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Sam Hall 09:00 PM 06-21-2007
Girl's feet severed on ride at Six Flags in Kentucky
POSTED: 10:36 p.m. EDT, June 21, 2007

(CNN) -- A girl's feet were cut off Thursday when a free-fall thrill ride malfunctioned at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park in Louisville, Kentucky, police said.

A cord wrapped around the 16-year-old's feet and severed them at her ankles while she was on the "Superman Tower of Power," a police dispatcher said. The girl was taken to a local hospital.

"That could have been all of us -- riding that ride," Whitney Sandfer, who witnessed the accident, told CNN affiliate WDRB/WMYO.

The incident took place shortly before 5 p.m. ET, according to Six Flags spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg. The park remained open, but the ride in question was shut down and will remain so until the full investigation is complete, Goldberg said.

During the ride, passengers are lifted to 177 feet, suspended momentarily and then dropped, according to the park's Web site.

Passengers drop 154 feet at 54 mph, stopping "just 20 terrifying feet above the pavement," it adds.

"I seen the car go up. Then, like, the cable broke, I heard -- pwchh -- and I heard a lot of people screaming," Chris Stinnett, who was at a ride next to the Superman Tower of Power, told WDRB/WMYO.

"The cable went under the car -- and I seen it pull up and hit a lot of people -- and I seen them bring their legs up," Stinnett said.

The ride was introduced in 1995.
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Thig Lyfe 10:36 PM 06-21-2007
This thread is a shoe-in for the Hall of Classics.
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Thig Lyfe 10:40 PM 06-21-2007
Originally Posted by chiefscraze:
I cannot believe the lack of class on this forum. You all obviously do not have any compassion and I hope hope you all suffer a horrendous and painful tragedy so you can empathize.
Agreed. We should all be sensitive to the person this tragedy affects most: her creepy next-door neighbor with the foot fetish.
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Mr Luzcious 10:41 PM 06-21-2007
Originally Posted by SonicFan:
Agreed. We should all be sensitive to the person this tragedy affects most: her creepy next-door neighbor with the foot fetish.
He's got to be kicking himself right now.
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teedubya 11:03 PM 06-21-2007
Originally Posted by Demonpenz:
Enough with the bad jokes. If you were wondering her name was Ileen moore

I dated a girl named Ilene in high school, we were totally in 'love', high school love...whatever... but, if we had married, she really would have been:

Ilene Wright. That wasn't gonna work. heh.
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007 11:04 PM 06-21-2007
Originally Posted by Ari Chi3fs:
I dated a girl named Ilene in high school, we were totally in 'love', high school love...whatever... but if we married, she really would have been:

Ilene Wright. That wasn't gonna work. heh.
So she wasn't Mrs. Wright huh?
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Sam Hall 11:12 PM 06-21-2007
I blame the ride operator. Probably some dumb kid who left his foot on the pedal.
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Mr Luzcious 11:13 PM 06-21-2007
It seems she just couldn't wait to get her feet on the ground.
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Sam Hall 11:14 PM 06-21-2007

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Phobia 11:17 PM 06-21-2007
Originally Posted by Sam Hall:
What the?
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Sam Hall 11:18 PM 06-21-2007
Originally Posted by Phobia:
What the?
It's from Robot Chicken.
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teedubya 11:21 PM 06-21-2007
Originally Posted by Guru:
So she wasn't Mrs. Wright huh?
nope. but seriously, can't you imagine how tough it has been for me, for my whole life being Mr. Wright? Women everywhere... looking for me?

I buckled under pressure and got married in 2001. So, I have been breaking all the hearts ever since.

Now, if a beautiful brazilian/italian combo ever comes my way, though... may have to upgrade to wife2.0
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Sam Hall 11:22 PM 06-21-2007
"I seen the car go up. Then, like, the cable broke, I heard -- pwchh -- and I heard a lot of people screaming," Chris Stinnett, who was at a ride next to the Superman Tower of Power, told WDRB/WMYO.

-The grammar he used is another reason not to visit Kentucky kingdom.
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Eric 11:33 PM 06-21-2007

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SLAG 11:50 PM 06-21-2007
Now shes too short to ride the ride next time
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007 12:04 AM 06-22-2007
Originally Posted by SLAG:
Now shes too short to ride the ride next time
somebody already beat you to that punchline. By a whole leg.
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