Today, all archives of the episode and mentions of Verrckt have been scrubbed from the Travel Channels records, and the episode is no longer available on streaming services. Is that one of the ride boats to the right? KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A witness to the tragic death of a 10-year-old boy on the world's tallest water slide in Kansas has revealed gruesome details of how the boy died. Records show that Jeffrey Henry, co-owner of Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts, was booked into the jail in Cameron County, Texas. Are you a high school dropout? The poles holding the structure up were rusted, and the paint was chipping away. * It's for thrill seekers of the world, people into extreme adventure." *(bold emphasis mine) The netting on Schlitterbahn's Verruckt being removed by crews following on the ride death of 12yo boy. In the plans, you see a destination comprising the rides of Schlitterbahn, the culture of the San Antonio River Walk, and the lodging of Swiss Family Robinson. The boy's family had reached a settlement with . One little boy was screaming for help, Sanford remembered. Visitors flocked to Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, Kansas, to experience its thrill. (The shows executive producers did not respond to multiple interview requests.). There are no federal inspection laws for waterparks in the U.S., and inspections are handled on a state-by-state basis. Mayor Hinges on Voter Rolls, Preventing a Repeat of WWII-Era Imprisonment, Fox News Told Viewers What They Wanted to Hear. We have to understand what's happened. I saw the sandbags fly out of the boat and I still went down it, Wyandotte County District judge Kathleen Lynch told Esquire, who added that she estimated she rode Verrckt more than ten times. Over two years after 10-year-old Caleb Schwab lost his life on the tallest waterslide in the world, the amusement park industry has yet to fully reckon with the tragedy. NOW. 10-year-old boy dies on 17-story waterslide The Verrckt - the world's tallest water slide, at Kansas City's Schlitterbahn water park - is known for its unparalleled, 168-foot vertical drop.. Based on a three-year average of the most recent data, the chance of being seriously injured on a fixed-site ride at a U.S. amusement park is one in seventeen million, said Susan Storey, IAAPAs director of communications. Scott Schwab is a Republican from Olathe. Paul Oberhauser who visited the park two weeks ago told CBS News that his velcro safety belt came off while riding with a friend and his 9-year-old son about two weeks ago, An image shows netting being removed from a portion of the ride following the tragic incident on Sunday. People stream into the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan., on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, as it re-opens three days after a 10-year-old boy died on the parks most noted attraction, the 17-story Verruckt slide. I think just the excitement of the ride itself drowned out the frightening part of the straps coming off, Dueas told Esquire. The thought of this is making me sick! I feel really bad about this now, the nineteen-year-old told Esquire about that day, but I was joking with the lifeguard, asking her if anyone had ever died on this thing. And she hasn't removed her tweet about it being a decapitation. DeSantis coming to CA as new poll shows him leading Trump. When the time came to finally open the slide in July 2014, the hype had hit a fever pitch, with favorable headlines and print, TV, and video pieces coming from the likes of the Today show, ABC News, USA Today, Grantland, the Kansas City Star, and others. Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office did not immediately respond to phone calls and emails seeking further comment, details about Henry's arrest, or information about exactly what criminal charges he faces. Neither were related to Schwab, but his parents were with him at the park that day. Check out Bay Area safety tracker, Tracking the drought: Map shows conditions across SF Bay Area, Bay Area Life; Sundays at 6:30 p.m. on ABC7, Water park, ex-employee charged in 10-year-old's 2016 death on ride, Gruesome details revealed in boy's water slide death at Kansas park, Witness Describes 'Horrific Scene' at Water Park After Boy Died. It was his first appearance in Kansas since Schwabs death. Caleb Thomas. 3. Not much released at the news conference, but I will be intrigued to find out after the investigation, exactly what happened. One said she had her eyes closed for the whole ride. Lawyers also argued the grand jury shouldn't have heard testimony about another death at a Schlitterbahn park in Texas because it's not relevant to what happened here. In early 2017, Schwabs family settled with Schlitterbahn and other companies involved in their sons death for nearly twenty million dollars. What started out as a freak accident has turned into a broader conversation about what its going to take for the amusement-park industry, which prides itself on its safety record and confidence to self-regulate, to prevent another Verrckt and Caleb Schwablevel tragedy. Schlitterbahn is open through Labor . Prosapio said Schlitterbahn does not expect any changes to the Kansas City park's season, which is set to open May 25 and run through Labor Day. Well have more