mrsmcdandkids@ (MrsMCDandKids) wrote in message news:<20030701220853.11451.00001962@mb-m13.>...
> 3 people were just on Fox 5 news at 10PM being interviewed earlier and they
> were almost in tears because of what happened to them, actually one of the
> girls was whipping tears from her face. One girl saying "I will NEVER ride
> another coaster again!" Fox 5 news also goes onto say that riders complained
> that the park took WAY to long to call for help, sounds typical of this park.
> Scared parents waiting below thinking their children were going to fall out.
> One parent said "I didn't know what to think, park employees told us nothing!"
> "When we tried to ask for information, we were spoken to in a rude mannor."
>
> Unbelievable!
I saw this on Fox 11 out here in LA, and did find it interesting that
three people were interviewed out of the possible 28 riders.
Obviously, the girl was the one having the strongest reaction out of
everyone, and all three were aired because they gave choice quotes.
Someone saying "Well, it sucked being stuck up there, but the coaster
did what it was designed to do: keep us safely up there when the
systems weren't sure that it was safe to let us go" wouldn't make for
much ratings-wise, would it?
Not to say that I think SF handled it perfectly, knowing SF, they
probably didn't. However, just like all the other coaster news
stories in recent past, some of this story should be taken with a
grain of s
Fox 5 Confirms TERRIFIED Passengers! 
