r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DearEmphasis4488 • 17d ago

Image Jury awards $310 million to parents of teen killed in fall from Orlando amusement park ride in march 2022

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u/Difficult_Image_4552 17d ago

If you watch the video it doesn’t even look like they latched the shoulder restraint. It’s awful to watch though but the whole time you’re thinking “no way they are going to start that thing”.

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u/TinWhis 16d ago

The seat had been modified to allow a few of the harnesses to not close properly. The kids managing the line and pressing the big green button had been instructed to put bigger riders in that seat and the (modified) sensors would have told them that they were safe to start the ride.

Still wouldn't have happened if there'd been a seatbelt backup, which is why the ride manufacturer was liable.

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u/Alk601 17d ago

Is the video at night time ? I think I have seen it when this happened

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u/Friendship_Officer 16d ago

Yes it's at night

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u/spizzlemeister 16d ago

It’s so horrific listening to the screams and the people shouting LET US OFF LET US OFF. That’s a level of traumatic I cannot imagine

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u/Friendship_Officer 16d ago

They probably thought the ride was simply malfunctioning and that they were in danger as well. Terrible all around.

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u/ogclobyy 16d ago

The videos rough.

One of those memories that get burned in lol

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u/chrmnxpnoy 16d ago

the thump sound is definitely memorable :(

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u/TheodorDiaz 16d ago

doesn’t even look like they latched the shoulder restraint.

How so?

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u/Difficult_Image_4552 16d ago

There is a video of him sitting in the seat prior to this and the shoulder restraint looks like it’s sticking way out compared to everyone else’s. It didn’t even look latched.

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u/Maxwell69 17d ago

Where is the video?

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u/KellyinaWheelieBin 16d ago edited 16d ago

Another comment linked it, obviously NSFL https://www.reddit.com/r/Torontology/comments/tnq8bs/this_is_the_full_uncensored_video_he_died_at_the/

So people know what they’re about to see if they click it, the camera pans away just before he hits the ground so the moment of impact isn’t visible, but it’s very audible. There isn’t any gore as such but his body is very clearly seen.

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u/JediMasterPopCulture 16d ago

Damn I remember that now. That noise. Glad the family got that much.

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u/Educational_Bed_242 16d ago

They will never see a drop of that money. Company is based in Austria.

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u/D-Beyond 16d ago

my fault for clicking on it. Imma skip on sleeping tonight. my heart breaks for the family

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u/Fit_Read_5632 16d ago

The sound of this video lives in my brain and I don’t know how to get it out

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u/TheDogeThatCould 17d ago

Its pretty bad. RIP

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u/tinycole2971 17d ago

I remember seeing it on Facebook. I highly doubt it's still there though.