details for you and we will share them, she said, but right now our focus is with the family.. Per http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2014/07/09/verruckt-water-slide-schlitterbahn-park/12411769/ the age limit was removed years ago: The person who tweeted this IS a reporter for Fox 4 Kansas City. After delays forced the park into a soft opening in 2009 and a full-season opening in 2010, Schlitterbahn Kansas City, without any of the lodging originally envisioned, was labeled as a $180 million investment, missing the initial projection by more than three-quarters of the value. Giant Verrckt Water Slide at Schlitterbahn Kansas City. RELATED: Witness Describes 'Horrific Scene' at Water Park After Boy Died. Henry entered a not guilty plea and rarely spoke during the hearing. Storey added: The industrys long-standing safety record exists because safety is our top priority., A safety expert whos worked with Schooley and Henry says allegations of misconduct are baffling. Her petition showed that her accident resulted in multiple spiral fractures of her tibia and fibula. What made me say that was that the sandbags that were being tested kept flying off the rafts. (The anecdote was corroborated in the reporting from the July story in Texas Monthly. So it's probably bloodwhich is really creepy and really sad. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. (Baetz and Barnes, the two sisters who rode with Caleb and suffered serious facial injuries, settled with Schlitterbahn for an undisclosed amount in 2017. The indictment also said Henry helped design the giant waterslide even though he had "no technical or engineering credentials" and that he set a "rushed timeline" for its construction. Calebs parents, Kansas State legislator Scott Schwab and his wife, Michele, released a statement on Sunday night remembering their freckle-faced little boy. We have to understand what's happened. Caleb Schwab AP. It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. In September 2005, the company announced plans for a park in Kansas City, Kansasits first water park outside the Lone Star State and the fourth of five current facilitieswith grandiose visions of building the kind of towering resort with hotels, cabins, and tree houses that would take Schlitterbahn to the next level. And I said, I need to hear it from you: Is he dead? He [said], Yes, your son is dead.. During testing of the water slide, there was video footage of rafts doing exactly that. State law leaves it to the Kansas Department of Labor to adopt rules and regulations relating to certification and inspection of rides, adding that an amusement ride at a permanent location 'shall be self-inspected by a qualified inspector at least every 12 months.'. By. My thoughts are with the boy's family and anyone who witnessed the accident. If we actually knew how to do this, and it could be done that easily, it wouldnt be that spectacular, Schooley said at the time, according to the indictment. It was not immediately clear why as 12-year-old was on the slide. The park, which had been open since 2009, was the first effort outside of Texas for Schlitterbahn, the family-run water-park dynasty thats become the worlds preeminent aquatic amusement giant, with its original park winning Best Waterpark in the World by Amusement Today for two consecutive decades. I said, Mmmm, I just announced this major new ride. Steven Tyson, his assistant at the time, added: He wasnt the tallest and he wasnt the fastest, so he decided to make that happen., Schooley would recall to Gizmodo in July 2014 their reasoning for building Verrckt: Basically, we were crazy enough to try anything.. Five defendants are charged in Schwab's death: Jeff Henry, John Schooley, Henry and Son's Construction, Tyler Miles and Schlitterbahn Water Park (KC Water Park Management Company). 'There are no federal standards and so it really is up to the park operators, the manufacturers of the rides and the states to make sure this is a safe environment," said Deborah Hersman, president and CEO of the National Safety Council.'. In 2013, lifeguard Nico Benavides, 20, was killed at the company's park on South Padre Island, Texas, when a mechanical door slammed on the guard's head. For what is your life? She suffered slipped spinal disks, an injury thats left her with chronic back pain. Schlitterbahn spokeswoman Winter Prosapiotold reporters at a press conference: ""We honestly don't know what's happened. Galveston's Schlitterbahn does not have the slide Schwab was killed on, but. Police have revealed that 10-year-old Caleb Schwab - who was involved in a fatal accident at Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City on Sunday - died of a "neck . Kansas state Rep. Scott Schwab, father of Caleb Schwab, in his Statehouse office in Topeka, Kansas on October 4, 2018. Another witness to the tragedy revealed some of the gruesome details surrounding the boys death earlier in the week. The financial crisis of 2008 caused priorities to shift in many areas, including the amusement-park industry. It was shocking and tragic when Caleb Schwab, 10, was decapitated on August 17, 2016 on the Verruckt waterslide at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City. Given that safety is our first priority we have closed our Kansas City park and have closed the ride pending a full