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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Tre on January 17, 2009, 10:46:11 PM
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Tragic:
TACOMA, Wash. – Debris flew into the grandstands at a monster truck show in Washington state, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring another spectator, witnesses and city officials said Saturday.
A red truck came apart while doing doughnuts during the freestyle competition of Friday night's Monster Jam show, the witnesses said. Debris from the truck flew 30 to 50 feet over a safety barrier into the stands.
"Parts were falling off and a piece flew up and hit a little boy," Christine Moe told King Television of Seattle.
Police Officer Mark Fulghum said officers serving as security at the Tacoma Dome investigated the accident.
"At this point, there's nothing to indicate that there's anything criminal," Fulghum told The Associated Press on Saturday night. "Right now it looks like a tragic accident."
The Pierce County medical examiner's office identified the boy killed as Sebastian Hizey of Puyallup.
The boy's father, Jessie Hizey, issued a statement to KIRO-TV on Saturday that said his son was hit in the head by a Frisbee-sized piece of metal, weighing between 7 and 12 pounds.
"I cannot get the images" out of my head, the father said.
The man who was injured was taken to a hospital Friday night, but Robert McNair-Huff, community relations manager for the city, said the man's identity was not available Saturday.
Some spectators told the TV station they had to throw cups off the stands to get the attention of medics. The show continued after the two were hurt, and many spectators left.
"They just kept going," Moe said. "We grabbed our kids and just bee-lined out of there."
Laurie Deranleau, 32, a nurse from Westport, told The News Tribune, "Everybody sitting around thought they should have dropped the show and gave the family some respect. Nobody was paying attention to the show."
The Tacoma Dome was continuing with four Monster Jam shows on Saturday and Sunday.
McNair-Huff said the promoter, Feld Motor sports, promised more inspections of trucks in the show and that the truck involved in the accident would be withdrawn.
"All of us at Feld Motor Sports are saddened by the accident that occurred last night at the Monster Jam Show in Tacoma when two of our customers were seriously injured," the Aurora, Ill., company said in a statement Saturday to the AP. "Feld Motor Sports is looking into this tragic accident as the safety of all our customers is our top priority and this type of incident has never happened before in the history of Monster Jam events."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090118/ap_on_re_us/monster_truck_death
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Damn.... :'(
Try to take your kid to have some fun, and this shit happens? :-\
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that is just horrible... :'( makes me sick that they just continued the show.
what that kids poor dad must be going thru. :'(
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he died for those monster truck bitches
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he died for those monster truck bitches
That's a horrible thing to say ;D
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DeltsaFarce can make a joke out of this kid dying but yet finds no humor in the Bobby Sly thread? ::)
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American society: all about the show that must go on. Fuckin' brainwashed lunatics. ::)
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American society: all about the show that must go on. Fuckin' brainwashed lunatics. ::)
liberals I tell ya,,, ::)
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liberals I tell ya,,, ::)
Yeah I'm sure a lot of liberals hang out at Monster Truck shows...... ::)
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Yeah I'm sure a lot of liberals hang out at Monster Truck shows...... ::)
LIBERALS=PEDs
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Tragic:
TACOMA, Wash. – Debris flew into the grandstands at a monster truck show in Washington state, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring another spectator, witnesses and city officials said Saturday.
A red truck came apart while doing doughnuts during the freestyle competition of Friday night's Monster Jam show, the witnesses said. Debris from the truck flew 30 to 50 feet over a safety barrier into the stands.
"Parts were falling off and a piece flew up and hit a little boy," Christine Moe told King Television of Seattle.
Police Officer Mark Fulghum said officers serving as security at the Tacoma Dome investigated the accident.
"At this point, there's nothing to indicate that there's anything criminal," Fulghum told The Associated Press on Saturday night. "Right now it looks like a tragic accident."
The Pierce County medical examiner's office identified the boy killed as Sebastian Hizey of Puyallup.
The boy's father, Jessie Hizey, issued a statement to KIRO-TV on Saturday that said his son was hit in the head by a Frisbee-sized piece of metal, weighing between 7 and 12 pounds.
"I cannot get the images" out of my head, the father said.
The man who was injured was taken to a hospital Friday night, but Robert McNair-Huff, community relations manager for the city, said the man's identity was not available Saturday.
Some spectators told the TV station they had to throw cups off the stands to get the attention of medics. The show continued after the two were hurt, and many spectators left.
"They just kept going," Moe said. "We grabbed our kids and just bee-lined out of there."
