Sounds as though he should have contacted the parks own “intervention specialist” to retrieve his belongings.
I’m sorry he’s gone, but what he did was incredibly dumb.
Sad, but certain places are called “restricted areas” for a reason. Did he ask an employee to stop the ride and retrieve his belongings?
I road this ride with my 12 year old 3 weeks ago. It was my first time back to the park since I was his his age.
Road the Blue Streak twice for old times sake.
They had those long grabby sticks. I'm guessing Cedar Point employees have something similar.
A cell phone is not worth risking your life for or the life of someone else . . . though I see plenty of people maneuvering through traffic with one hand due to cell phone prioritization.
You’d think he’d have learned from the last kid, who had his head punted off while trying to retrieve his hat. Which he no longer needs.
One thing that I have noticed over the past fifty some years is that many teachers believe that rules including the laws of nature do not apply to them. For instance my next door neighbor, a teacher was building a wooden fence he put the lower support 2x4s made of untreated fir directly on the ground. I suggested that he place them up at least a few inches. He said that he knew what he was doing. They rotted away within a few years.
Darwin Award nominee!
“Hold My Beer”