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12-year-old Boy Dies at Disney World
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post Jul 4 2006, 09:22 PM
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Michael Russell, 12, of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, collapsed after riding the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster ride at Disney-MGM theme park in Orlando, Florida, Thursday morning, Sgt. Carlos Torres said. (Watch the details of what happened after the roller coaster stopped -- 2:39)

Russell's father began administering CPR and was later aided by a Disney assistant, but the boy was not responsive. Russell was then transported by ambulance to Celebration Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The Rock 'n' Roller Coaster re-opened Friday morning.

"Walt Disney World engineers and ride system engineers completed a thorough inspection of the attraction overnight and found it to be operating properly," said Disney World spokeswoman Kim Prunty in a statement.

Another park spokesman, Jacob DiPietre, said, "Our thoughts and prayers remain with the Russell family in the wake of their son's passing."

Disney boasts of the ride on its Web site: "Zoom from zero to 60 mph with the force of a supersonic F-14, take in high-speed loops and turns synchronized to a specially recorded Aerosmith soundtrack and zip through Tinseltown in the biggest, loudest limo you've ever seen."

It adds: "The 3,400-foot-long track is more than a half mile of sudden accelerations, dips, loops and twists and turns."


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My dad brought this up today, and I had no clue about it until then.
Poor kid.. sad.gif

I've also read stories about a forty-nine-year-old woman and a four-year-old dying as well in Disney World all within a year, I believe. sad.gif
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 09:25 PM
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I don't understand whyyy. It's sad though.


Gosh, I freaking love roller coasters.
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 09:26 PM
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someone died in the happiest place on earth? :(
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 09:26 PM
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to much g force on the heart
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 09:27 PM
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omg o_o

RIP michael

this is why i hate roller coasters!
i almost died on one too, before
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 09:28 PM
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Didn't a kid die on space mountain? That thing is pretty intense. Too many G's for little kids.
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 09:28 PM
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Was he in good health when he got on the ride? sad.gif

Man...this is why I don't like roller coasters. ermm.gif



I'm not sure, the article doesn't really say.
It just says that "congenital heart abnormalities" were found and will be further investigated.
They say it could take up to three months to determine if it was the rollercoaster itself or personal health problems which caused the boy's death.
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 10:13 PM
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Aww I heard about it. Tragic. sad.gif
 
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That is beyond sad. I love Disney. It is honestly my favorite place & hearing about incidents such as this makes me feel horrible.
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 10:50 PM
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I heard about that too.... turns out he had heart problems and didnt know it. Poor kid, Disney has to be one of the worst places to die.

The ride he was on, the Rockin rollercoaster, Is a pretty wild coaster. I LOVE rollercoasters, but after riding it once about two years ago I hated it. It jerks you around too much. mellow.gif
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 10:53 PM
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well disney land's safer than coney island
 
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I rode that before, it was alright, sad what happened though.
 
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Whats coney island? Isnt that somewhere up in New England?
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 11:53 PM
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Whats coney island? Isnt that somewhere up in New England?

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post Jul 5 2006, 12:43 AM
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Dang. That's not good for anyone.

They should try tighter age limits.
 
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Daamn. I was just riding the ride a few months ago with my choir. It's hella scary thinking about it.

While we were at Disney World in April, one of the roller coaster mulfunctioned or something like that and our whole choir was freaked out by the fact the one of us could have been on the ride.

Poor kid. That's so sad. You go to the happiest place on earth and you die. Ironic.
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 12:46 AM
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Thats so sad.And I wanted to go to the rides at disney world..
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 12:58 AM
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Hey, things happen like that anywhere whether it's the happiest place on earth or your house. (Which could be both.) There's bound to be danger anywhere...

It's still sad to what happened though.
 
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Dang. That's not good for anyone.

They should try tighter age limits.

His heart problem went undetected. It couldn't have been helped. Also, as Kim said, it could've happened anywhere.
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 03:00 AM
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RIP.

You know what.. I was there that day and I think I was one of the last people who rode that ride before he died. I didn't even know someone died before I came home on Friday eek.
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 07:49 AM
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Awh that's so sad!

But that's my favorite ride. It's so cool.
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 08:10 AM
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its so sad!!:[
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 08:18 AM
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Well you can't blamethe roller coaster or disney, the boy had heart problems. you arent supposed to get on a roller coaster ride if you have a weak heart. my boyfriend has a slightly weak heart and his octor doesnt want him getting on rides. Even if they didnt know that, you cant blame disney for that cuz it not like they would know it. Its very sad though, but think about it. Where would you wana die? In a hospital with ivs all stickin in your arms, or on a roller coaster at disney world. I lovet hat ride. Its one of my favorites. And I say bull to the people saying they shouldnt let little kids on. I've beenr iding roller coasters since I was 6 years old because I was abnormally tall for my age. And I mean serious roller coasters, not kiddie rides, and I'm just fine. *twitch*
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 08:35 AM
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tower of terror was 1337, i was scared when i first got on but when we got off i was like "wait..that's it?"
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 10:15 AM
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Someone dies at Disney every year.
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 10:22 AM
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but it wont stop me from rding it i LOVE THAT COSTER
 
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Poor kid. sad.gif R.I.P
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 11:45 AM
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Poor kid. RIP sad.gif.
But, I don't think the boy was in perfect health to get on the ride. He had heart problems. That could've been the reason why he died. I agree with starlette.

