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To: Immerito

Unable to hang on very well? A lot of these rides the bar comes across the legs. Being amputated at the hip on one leg and below the knee on the other, was there too little for the bar to clamp down onto?

3 posted on 07/09/2011 10:59:58 PM PDT by Netizen
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To: Netizen
I believe this coaster had the over the shoulder restraint.


5 posted on 07/09/2011 11:03:16 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Netizen
You are correct. I was wrong. Here is the exact ride:


10 posted on 07/09/2011 11:06:20 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Netizen

I think you hit the nail. The clamping bar is usually below your navel. A double amputee has much smaller mass below navel than a normal person. This soldier should never have risked that kind of ride.


17 posted on 07/09/2011 11:17:41 PM PDT by repub4ever1 (Capitalism is not perfect, but it beats all other systems hands down.)
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