Teen's Heart Stops After Disney Ride
4-Year-Old Died After Ride Last Month
POSTED: 1:31 pm PDT July 12, 2005
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 16-year-old British girl was at a hospital Tuesday near Walt Disney World in Florida after suffering cardiac arrest following a thrill ride.
The incident came one month after a 4-year-old Pennsylvania boy died following a ride at Disney's Epcot Center.
A sheriff's spokesman said 16-year-old Leanne Deacon felt strange after riding "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror," which depicts a haunted elevator ride.
The girl told her mother she would be OK. Instead, her condition worsened, and her heart stopped beating. She had to be resuscitated by emergency workers.
The spokesman said no other passengers complained of injuries and that the ride seemed to be functioning properly.
There was no immediate comment from the Disney company.
On the Tower of Terror, riders are placed in an elevator that shoots up 13 stories, and plummets back twice.
POSTED: 1:31 pm PDT July 12, 2005
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 16-year-old British girl was at a hospital Tuesday near Walt Disney World in Florida after suffering cardiac arrest following a thrill ride.
The incident came one month after a 4-year-old Pennsylvania boy died following a ride at Disney's Epcot Center.
A sheriff's spokesman said 16-year-old Leanne Deacon felt strange after riding "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror," which depicts a haunted elevator ride.
The girl told her mother she would be OK. Instead, her condition worsened, and her heart stopped beating. She had to be resuscitated by emergency workers.
The spokesman said no other passengers complained of injuries and that the ride seemed to be functioning properly.
There was no immediate comment from the Disney company.
On the Tower of Terror, riders are placed in an elevator that shoots up 13 stories, and plummets back twice.
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1 Comments:
I don't make this stuff up! Maybe that's why they always have those 'no heart condition' warning signs on rides. Oh hell...I have no idea what I'm talking about - I've never been to DisneyAnything.
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