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Six Flags: Woman killed while riding Texas Giant
wfaa.com ^ | 7/19/2013 | Halls

Posted on 07/19/2013 6:08:52 PM PDT by Halls

ARLINGTON - Six Flags has confirmed an adult woman died while riding the Texas Giant Friday night.

More details to come.


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don't know the details, but this is just breaking in Texas. I live in Dallas and this popped up on my facebook. My youngest(who is 11) and I just rode this over Christmas break last December. Unbelievable! So sad.
1 posted on 07/19/2013 6:08:52 PM PDT by Halls
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To: Halls

There are two things I don’t do at “amusement parks”....and roller coasters are both of ‘em.


2 posted on 07/19/2013 6:10:03 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Piffle....)
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To: Halls

Everything is big in Texas.


3 posted on 07/19/2013 6:12:06 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Halls

That thing is huge. I’m afraid I’d have to pass on that one.


4 posted on 07/19/2013 6:13:53 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Keep your powder dry.)
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To: ErnBatavia

I am hearing via twitter it was a woman and she fell, but the park is not confirming anything other then a woman has died. I will never ride a rollercoaster again.


5 posted on 07/19/2013 6:14:40 PM PDT by Halls (Jesus is my Lord and Savior)
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To: ErnBatavia

I prefer not to participate in physics experiments over which I have little or no control.


6 posted on 07/19/2013 6:14:41 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

According to Wikipedia, it rises to a height of 153 feet with a 147 feet drop.


7 posted on 07/19/2013 6:18:46 PM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: Halls

it that thing all wood?

big sumbitch


8 posted on 07/19/2013 6:20:02 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Halls

George Zimmermans fault.


9 posted on 07/19/2013 6:20:59 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Arkansas Toothpick

Six Flags has long had a very bad reputation for safety and maintanance.I refuse to patronize them.


10 posted on 07/19/2013 6:21:07 PM PDT by Craftmore
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To: Arkansas Toothpick

Since I don’t have wings that sounds way too high.


11 posted on 07/19/2013 6:21:25 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: digger48

12 posted on 07/19/2013 6:21:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

just looking at that picture makes me need to change my drawers


13 posted on 07/19/2013 6:26:35 PM PDT by digger48
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To: BenLurkin

I love roller coasters ... that looks like a blast!!


14 posted on 07/19/2013 6:32:50 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
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To: Fast Moving Angel

Should be loud and bone jarring.


15 posted on 07/19/2013 6:35:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Halls

There’s a roller coaster at Magic Mountain outside LA that even the Navy pilots get sick on. I think it’s called the Ninja but not sure. It has several corkscrews down near the ground before it whips back up. Just watching make me sick.


16 posted on 07/19/2013 6:39:44 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Halls
She should've known better..


17 posted on 07/19/2013 6:43:25 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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To: Halls

How many milli-seconds after this story broke did liberals blame it on racism?


18 posted on 07/19/2013 6:44:31 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: Fast Moving Angel

“I love roller coasters ... that looks like a blast!!”

If you ever get a chance, do some eorobatics. Same rush but feels much more natural. A friend of mine used to own a Bellanca Sitabria and we had a blast flying it!


19 posted on 07/19/2013 6:45:35 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (I'm so conservative I won't even wear progressive bifocals.)
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To: digger48

Not any more, they redid the track as metal. Still wooden structure though.


20 posted on 07/19/2013 6:48:52 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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