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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't understand how netting (at 65+ mph) would be a "safety" item.  Anything at that speed is dangerous.[/quote]

That was my thought, too.  It's hard to believe none of the engineers could foresee what would happen if someone hit the net.[/quote]

I hate to write this, but since you've chosen to read this far into the thread. . .  Some have said that he was decapitated by the netting or the metal framing for the netting.  There was blood pooled in the water at the the bottom of the track.[/quote]

http://heavy.com/news/2016/08/caleb-scott-melanie-schwab-schlitterbahn-verruckt-kansas-city-water-park-slide-accident-death-dies-parents-father-photos-video/

I watched the news footage in this link and it shows that two or three of the structural bars on the netting are bent.  So yeah, I imagine the result of that is pretty gruesome.

But seriously, hitting the net would be my very first thought just looking at that slide, but I'm a what's-the-worst-that-could-happen kind of mom.  Engineers didn't think of it?  That thing should be closed down for good.  I can't imagine anyone letting their kid go on it again.[/quote]

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