I've never been to Disney World. I only go to Six Flags. :s
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 12:22 PM
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RIP
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 12:33 PM
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Salty Face.
Oh well, as long as someone learned a lesson.
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 12:36 PM
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^ What lesson?
 
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yea, I went on that ride like twice. But I remember like right after i left disney world some kid died on the mission space ride as well.

Really Its most peoples own fault in why they died unless they had no clue they had any problems, because more than likely they tell you outside the ride if you have any of the listed problems that you shouldn't get on the ride, and people died because they had one of those problems.
 
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Aww, he died on the best ride they have sad.gif that's sad. RIP.
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 04:04 PM
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..... hmm ... disney is going to make some more baby cheap rides so ... no one wont died! ;]
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 04:13 PM
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sad too hear RIP
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 06:04 PM
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Damn, poor kid.

Sadly, he didn't get to experience at the age of 18 mellow.gif

anyways, i really wonder how tall he was.

WOW NEWS FROM CNN?!?!?! OMG wow................. that is a big thing. why ride on a roller coaster if you have poor health problems _dry.gif i mean i have poor health problems like i cant breathe well...and my heart hurts, so i dont try stupid things like rollercoaster and that kid did _dry.gif now i dont think that lito boy is poor that he died hammer.gif
 
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i always knew disney world was evil..i would never ride there roller coasters
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 07:12 PM
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QUOTE(brownsugar @ Jul 4 2006, 9:26 PM) *
That's terrible...was he in good health when he got on the ride? sad.gif

Man...this is why I don't like roller coasters. ermm.gif



No he had something wrong with his heart. He died in the middle of the ride. The ride didn't kill him.
 
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You know, earlier today I was talking to my dad about how much I want to ride that same roller coaster (rockin roller coaster).

Poor kid.
 
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wow. thats tragic. sad.gif
he didnt even get to finish middle school yet.
this makes me want to go to the doctor to see if i have any developing heart problems. mellow.gif
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 09:39 PM
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Russell was then transported by ambulance to Celebration Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.


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Awh that's so sad!

But that's my favorite ride. It's so cool.


it's my favorite ride too! but he didn't know (or his family) didn't know he had a heart problem? because in all of the lines over there in disney world they have signs like every 6 feet giving warnings and health requirements...

don't be scared sweetreat91, as long as you dont have a heart problem their rides are pretty safe. i'll be in florida, too in 2 weeks.
 
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that was awkward.


i didnt even realize it 'till now.

celebration hospital seem like a ... fake name.
 
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Celebration Hospital

thats freaky.

I don't know I mean I feel sorry for the kid
But its his own fault.
 
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Wasn't there a 17-year old girl who died because of a ride too? Now that scares me.
 
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Oh that's horrible. But it's better than this tragedy that happened in Great America a few years ago.

Apparently, on one of their free fall rides, the operator urged teens to not fully buckle their harnesses down so it'd be more exciting. One kid did so, and when the free fall thing...came down, he flew out of his seat, and died.
 
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^ that's terrible. They should've sued the operator.
 
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I heard of that a few days after I left Disney World in my school band trip.

I also heard that an old lady died on Mission Space.
 
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^ a little boy died on that ride, too. again, health problems i believe.

i went on that ride and it was kinda weird because when i was like strapped in and stuff there's this thing that says "don't move your head left to right because you may become disoriented." wacko.gif (something along those lines ha)
 
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post Jul 6 2006, 01:52 PM
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yes, these kind of things are very sad....but just because a few people died in a rollercoaster out of millions thats not gunna stop me from riding roller coasters bc i love em biggrin.gif
 
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someone died in the happiest place on earth? :(


thats funni....about wt airam said...about sum1 dying in the happiest place on earth..but that sux the for the boy michael..RIP
 
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That's really sad. I get scared of roller coasters like those.
RIP Michael.
 
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QUOTE(starlette @ Jul 5 2006, 8:18 AM) *
Well you can't blamethe roller coaster or disney, the boy had heart problems. you arent supposed to get on a roller coaster ride if you have a weak heart. my boyfriend has a slightly weak heart and his octor doesnt want him getting on rides. Even if they didnt know that, you cant blame disney for that cuz it not like they would know it. Its very sad though, but think about it. Where would you wana die? In a hospital with ivs all stickin in your arms, or on a roller coaster at disney world. I lovet hat ride. Its one of my favorites. And I say bull to the people saying they shouldnt let little kids on. I've beenr iding roller coasters since I was 6 years old because I was abnormally tall for my age. And I mean serious roller coasters, not kiddie rides, and I'm just fine. *twitch*

i heard that the parents say they didn't know he had any heart problems. it could have been something they didn't know about.

that's really sad...sad.gif
 
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QUOTE(Arjuna Capulong @ Jul 5 2006, 12:43 AM) *
Dang. That's not good for anyone.

They should try tighter age limits.



it's not really the age limits, it's size limits. Something with so many G's can cause any smaller or petite person to have problems.

RIP Micheal.
 
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