Girl's feet severed on ride at Six Flags in Kentucky

POSTED: 12:13 a.m. EDT, June 22, 2007
A girl's feet were cut off Thursday when a free-fall thrill ride malfunctioned at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park in Louisville, Kentucky, police said.

A cord wrapped around the 16-year-old's feet and severed them at her ankles while she was on the "Superman Tower of Power," a police dispatcher said. The girl was taken to a local hospital.

An unidentified witness told CNN affiliate WLKY she saw a cable on the ride snap.

"The people on the ride just came and hit the ground," she said. "When I got up there, the lady she was just sitting there, and she didn't have no legs. ... And she was just there, calm, probably in shock from everything."

"That could have been all of us -- riding that ride," witness Whitney Sandfer told CNN affiliate WDRB/WMYO.

The incident took place shortly before 5 p.m. ET, according to Six Flags spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg. The park remained open, but the ride in question was shut down and will remain so until the full investigation is complete, Goldberg said.

During the ride, passengers are lifted to 177 feet, suspended momentarily and then dropped, according to the park's Web site.

Passengers drop 154 feet at 54 mph, stopping "just 20 terrifying feet above the pavement," it adds.

"I seen the car go up. Then, like, the cable broke, I heard -- pwchh -- and I heard a lot of people screaming," Chris Stinnett, who was at a ride next to the Superman Tower of Power, told WDRB/WMYO.

"The cable went under the car -- and I seen it pull up and hit a lot of people -- and I seen them bring their legs up," Stinnett said.

The ride was introduced in 1995.

Source: CNN News

This is such a terrifying news, it’s like one of the scene from horror movie - Final Destination 3. I really can’t imagine what / how all those witnesses felt when they witnessed the whole incident. If I’m one of the witnesses, I will become phobia of this kind of machines forever, even though the chances of this kind of incident is very low if compare with car accident.

So next time if go to Genting Highland, have to think twice before go up to the Space Shot... haha...

随着年龄的成长，之间感情已没小时那么好。。。
我选择封闭自我，一来是我天生的性格，二来不想让他们操心。。。
可是他们的关心依然永不停蹄。。。
无时无刻为我操心，虽然我已不是当年的小孩了。。。
他们没有私心，没有要求回报，苛求的只是我的健康与开心。。。
看着逐渐年迈的他们，心中倍感心疼。。。
一窝长大的鸟儿们已逐渐各奔西东。。。
突然很怀念小时一家乐融融的欢笑声。。。
很希望这段缘份能延续一生一世。。。永无休止。。。

看到朋友foward过来的电邮。。。
突然感到有点想哭的感动。。。

历史悠久的畅销漫画Fantastic Four两年前以爆米花暑假大热电影的形式初次面世，虽然影评只是一般，庞大的漫画迷与电影迷却被鲜明的超酷人物，特级动作与轻松的剧情吸引，而在世界各国创造了旋风与很好的票房。也造就了两位新的超级巨星，饰演Invisible Woman的Jessica Alba以及饰演Human Torch的Chris Evans。

今年暑假卷土重来的第二集，原班人马再次出击拯救地球，除了要面对上一集归来的Dr. Doom，还加入了让人注目及初登大银幕的Marvel旗下另一位畅销漫画人物Silver Surfer，来重现Fantastic Four漫画历史里其中最畅销的一个单元 - The Galactus Trilogy。

Fantastic Four : Rise of The Silver Surfer里的主角预告

Silver Surfer

来自外太空亦敌亦友的神秘银河使者，奉专吞噬行星的宇宙破坏个体Galactus之命，来到地球部署终结计划而遇上挺身而出维护世界和平Fantastic Four的阻扰。

原名Norrin Radd是Zenn-La星球的一位年轻的天文学家，为了维护自己的星球与爱人Shalla Bal遭受Galactus的吞噬，不惜出卖自己的灵魂与Galactus交易，成为它的使者 - Silver Surfer。Galactus把宇宙最强的力量Power Cosmic注入他的体内，再加上他自制的飞行冲浪板让他在宇宙所向无敌。电影版的他会否如漫画般，最后受Fantastic Four的感化而选择叛乱不惜反抗Galactus维护地球和平?

全身银色的他，以银色飞行冲浪板以光似的速度任意地穿梭宇宙与任何空间。宇宙里除了Galactus，没有任何生物能丝毫伤害他，就算Fantastic Four四子联手也不是他的对手，这将会是Fantastic Four棘手的一战。

Richard Reeds (aka Mr. Fantastic)

身为队长的Richard，成熟稳重，是个天才科学家。忙碌于发明新的科技玩意儿，尤其是这集首次登场能飞天遁地的Fantasti-Car就是出自于他的得意之作。

Sue Storm (aka Invisible Woman)

终于与Richard举行世纪婚礼，却因为Silver Surfer的出现而被破坏。比起上集，她已熟能生巧地控制自己的隐形力量，及能制造更大更强的磁场。

Johnny Storm (aka Human Torch)

喜欢成为公众焦点的Johnny，依然是花花公子，身边永远围绕着无数的美女。好胜的他除了胜于飞天与火攻之外，这集他还因为接触了Silver Surfer，影响了体内基因，而拥有了能吸收他人力量而占为己有的优势。

Benn Grimm (aka The Thing)

强硬与暴燥的Benn依然与轻佻的Johnny是欢喜冤家，Johnny总是拿他寻开心，而Benn总是拿他没办法。而且Benn终于与盲女Alicia Masters的感情开花结果了。

Victor Von Doom (aka Dr. Doom)

邪恶的Doom终于因为Silver Surfer的出现，间接地让他复活而再次危祸人间。他更试图拉拢Silver Surfer与他一起战斗，却被拒绝了。最后更假意帮助Fantastic Four力抗侵略者，其实是为了夺取Silver Surfer的力量，成为这次战争里的关键人物之一。

精彩剧照


劲爆内幕

1. Fantastic Four真正初次登陆大银幕是1994年，电影公司为了版权的问题而制作了一部低成本的电影，可是最后成品却不了了之。
2. 让人注目的Galactus将不会以漫画里的造型献身，反而会以风暴云层替代，原因不详，可是让人失望。
3. 之前因为很多漫画迷投诉上集The Thing的设计不忠于原著，所以制作组重新设计The Thing，还他熟悉突出的额头。
4. 漫画里，盲女Alicia Masters的后父其实就是Phillip Masters (aka Puppet Master)，是一个专用泥玩偶随意控制他人的超级歹角。
5. 漫画迷津津乐道的Richard与Sue的世纪婚礼，这段剧情曾在1965年第一次登场時造成轰动，就像漫画界的查理王子与黛妃的婚礼盛況。结婚后，俩人育有一对儿女 - 拥有超强念力的变种人Franklin Richards，及来自未来精通各种力量的天才Valeria Richards (aka Marvel Girl)。
6. 这集如果票房大卖，电影公司不排除会推出Silver Surfer的个人电影，及Fantastic Four 3，而且不排除会加入其他Marvel超级英雄的诞生。