squish_is_me

I was in line for Firehawk when this happened and it closed down. They announced over the speaker that there was a problem and that everyone needed to go ride other rides. When everyone stood confused, they ushered everyone out of line without explaining the problem. Annoyed after waiting an hour and being only 10min from the front of the line I asked when the ride would be fixed (assuming that there was a function problem). I was told simply "there was an emergency." This is when we saw the police and paramedics rushing to the front of the ride platform. Of course, we couldn't see anything though. About 30min later while we were in line for another ride my friends and I got to talking the people next to us. Turns out they had also been at the ride when it closed. They told us that the man had a heart attach and died. The victom was on the ride at 330pm and pronounced dead at 430pm. I'm not 100%positive but I dont believe he made it to the hospital before he died. The local news interview passengers that road in the car with the man and said that it was evident he was having problems through the ride and had blood all over his face and his eyes were rolling back. That does not sound like a heart attach to me. I'd venture a guess that this may have something to do with why they are not yet releasing the cause of the mans death.