Laurie Deranleau, 32, a nurse from Westport, told The News Tribune, "Everybody sitting around thought they should have dropped the show and gave the family some respect. Nobody was paying attention to the show."
The Tacoma Dome was continuing with four Monster Jam shows on Saturday and Sunday.
McNair-Huff said the promoter, Feld Motor sports, promised more inspections of trucks in the show and that the truck involved in the accident would be withdrawn.
"All of us at Feld Motor Sports are saddened by the accident that occurred last night at the Monster Jam Show in Tacoma when two of our customers were seriously injured," the Aurora, Ill., company said in a statement Saturday to the AP. "Feld Motor Sports is looking into this tragic accident as the safety of all our customers is our top priority and this type of incident has never happened before in the history of Monster Jam events."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090118/ap_on_re_us/monster_truck_death
Since the show was completed, there will be no refunds. However, take your ticket stub to the nearest Taco Bell and get a free soft taco with the purchase of any value meal.
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Last night's show also had a near-capacity crowd.
I guess they figured there was no way a 7-lb metal frisbee would fly into the stands again, but I heard some of the attendees did wear helmets.
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he died for those monster truck bitches
LOL!
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His dad must feel like shit :/
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Haha. Of course the show must go on. :-\
Cus an indivisual is like shit in front of the society. :-\
We are too many....
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American society: all about the show that must go on. Fuckin' brainwashed lunatics. ::)
We're not all savages here asshole.
What enlightened society do you come from? ::)
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write them and let them know how you feel about leaving some little kid to die.
c'mon get active, no use in just complaining about it.
webmaster@monsterjamonline.com
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"All of us at Feld Motor Sports are saddened by the accident that occurred last night at the Monster Jam Show in Tacoma when two of our customers were seriously injured," the Aurora, Ill., company said in a statement Saturday to the AP. "Feld Motor Sports is looking into this tragic accident as the safety of all our customers is our top priority and this type of incident has never happened before in the history of Monster Jam events."
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Assholes.
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So you people are saying they should have stopped the show, refunded hundreds of tickets and lost even more money on top of what the insurance payout would be? People realize there is an inherent danger to attending events like that, they just never think it will happen to them.
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sad, can't imagine anyhting as painful as losing a child, especially that young.
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P.I.P :'(
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sad, can't imagine anyhting as painful as losing a child, especially that young.
Yep. I can't imagine what that poor family is going through.
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So you people are saying they should have stopped the show, refunded hundreds of tickets and lost even more money on top of what the insurance payout would be? People realize there is an inherent danger to attending events like that, they just never think it will happen to them.
Even though this had never happened before, I don't know how you go out the next night and do a show without at least acting like your safety protocol had been re-evaluated.
Freak accidents are a part of life, though. *sigh*
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Even though this had never happened before, I don't know how you go out the next night and do a show without at least acting like your safety protocol had been re-evaluated.
Freak accidents are a part of life, though. *sigh*
People were out shopping Sept 12th, Tre.
The show always goes on.
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Sad. RIP little boy. Hopefully he died enjoying something he loved.
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We're not all savages here asshole.
What enlightened society do you come from? ::)
There's always a halfwit that takes the bate. Congratulations on your meltdown.
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People were out shopping Sept 12th, Tre.
The show always goes on.
That's how you Americans look at life: The Show Must Go On! ::)
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That's how you Americans look at life: The Show Must Go On! ::)
Maybe we should stop the whole world for a moment and mourn. Wonder how the would effect the US air drops to your third world country?
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Sad. RIP little boy. Hopefully he died enjoying something he loved.
Yea, I'm sure he enjoyed having bits of monster truck embedded in his head ::)
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There's always a halfwit that takes the bate. Congratulations on your meltdown.
Halfwit? I'll challenge you to a battle of wits anytime my man.
And it's not a meltdown. I have buttons. You pushed them.
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Halfwit? I'll challenge you to a battle of wits anytime my man.
And it's not a meltdown. I have buttons. You pushed them.
So, the harder I'll push your "buttons", the "wittier" you get? ::)
Maybe we should stop the whole world for a moment and mourn. Wonder how the would effect the US air drops to your third world country?
Back off!
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Sad. RIP little boy. Hopefully he died enjoying something he loved.
shut the fucck up dude seriously, you're a classless asshole.
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So, the harder I'll push your "buttons", the "wittier" you get? ::)
Back off!
That depends on how good you are.
I don't see the need to apply "wit" unless the situation calls for it.
By all means, see if your theory proves correct.
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This could've been anyone's son or little brother:
(http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2009/Jan/Week3/15205948.jpg)