investigation. Caleb's friend called for help but the medics were unable to revive him, the girls recalled. (An) outside, inside investigation will be underway, and it will be a complete one To be honest, this is not something we've experienced.". What unfolded next could be viewed today as an instance of Henrys obsession with being the best. She wondered to herself if the Velcro straps that held riders in place were safe enough on a waterslide deemed by the Guinness Book of World Records two years earlier to be the tallest in existence. (The state's assistant attorney general refuted Schlitterbahn's suggestion that the grand jury was "too stupid to discern a television show for evidence. House Speaker Ray Merrick told the Kansas City Star Schwab's family was "the center of his world.". A promotional video for a show about building the slide includes footage of two men riding a raft down a half-size test model and going slightly airborne as it crests the top of the first big hill. Republican lawmaker Scott Schwab's son Caleb died on the Verruckt attraction at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City. The ride used to have a minimum age restriction of 14. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Though Hutfles said he had no problem with it, he said the company preferred to be granted a Disney exception, a clause Schlitterbahn had been operating under in Texas that allows for company inspection, in conjunction with the state.. Donald Slaughters raft collided with a concrete wall, resulting in herniated spinal disks and radiating numbness and tingling in the forty-two-year-olds right arm. Another instance involved a man who identified himself as the designer of the slide, whom prosecutors strongly believed was Henry: He allegedly bragged to Richard Palmer, a forty-two-year-old who was seeking medical assistance after breaking his toes on the slide, about his achievements and how he wanted to build a ride taller than the Verrckt. Jess Stanford and Melanie Gocke were at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kansas, on the same day a ten-year-old boy was killed on the 17-storey ride last week. That article didn't mention the slide . I remember watching the TV show last year of them building it and having to re-profile it a couple of times due to the dummies flying out of the tube and chute. 'I saw his (Caleb's) brother. That is insane. He was found dead at the bottom of the slide, and the two women who were with him were treated for minor injuries. The Verruckt water slide requires riders to be strapped in with seatbelts and is designed more like a roller coaster, with netting surrounding the slide to prevent rafts from catapulting into the air. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and others involved, and I hope that they can prevent this from happening again. In plot A373 under a shady tree at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, fresh flowers, a pinwheel, and a worn Kansas City Royals flag waves next to a headstone featuring Caleb Schwabs smiling face. Esteban Castaneda, who was at the waterpark at the time of the incident said there were several loud bangs that came from the ride before a body washed down the slide after a raft. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. It's kind of like a tube.". This is a designed product for TV, absolutely cannot be anything else. I hope that they investigate the accuracy of the scale to clear things up. Its all over the damn thing. As a result of the accident, there are many questions surrounding this attractionall designed to determine what happened. She added: We recognize that the Verrckt accident has caused people to question the safety of other attractions; while understandable, we hope the experiences of millions of guests over the past 40 years speaks to our continued commitment to provide fun entertainment in a safe manner.. Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Investigators are treating the death as a 'civil matter' rather than a criminal incident, a police spokesman said Monday, as the park and Kansas authorities pressed to sort out what caused the tragedy. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Its a sentiment echoed by Mike Taylor, the public relations director for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. Schlitterbahn death was due to neck injury, police say The indictment against Miles notes that although Henry possessed no "technical or engineering credentials" he controlled "many key. It was announced in September 2005 by Schlitterbahn Waterparks. