DOWN
AND LOCKED POSITION WHEN THE
RIDE STOPPED. I EMAILED
SLINGSHOT GROUP AND FUN TIME.
THRILL RIDES TONIGHT FOR A
COMMENT AFTER THE NEWEST
DEVELOPMENTS CAME OUT. BUT SO
FAR WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK.
THERE ARE AT LEAST 5 FREE FALL
RIDES IN THE WORLD USING FUN
TIMES MANUFACTURING MODEL 2 IN
THE U.S. AT DOLLYWOOD AND ICON
PARK HERE IN ORLANDO HAVE BEEN
SHUT DOWN PENDING
INVESTIGATIONS. I’M MERRIS
BADCOCK GETTING RESULTS. NEWS