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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The age requirement was dropped at the start of this season.

[b]The brother was watching from the ground and said to a worker, "My brother just died on one of your attractions." Then went to find his mother.  So it must have been pretty horrific if the kid knew immediately that his brother was dead.[/b]

Also read that people had been complaining all summer that the Velcro straps on the ride were malfunctioning, probably due to wear and tear.[/quote]

How horrifying.  I hadn't seen that.  So terrible.

Agree that ride needs to be shut down.  Period.[/quote]

This quote does not ring true for a 12-year old.  Apparently the brother, Nate, was also screaming according to reports. There was also a young friend who was screaming and crying.

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First PP quoted above.  I agree about the wording not ringing true, but I think it's likely that he said something to that effect based on what else has been reported-- that the brothers were separated at the top and each went down with two adult strangers in consecutive rafts, that the parents were not at Verrucht with the two boys, that as soon Caleb's body slid to the bottom, the lifeguards held everyone back rather than try to administer any aid.[/quote]

According to the people article, his brother was decapitated (confirmed by police).  If that is accurate, there is really no first aid the lifeguards could have administered that would help and they were right to keep everyone back.[/quote]

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