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. The opening of the Verrckt was delayed several times as the development team made adjustments. The Verrckt being built at the Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark, on November 11, 2013. Miles, the park's operations manager, is facing a charge of involuntary manslaughter. Thrilryder29, (The same consultant would later advise Henry that the ride was unfinished and unsafe.) As Dueas and his group were leaving the park, he ran into the man who had gone in the raft ahead of him. Henry is also facing separate charges for drug possession, including a felony count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, and hiring someone for sex. Copyright 2023 WABC-TV. Two lawsuits involved mishaps on the 3,000-foot King Kaw inner tube ride in man-made rapids and the third involved a man who said he caught his toe on a surfing ride and fell on his face. Tragically, 10-year-old Caleb Schwab's visit to Shlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City ended horrifically on Sunday when he was killed on the Verruckt water slide. Because of heavy demand, rides are scheduled by reservation at the time the park opens each day. Photo: David Strickland via AP. The Associated Press contributed to this story. How was the amusement-park giant, and the people behind it, permitted to allegedly act so negligently and irresponsibly on a project for which the stakes were so high? Take it as you want to because it's from Twitter but witnesses have reported that the harness system was malfunctioning prior to this accident. I can't even begin to imagine the devastation this family is feeling. "Schlitterbahn is a family water park, but this isn't a family ride. She turned around to see what was happening. But before the park closed for the day, the forty-one-year-old wanted to ride the slide he had heard so much about. Speed is 100% required. In April, EPR Properties, a Kansas real estate investment trust that holds the mortgage on Schlitterbahn Kansas City, warned investors that the criminal indictments might hurt the companys chances of paying back the $174.3 million on its loan. The Red Cross swim app is also available, which is designed for children and their parents. The death seemed like an isolated accident until whistleblowers from Schlitterbahn revealed that experts . In April 2017, the Kansas legislature, following an impassioned speech from Calebs father, strengthened a law on amusement-ride inspections that previously allowed amusement-park operators to not share private inspections with state officials, giving the state one of the weakest sets of regulations nationwide. The Verrckt slide at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark is the tallest in the world. Tom Sloan, a former twelve-term Republican state representative out of Lawrence who pushed for revised legislation on amusement-park safety in 1999 and 2001, saw firsthand how the money promised to the area coupled with the lacking oversight was going to make it easy for Schlitterbahn to get green-lit. A witness to the tragic death of a 10-year-old boy on the world's tallest water slide in Kansas has revealed gruesome details of how the boy died. Riders go down the worlds tallest water slide named Verruckt at Schlitterbahn Waterpark, in Kansas City, Kansas on July 9, 2014. Water Slide Death | Women in Raft With Victim Speak Out ABC News 14.1M subscribers Subscribe 1.7M views 6 years ago Hannah Barnes and Matraca Baetz both suffered facial injuries during the. In March 2014, Linda Stomboly. Henry later told Texas Monthly he was acting when he said those things in order to glamorize Verrckt, but at the time, he continued to glorify the ride's danger: Its complex, its fast, its mean. One by one, people visiting their spouses or children at the Overland Park cemetery come by the back corner of the burial ground to chat with me about anything, mainly the oppressive heat, their loved ones, and Caleb. Caleb Schwab had been decapitated. Supreme Court to Play Jenga with Federal Budget, Merrick Garland Is Going to Have a Long Day, Nebraska Lawmaker Vows to Stop Anti-Trans Bill, Supreme Court Narrowly Averts 'Nullification'. On November 13, 2012, he was at a trade show when he was approached by producers from the Travel Channel who were working on a new show that looked at some of the most incredible water parks and water attractions in the world. Schlitterbahns flagship in New Braunfels, as well as its parks in Kansas City and South Padre Island. According to the police report, Caleb Schwab died of a neck injury and was decapitated while riding the 168-foot Verruckt water slide. You could tell where people hit it. Were you aware of the previous injuries on Verrckt? The indictment against Miles and the park alleges that Verruckt met few, if any, industry standards and that Miles delayed or avoided necessary repairs, even after the ride's brake system failed. Once the forty-six-year-old Groves gave his incident report, Miles allegedly destroyed the witness statements and forced the lifeguards to write coached statements which omitted any detail of how the injury had occurred, telling the medical staff to alter their own reports. In a bid to impress the producers, Henry told them he was building the biggest, tallest, and fastest waterslide in the world. The blueprints for the once-projected $750 million development made the sprawling attraction look like something never before seen outside Disney, let alone at a water park. 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Steve Castaneda said Caleb Schwab, 10, was riding in the front of the raft on Schlitterbahn Water Park's Verruckt Slide when he fell out. Criminal Murder Charges dropped in Schlitterbahn Waterslide Case where 10-year-old boy was decapitated during a ride at Kansas water park. He and his wife, Michele, have four sons, Sprague said. As Michele Schwab, Caleb's mother, tried to get closer to see what was going on, a gentleman stopped her. The prosecution and the defense have both rested their case in the Schlitterbahn trial regarding the death of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab in August 2016. Scott Schwabwho was elected Kansass Secretary of Statedeclined to be interviewed. A funeral for Caleb is scheduled for Friday afternoon at Olathe's Life Mission Church, Kansas. Schlitterbahn in Kansas City has been sued for negligence at least three times all in 2014 though none of those legal actions involved the waterslide. 