Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Mission to Space

I read this today on Yahoo news

A family whose 4-year-old son died after riding Mission Space at Epcot filed a lawsuit against Disney on Tuesday.
Exactly one year after Daudi Bamuwamye died at Epcot, his parents filed the wrongful-death lawsuit, WESH 2 News reported.
The lawsuit claims there was not enough warning about the ride, and it criticizes Disney's emergency response after the incident.
Disney responded with a statement that said while they sympathize with the family, they disagree with the assertions in the lawsuit.
Disney also pointed out that a medical examiner's report concluded Daudi suffered from pre-existing heart disease.
Disney has since offered a less-intense version of Mission Space to sensitive riders that doesn't spin, but company officials said that's simply to make the ride available to more people.


Now it seems to me that this was just a tragic accident. I cannot see that it is Disney's fault.

There are so many warnings at the start of the ride (or there was when I was there).

Its so sad that they lost their child but I really cannot see what a lawsuit is going to do.

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