The Tragedy Of The World's Tallest Waterslide: The History of Schlitterbahn

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  @ExpeditionThemePark · 3 years ago (edited) · pinned

  UPDATE: Discovery/travel channel has copyright claimed the footage from the Most Extreme Waterslide TV Show, it took me alot of effect to track this episode down and they have claimed it and want the video blocked in all regions. To stop this for now i have blurred the footage used, while i try find a better outcome. Sorry for the segments which are blurry but it was the only way to keep the video live. <br><br>What Expedition would you like to see next?

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  @Cincinnatijames · 3 years ago

  Imagine killing a 10 year old and destroying your family&apos;s business because basic engineering was just too much of a hassle for you.

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  @DrMD-1 · 2 years ago

  I work with Schlitterbahn in South Padre Island back in 2012 as a lifeguard. The company didn’t want to hire professional cleaners, so they LITERALLY made us scrub the river ground AND the sewers. At one time, a team of lifeguards were cleaning inside the machine that made the waves of the river. The machine somehow turned on, crushing one lifeguard inside the tank. I remember seeing the ambulances helicopter taking him away. He was declared dead the same week. <br><br>This company did everything they did to save a dime, and threatened us our jobs if we didn’t scrub the tanks. I’m so glad Schlitterbahn got what they deserved

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  @kingcars · 2 years ago

  The moment I saw the design of that slide, I told my wife, “This is exactly what I used to build in Roller Coaster Tycoon when I wanted to yeet people out of the park.”

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  @belcurve · 2 years ago

  Surely the guy who has no training or qualifications in engineering or physics is the ideal candidate to design &amp; build the highest waterslide ever made.

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  @enigmadrath1780 · 2 years ago

  &quot;They based the slide off of roller coasters.&quot;<br><br>Guess they forgot the part where roller coasters are ATTACHED to the tracks. Not just carts speeding through bends and loops on nothing but hope and prayer.

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  @LiveByTheNumbers · 2 years ago

  This guy builds waterslides like how I build stuff in Minecraft, just keep making and re-making it until it’s good enough.

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  @CrimsonID4 · 3 years ago (edited)

  <i><b>&quot;For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.&quot;</b></i><b></b> - Richard Feynman

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  @TheHookemhornman · 2 years ago

  Only time in my life I thought I was going to die was at one of their Texas water parks. I was maybe 8-9, in a race track style wave pool, that had one big area to pull in water for the waves followed by a massive jet area to create them. I was pulled by the suction to the bottom of the pool and my feet were stuck the vents that were sucking in water. I was just spinning in circles. Even as a kid it’s crystal clear now. I thought after what felt like 20-30 seconds “whelp this is it, I’m done”. <br><br>Had it not been for a heavy set Hispanic man grabbing my hand and pulling me away from the suction, I’m certain I would have died. To this day I wish I could thank him but have no information other than the glimpse of him I had the moment of breaking the surface. <br><br>Thinking back what really bothers me is that I remember this specific part of the circular pool had a handful of life guards watching the swimmers. I don’t think any of them noticed. Was just a random good Samaritan that noticed me and acted.

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  @guitarslinger777-j5c · 3 years ago

  My brother and I rode that three days before the accident.<br>It&apos;s not a ride. It was extremely rough all the way down. Like being tossed of a 40 story building in a raft with a weight on it.<br><br>It wasn&apos;t fun. It wasn&apos;t even thrilling to be honest. Just felt dangerous.

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  @discodog4582 · 2 years ago

  the fact that this guy ended up getting more punished for using drugs than killing a child is insane

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  @Dr-Peppy · 3 years ago

  What really bothers me is that this all could&apos;ve been avoided if they didnt have an &quot;airtime hill&quot; on a slide.

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