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I watched the one about the waterslide (at Schlitterbahn) that decapitated a 10 year old kid in front of two women. It was the tallest waterslide, was built in like 1/3rd of time, and the guys who built it had never made a waterslide before. Their safety testing was trial and error, which showed the raft fly off the ride at the first hill multiple times. Their solution was to put a net with hoop supports, which is what cut the kid's head off.
The only positive was that the kid was the son of a Kansas Republican, and Republicans only care about safety hazards when it affects them directly, so there actually were consequences.
Still an awful thing though. I live in KC and remember that news.
I also remember drying through Kansas and seeing the freakishly tall slide.