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macfantn · Jun 21, 2007, 09:51 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/21/six...ent/index.html

this is awful news I feel sorry her

macfantn · Jun 21, 2007, 09:58 PM

true, but my feet are priceless. I certainly wouldn't give them up for millions of dollars. well maybe one of them lol.

Lateralus · Jun 21, 2007, 09:59 PM

Sad as the story may be, the truth is that she wont need her feet soon anyways. She'll be able to pay somebody to do all of her walking for her.

KeriVit · Jun 21, 2007, 10:04 PM

She'll have the best prosthetic feet money can buy.

Rev-O · Jun 21, 2007, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by Lateralus

Sad as the story may be, the truth is that she wont need her feet soon anyways. She'll be able to pay somebody to do all of her walking for her.

Hahahahahaha! Boy, that was hilarious! Well, at least in a completely idiotic sort of way. I'm sure you thought long and hard to find something witty and edgy to put in your reply. Sadly, you failed miserably.
The girl is 16 and lost her feet. Obviously a fine time to interject a bit of levity!

hyteckit · Jun 21, 2007, 10:09 PM

Imaging if the cable got the neck instead!??

If she was killed, she would've gotten less I bet.

I'm never going on a roller coaster again. I saw final destination 3.

Cold Warrior · Jun 21, 2007, 10:12 PM

I'm surprised Cooper Anderson hasn't shown the video yet.

Lateralus · Jun 21, 2007, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by Rev-O

Hahahahahaha! Boy, that was hilarious! Well, at least in a completely idiotic sort of way. I'm sure you thought long and hard to find something witty and edgy to put in your reply. Sadly, you failed miserably.
The girl is 16 and lost her feet. Obviously a fine time to interject a bit of levity!

I anticipated a reply from somebody like you. Hence why I prefaced my post with the words 'Sad as the story may be'. But a drama queen will be a drama queen and there is little I can do to soothe you.

That said, my best friend had one of his fingers severed when he was 14 by a school teacher who accidentally slammed a door on his hand. Given the size of the school settlement, he's never regretted it once and jokes about it regularly.

CharlesS · Jun 21, 2007, 10:22 PM

You guys are jerks.

Lava Lamp Freak · Jun 21, 2007, 10:52 PM

This is the ride I would never go on. I love the roller coasters, but every time I've visited Kentucky Kingdom, I just couldn't put myself on that ride. I rode it once about 6 years ago and told myself at the top that if I lived, I'd never do it again. I didn't think about the possibility of my feet being cut off. My thrill park days are over, I think.

macfantn · Jun 21, 2007, 11:01 PM

i'm not big into thrill rides, now i may never ride again

Rev-O · Jun 21, 2007, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by Lateralus

I anticipated a reply from somebody like you. Hence why I prefaced my post with the words 'Sad as the story may be'. But a drama queen will be a drama queen and there is little I can do to soothe you.

That said, my best friend had one of his fingers severed when he was 14 by a school teacher who accidentally slammed a door on his hand. Given the size of the school settlement, he's never regretted it once and jokes about it regularly.

Oh happy day, for sooth me you have. When I responded so rashly I failed to realize the depth of your understanding on this topic! Thanks for making it clear that losing a finger is equivalent to never walking on your own feet again. I regret how I misjudged you and falsely characterized the nature of your remarks! I see the humor in it now! Just thinking about how this girl will spend her money and make jokes in the fond memory of her feet being severed has assuaged my outrage.

Lateralus · Jun 21, 2007, 11:50 PM

You need a beer dude.

CharlesS · Jun 21, 2007, 11:54 PM

I'm sorry, when a story is about a teenaged girl losing both feet in a rollercoaster accident and the very first reply contains the word "lol", and then is followed by two more people taking the opportunity to crack jokes... something's wrong.

There is no amount of

in the world that can express how I feel about your attempting to turn something like this into a joke thread.

Lateralus · Jun 22, 2007, 12:01 AM

Hah.

The thread didn't need to go this way. My comment was made seriously. I simply stated the truth. In fact, I didn't even find the comment funny when I wrote it because it was never intended to be funny. Six Flags is gonna pay through the nose over this. And that fact will end up becoming the biggest part of this story in a few days. It always does in incidents like this.

But you and Rev-O had to start acting like PETA and ruin the thread by launching nukes over nothing. If there's any blame to be placed it's on you two.

And with that, this thread has apparently run its course.

macfantn; if you'd like to create another thread for this, feel free to do so.

ghporter · Jun 22, 2007, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by CharlesS

I'm sorry, when a story is about a teenaged girl losing both feet in a rollercoaster accident and the very first reply contains the word "lol", and then is followed by two more people taking the opportunity to crack jokes... something's wrong.

There is no amount of

in the world that can express how I feel about your attempting to turn something like this into a joke thread.

Note that the FIRST REPLY was posted by THE ORIGINAL POSTER, and was in a statement completely separate from reporting the event. The OP said "lol" in an obviously ironic manner-read the whole post again to see what context it was used in.

I'm disappointed that so many people chimed in on this thread simply to be impolite. Lateralus is right when he says that this sort of thing results in huge lawsuits and settlements, and HIS post to that effect was also obviously done with an ironic spin. I am horrified that this sort of accident could happen, but more than that, I'm saddened by the way the MacNN crowd has dealt with it.