KS - Caleb Schwab, 10, dies on 17-story Schlitterbahn waterpark slide, Aug 2016

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As will I. Why does it almost always take a death to show that some things -- all kinds of things -- should be torn down, taken off the market, etc., etc.?
Velcro -- can you imagine? Not even a real restraint -- a heavy-duty seat belt may indeed have spared this sweet boy. WTF were they thinking? They were thinking $$$$.
 
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