13 years later, he kidnapped 31 year old Kala Brown, keeping her chained to a wall inside a shipping container for 65 days. In October, two other maintenance workers, David Hughes and John Zalsman, were found not guilty of lying to obstruct the investigation into Schwabs death. Not reporting injuries makes no sense to me. The lifeguard, who spent four summers at Schlitterbahn Kansas City between 2011 and 2014, recounted an unstable work environment where misbehaving, immature, and inexperienced employees were kept on to fill the parks lifeguard quota, while adequate water and bathroom breaks were not always a given in the stifling summer days. Schlitterbahn has been sued three times since 2014 although never for the waterslide (file picture). Republican Senators Form Wingnut Xylophone, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. Were talking about a child who was decapitated. Jeffrey Henry was arrested in connection with a Kansas criminal case arising from a 10-year-old boy's death on the world's largest waterslide. Jeffrey Wayne Henry, Schlitterbahns co-owner and the man who came up with the idea for the Verrckt. Caleb and his father,. He said, Its always on my mind: What if Jeffrey got on there?. Seemingly from the jump, Verrckt was built in haste, with Henry pushing the timetable. Media reports leading up to Verrckts opening touched on the rides age limit of fourteen, which, according to the indictment, the slides designers decided on after a consultant had recommended the age be sixteen. What better treat is there in this world than spending a steamy hot Sunday afternoon in August at a water park? And he just kept saying, No, trust me, you dont want to go any further, she recalled. The park had a lot of promise, but also a lot of issues, said an industry veteran who has developed water-park rides throughout the world, including with Henry and Schooley at Schlitterbahn Kansas City. Schlitterbahn said last week's indictment is "full of false information," and the company also rejected its allegations that Miles and the company withheld information from law enforcement officials. A 12-year-old boy died Sunday afternoon on the tallest water slide in the world, the Verrckt, at the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, Kan. A park spokeswoman confirmed the death at a news conference Sunday afternoon. Natalie Musumeci. Today Verrckt, the one-time eyesore on Interstate 435 and, ultimately, a sad symbol of hubris, hardship, and a horrific tragedy that could have been avoided, is gone. We literally worked around the clock.. "Witnesses describe the boy going down the steep 168-foot drop of the world's tallest water slide Sunday afternoon, then going airborne over the next hill, colliding with a safety net," KSHB. When I heard a noise that didnt sound like it was supposed to come from that kind of ride, thats when I turned around, Sanford told. "I didn't understand what was going on so I only saw Caleb sliding down the last half of the slide, and then I saw the blood," Sanford said. Because of how fast you go on that ride, it all kind of happened in a blink.. is it more than what the article is mentioning some where else? If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. A Wyandotte County judge has thrown out all five remaining criminal indictments stemming from the death three years ago of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab on the Verruckt water slide at the. "It's dangerous, but it's a safe dangerous now," Henry said in 2014. The driving force behind it was Henry, a high school graduate who spent one week at college and never had any formal training in engineering. From what I have read on Twitter it seems that a small child (12 years old) was decapitated while riding Verruckt. By April 2014, the Guinness Book of World Records officially declared Verrckt the worlds tallest waterslide, despite it not being close to finished. This is absolutely horrible! But the death over the weekend of a Kansas state lawmaker's 10-year-old son on a waterslide billed as the world's largest is the latest example that dangers lurk in the appealing slides and wave pools. You feel nauseous driving around it, said Chris Kamler, a forty-six-year-old resident who worked across the highway from the water park when the slide was still standing. There are two Bible verses on the back of Calebs headstone. 'Until we have those facts it's too early to specify what we can do legislatively,' Smith said. Prosapio said during the news conference that the park's rides are inspected daily and inspected by an "outside party" before the start of each season. About 2,100 people took the courses last year, according to the Red Cross. We may earn a commission from these links. Her case was also settled, according to her lawyer. The slide will be closed pending a full investigation. "These are not the actions of someone who believed the ride to be dangerous. 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