Posted on 12/04/2024 4:15:06 PM PST by BenLurkin
The sculpture that fell over was one of the 19 “solemn sprite” statues that were replicas of pieces initially created by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and artist Alfonso Iannelli in 1914. The replicas were given to the Arizona Biltmore in 1980s, according to the hotel’s website.
The mythological “guardian” statues are meant to “watch over the land on which the Biltmore rests,” the website says.
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SAD.....Prayers for the family.
Did the statue just fall or was the boy climbing on it? My guess is the latter.
For some reason reporters never ask the obvious question: “Who else was there when it happened?”
Hoo boy can I get in trouble here. Having been a boy once, and having 3 brothers within two and three years of my own age, let me tell you, I have some stories. My father was military and my mother was mentally ill and I have no idea how she managed to drag six kids around the world through airports and bus stations. We gave her a run for her money. Once while passing through New York which was before Kennedy airport I and 1 of my brothers went under the edge of all of the stalls on both sides of the women’s restroom and locked them all from the inside. So in spite of not having any details on this accident, I simply wonder if the child somehow contributed to it.
I knew a guy who flew to Canada to take his dream fishing trip. As soon as he got there he stood by the edge of the lake admiring the view and a huge tree branch fell on him.
Sometimes you are just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
statues dont fall by themselves.... and now someone is going to have to pay millions because a kid did something that wasnt too smart...
statues look like the Handmaid’s Tale.
if you look at the photos of the statues, it’s pretty obvious the kid was climbing on it and it fell on him.
My first thought, as well. Of course, personal behavior is of no interest to the lawyers who will exploit the situation.
Parents can’t take their eyes off for even a minute.
Pushed the bottom, it fell back on him. I read about a kid who pushed on the pole of a rusted rail road sign which broke off halfway up ,came down and struck him. Same thing nearly happened to me, pushing on a dead tree ; I pushed the tree over .but the rotted out top half decide not to go along and came down like it traveling down an elevator shaft.
Was it a Weeping Angel statue? I wouldn’t put anything past one of those.
Those things look like they have a very high CG. If it wasn’t anchored it wouldn’t be hard to tip over.
Odd coincidence , just the other day I watched a video about the dangers of trimming palm trees.
People try trimming them from the bottom up, the top portion snaps off and telescopes down on top of the trimmer. Top down is the only safe way to do it , so they say.
I had no idea.
Yep, it won’t matter. They’ll settle
It was a real surprise to me, I’ll tell you.
8 years is too old to not understand structural physics/gravity/weight. (At least in my childhood).
God speed child.
Yeah, I don't trust those things after Dr Who blew the whistle on them.
That reminds me of an incident from maybe 15 years ago.
A family of three were having dinner in a restaurant.
This was the type of high floor restaurant which slowly rotated in a circle, letting the customers enjoy the skyline.
The son of this family was about six or seven. Somehow, he wandered from the table and got his little body wedged between the floor and the rotating wall.
He didn’t survive. Parents sued. Many of the public blamed his parents for not paying attention to their son.
Reports spoke of them both looking at their phones during most of the meal.
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