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WATCH: Two Children Injured as Another Bounce House Blows Away
UPI ^
| Jun 02, 2014
| Matt Bradwell
Posted on 06/02/2014 5:25:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Both victims are expected to recover.
Two children were injured after an inflatable slide in Colorado became airborne upon being swept up by a gust of wind on Sunday.
The slide was carried nearly 300 feet while a young girl and a 10-year-old boy were still inside the structure.
The girl's injuries were treated at the scene, but an ambulance had to take the boy to a local hospital, where he is expected to recover fully.
Representatives for the company that operates the attraction say event staffers followed all the proper safety procedures, while organizers of the event say they are considering whether or not to sever future ties with the company.
The incident comes less than a month after a similar incident in New York state that injured three children.
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/02/2014 5:29:12 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
To: nickcarraway
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event staffers followed all the proper safety procedures Sounds like the "safety procedures" could use some refinement.
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posted on
06/02/2014 5:32:24 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: nickcarraway
Some would take the ride for the fun of it.
To: dayglored
That's why my ex-wife always sits on the corner of any bounce houses our grandchildren are in.
With her there it ain't going ANYWHERE.
/johnny
To: riverrunner
this will soon be an event in the X-Games
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posted on
06/02/2014 5:43:07 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: JRandomFreeper
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posted on
06/02/2014 5:43:41 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: nickcarraway
The steel swing sets, galvanized pipe monkey bars, and metal slides of my youth never blew away.
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posted on
06/02/2014 5:46:42 PM PDT
by
aomagrat
(Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/02/2014 5:48:01 PM PDT
by
Bratch
To: TADSLOS
She's a great woman. Ignore that pause between great and woman.
/johnny
To: nascarnation
those d@mn tvee commercials are all over cKY.
(imho) a John Edward wanta-be.
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posted on
06/02/2014 5:50:19 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
To: skinkinthegrass
He’s BIG here in central Indiana too, LOL
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posted on
06/02/2014 5:51:44 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
To: JRandomFreeper
JR, Sounds like you will be featured in an upcoming Lifetime Network movie...:)
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posted on
06/02/2014 5:55:47 PM PDT
by
Delta Dawn
(Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
To: Delta Dawn
Nope. I'm not sure all the warrants have expired.
/johnny
To: aomagrat
The steel swing sets, galvanized pipe monkey bars, and metal slides of my youth never blew away. bounce houses have been around for a very long time, and it seems just recently that this is happening... the companies must be doing something differently... manufacturing them differently? they better figure it out or the libs are going to blame climate change... gusts of wind are stronger due to change in the environment caused by man...
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posted on
06/02/2014 6:06:26 PM PDT
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: latina4dubya
I remember the Moon Bounce things from the 80’s but these slides seem to be a lot taller and not round (or even square) but rather rectangles. Neighbors rented one for a kids’ party but it was in a back yard with lots of outbuildings and fences around it (not an open field).
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posted on
06/02/2014 6:18:40 PM PDT
by
Abby4116
To: dayglored
Sounds like the "safety procedures" could use some refinement. Like reading weather forecasts and properly securing anchors?
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Hey, let’s not go overboard!!!!!
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posted on
06/02/2014 8:26:44 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein!)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
The only time we rented a bouncy house it came with sandbags and such to hold it down.
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posted on
06/02/2014 8:27:42 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: JRandomFreeper
Ouch.
But, at least she’s safety minded ;)
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posted on
06/02/2014 8:31:43 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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