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Post by Tummygoat on May 3, 2004 8:51:35 GMT -5
BOSTON (AP) - A 55-year-old man who died after falling out of a roller coaster shouldn't have been allowed on the ride because he was heavy and had cerebral palsy, his mother said Sunday. Germaine Mordarsky said her son, Stanley J. Mordarsky, could barely walk and used a motorized scooter for transportation. ``How could anybody as heavy as he was go up and spin up in the air like a yo-yo? It doesn't make any sense. He was over 200 pounds, maybe 225 pounds,'' Germaine Mordarsky, 82, said in a phone interview from her home in Bloomfield, Conn. cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1110&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20040502%2F2203655114.htm&sc=1110 |
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Post by kyblueintenn on May 3, 2004 10:40:29 GMT -5
I was on one at Six Flags in Georgia back in like 83,84, then it was like the 6th biggest and fastest in America or something. I remember asking God to get me off this thing alive and I would never be back on one again. He did, and I have kept my word, and INTEND TO !
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Post by Ncheeks4 on May 3, 2004 12:19:51 GMT -5
I LOVE COASTERS...me and my boy powda (rob) have been on many coasters together. but deep down whenever i am riding i think what if my harness stopped working.....freaks me out at times....i would hate to die like that.
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Post by Tummygoat on May 3, 2004 12:32:07 GMT -5
i didnt know powda was your friend. awesome.
Yeah i love coasters too. Chris probably heard me scream like a girl a couple of times at Cedar Point which is the best themepark I have ever been to and now they have some enormous coaster thats over 400 feet tall and goes 120 mph. Worlds largest by over 100 feet and fastest by like 20 mph.
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Post by Ncheeks4 on May 3, 2004 12:39:14 GMT -5
yeah i am dying to go back to cedar point....its been like 4 or 5 years since i have been there....
yeah powda and i have grown up together for years....his dad and my dad were best buds growing up as well.
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Post by KY Kid on May 3, 2004 16:03:00 GMT -5
The fact he weighed 200-225 should have no bearing on this. A lot of Americans weigh more than that. That's not even really that large.
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Post by Tummygoat on May 3, 2004 16:27:58 GMT -5
The fact he weighed 200-225 should have no bearing on this. A lot of Americans weigh more than that. That's not even really that large. Thats so sad, but so true. |
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Post by BlueCat on May 3, 2004 20:02:28 GMT -5
6'4" and 260 lbs. I love a good coaster. But then I'm not disabled either.
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Post by ChrisR155 on May 3, 2004 21:42:16 GMT -5
i didnt know powda was your friend. awesome. Yeah i love coasters too. Chris probably heard me scream like a girl a couple of times at Cedar Point which is the best themepark I have ever been to and now they have some enormous coaster thats over 400 feet tall and goes 120 mph. Worlds largest by over 100 feet and fastest by like 20 mph. Oh what a great trip that was. Man, and the awesome rollercoaster we rode on is now second best to the new one. Cheeks, Tummy, Powda...we should make it a trip sometime. |
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Post by BlueBaron on May 3, 2004 21:57:40 GMT -5
There's a new one at Dollywood this year. A wooden coaster... My wife will probably put me up to riding it with her!   |
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Post by kyblueintenn on May 4, 2004 22:37:26 GMT -5
There's a new one at Dollywood this year. A wooden coaster... My wife will probably put me up to riding it with her! We were there a few weeks ago, I saw it, thats as close as I intend on getting to it, Good luck my friend !!!!!!  TG, this cracked me up,(Chris probably heard me scream like a girl a couple of times ), at the time I rode that one, I was with a girl I was dating, and no way was I not gonna be cool , so I never screamed or anything (Until Now !!!)  Man did that thing shake me up !!! |
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Post by ChrisR155 on May 4, 2004 22:44:32 GMT -5
We were there a few weeks ago, I saw it, thats as close as I intend on getting to it, Good luck my friend !!!!!! TG, this cracked me up,(Chris probably heard me scream like a girl a couple of times ), at the time I rode that one, I was with a girl I was dating, and no way was I not gonna be cool , so I never screamed or anything (Until Now !!!) Man did that thing shake me up !!! Yes...and he DID scream like a girl--haha--jk  |
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Post by kyblueintenn on May 4, 2004 22:48:58 GMT -5
Yes...and he DID scream like a girl--haha--jk LOL I wish you had that on audio, |
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Post by Ncheeks4 on May 5, 2004 11:57:22 GMT -5
Oh what a great trip that was. Man, and the awesome rollercoaster we rode on is now second best to the new one. Cheeks, Tummy, Powda...we should make it a trip sometime. hey man i am definite game to go back...i am dying to ride the coasters they have built since my last trip. |
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