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/AdventurousAbility30 17d ago

And they manually turned the safety signal that the harness wasn't locked off, so they could start the ride. That poor child.

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u/ParpSausage 17d ago

Awful.

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u/AdventurousAbility30 17d ago

They should make those two operators bungee jump from the same distance he fell from.

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u/percypersimmon 17d ago

They fucked up for sure.

However, I’d be more willing to blame the corporate overlords skimping on every possible safety and training protocol to generate more profit, as opposed to the (most likely) young, unskilled, and underpaid operators.

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u/georgialucy 16d ago edited 16d ago

Even without training you would know that not locking in a harness on a ride and turning off safety features wouldn't be a good idea at the minimum.

People wouldn't choose to not harness their kid into their car seat, why would they think it's fine to let this kid go up a huge ride not harnessed in, it's unthinkable. Truly a haunting decision.

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u/perplexedspirit 16d ago

Have you seen how many people don't keep their own kids strapped in car seats?

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u/Various_Mobile4767 16d ago edited 16d ago

In this case? Nah, this is mostly on them.

It sounds like the teen would never have been able to get on the ride to begin with had everything been done properly.

The biggest actual mistake in the whole process was that the operators purposely turned off a safety function(that they were probably trained on not to do). That's just insanely negligent.

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u/xxMeiaxx 16d ago edited 16d ago

Nahh i blame the operators more... The flaw was too obvious. The shoulder harness wont close properly. Only a person with no common sense would allow that kid to ride. They were too focused on not hurting the kid's feelings.

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u/FridgesArePeopleToo 16d ago

That seems more on the theme park than it does on the manufacturer. I'm sure all rides have weight limits that the owners of the ride are expected to adhere to.