Posted on 04/19/2007 12:50:18 PM PDT by Cecily
A boy was killed in a parasailing accident when the rope towing him snapped after a freak squall quadrupled the wind speed.
Ten-year-old Tony Loyden died instantly from serious head injuries after crashing on to the roof of a beachside mosque in Dubai at almost 30mph.
An inquest heard that the youngster, from Plymouth, was living in the Middle East with his parents Tony, 49, and Patsy, 48, and the family had decided to go parasailing with friends.
Within minutes of Tony going up the wind speed suddenly increased from 7mph to just under 30mph, causing the tow rope to snap and sending him flying uncontrollably towards shore.
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Great Paul Harvey story.
Prayers for his parents, how sad to witness this.
Prayers for the boy and family.
How horrible. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family in this time of grief. So sad.
OMG!! Prayers.
Very sad. Poor parenting decisions led to his needless death.
Are there any engineers or mathematicians that can estimate or explain why a tow rope holding a 50-lb*estimate* kid would snap in a 30mph gust? Certainly the rope should be strong enough to withstand three or four times the pull of whatever weight it was rated for, wouldn’t it?
The article said it was a new rope in good shape too.
For infidels they use the old, worn out rope.
The natives substituted their old, beat-up dhimmi rope when the westerners showed up wanting a ride.
wondering the same thing. Only thing i can think of is there may have been a slack in the line for a moment then the gust hit.
Arrrrrgh!... Darn squirrels. ;-)
C'mon now, it's a sad story.
that isn’t even funny.
And heartless.
Exactly how is my asserting that to be an honestly poor parenting decision a "stupid statement"?
Exactly how?
a freak squall quadrupled the wind speed.
Was Gore in town??
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