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This is nuts. In 2016, a 10-year-old boy got decapitated while riding a Schlitterbahn water slide in Kansas City. A new indictment says the slide's designer had no training to design water slides and that the company was trying to impress TV executives. kansascity.com/news/article20…
"The death of [the 10-year-old] appeared at first to be an isolated and unforeseeable incident until whistleblowers from within Schlitterbahn's own ranks came forward and revealed that Schlitterbahn officials had covered up similar incidents in the past." kansascity.com/latest-news/ar…
(that's from the indictment)
hooooooo boy
AHHHHHH
This is one of the most surreal indictments I've read. kansascity.com/latest-news/ar…
This. is. surreal
uhhhhhh my dudes, I don't think GoPros were the problem
oh my god. look at all the reported injuries that lead up to the last one, DECAPITATION
holy shit holy shit holy shit
WHAT
oh man oh man. After a Schlitterbahn manager hid safety records from investigators, a 17-year-old lifeguard became a whistleblower and went to the cops, after which a company attorney came to his HOUSE
How did they think they were going to get away with this?!
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