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Woman dies in fall: Fair attraction free-fall fatal as woman, 31, missed airbag

 

 

 

May 30, 2015 10:06 AM MST

A woman died in a fall from the FreeDrop attraction. This attraction does not use any safey harnesses or ropes, you jump from a platform from 20, 28 or 36-feet to an airbag below. She missed the airbag.

A woman died in a fall from the FreeDrop attraction. This attraction does not use any safey harnesses or ropes, you jump from a platform from 20, 28 or 36-feet to an airbag below. She missed the airbag.
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A woman died when she fell from a fair attraction that had just made its debut at the San Bernardino County Fair. This free-fall attraction consists of three platforms, each one higher than the other. Users get to chose a platform height they're comfortable with and then jump into an airbag bellow. This is a free-fall without any backup harnesses, nets or ropes.

Somehow Sabrina Gordon of Hesperia missed the airbag when falling from the 28-foot platform, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times on May 29. The 31-year-old had the choice of jumping from the three different platforms which are at a height of 20, 28 or 36 feet.

Apparently Gordon picked the 28-foot platform to jump from, but she didn't land on the airbag as planned. Firefighters found her wedged in between the airbag, on which she should have landed, and the scaffolding leading up to the platforms.

Witnesses said that Gordon walked out onto the platform edge as if she was ready to jump, but it looked like she hesitated at the last minute and fell instead of jumping into the airbag. That hesitation was described by witnesses as the woman having "a change of heart" before she jumped and the jump turned into a fall that landed her away from the airbag.

According to Yahoo News, witnesses said, "Gordon reached out for the scaffolding, apparently hesitating in her jump, hit her head on the structure and missed the large cushion below" They report that Gordon hit the ground and not the airbag after dropping from the attraction called the "FreeDrop."

Gordon was rushed to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton by helicopter with life-threatening injuries. She was pronounced dead at the hospital. Fair officials closed down the attraction indefinitely, reports Geoff Hinds, who is the general manager and the chief executive of the fair.

The attraction is run by FD Event Co. LLC and it is described as a "non-mechanical" attraction. The airbag which rises 13-feet off the ground catches the jumpers who fall from the scaffolding's platforms. The woman's death is being investigated by the sheriff's department.

http://www.examiner.com/article/woman-dies-fall-fair-attraction-free-fall-fatal-as-woman-31-missed-airbag

 



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Ouch. Very sad for her family.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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I wonder what instructions they gave their customers, if any. 

I hope there will be manslaughter charges against the operator(s).



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They should have it set up with platforms overhanging the bag, like diving boards.

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ed11563 wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Don't put your life in the hands of Carnies.

I wonder what instructions they gave their customers, if any. 

I hope there will be manslaughter charges against the operator(s).

I don't know that you should charge manslaughter.  It says she changed her mind and was trying to turn around.  There is a point of No Return when you are going to do some of those things.   But, yes, a high platform and an airbag mattress, What could go wrong?  cry 



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I can't believe this attraction was ever allowed!

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I did something like this last year. But the one I used pulled you up in a net and then dropped you. It was amazing. I'd do it again in a heart beat...



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cadiver wrote:

They should have it set up with platforms overhanging the bag, like diving boards.

Yes, or at the very least some sort of curtain to make sure no one CAN miss the airbag.

 



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Don't put your life in the hands of Carnies.

 Amen. 



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ed11563 wrote:
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They should have it set up with platforms overhanging the bag, like diving boards.

Yes, or at the very least some sort of curtain to make sure no one CAN miss the airbag.

 

Well, I am sure they will now.  But, obviously this wasn't very well thought out. 



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Those things generally have waivers for the participants to sign.

If it can be proven negligence was involved, then fine. Press what ever charges or law suits.

But the jumper assumes responsibility for choosing to do it in the first place.

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lilyofcourse wrote:

Those things generally have waivers for the participants to sign.

If it can be proven negligence was involved, then fine. Press what ever charges or law suits.

But the jumper assumes responsibility for choosing to do it in the first place.

 And how is it not negligence when she fell off the diving platform to the mattress below and died.  If she died when the attraction was working as set up - that is negligence.



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Dead is dead. Kind of a hollow victory after the fact.

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Lawyerlady wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:

Those things generally have waivers for the participants to sign.

If it can be proven negligence was involved, then fine. Press what ever charges or law suits.

But the jumper assumes responsibility for choosing to do it in the first place.

 And how is it not negligence when she fell off the diving platform to the mattress below and died.  If she died when the attraction was working as set up - that is negligence.

 See that? That's what I said. If it can be proven. 

 



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