Breaking News - Accident at Animal Kingdom

[WebmasterPete]

Just an FYI - we're getting reports in from Animal Kingdom this morning about an accident at Kali River Rapids that sent several guests to the hospital. We have more information in our news area, and we'll be updating it as we get more info.

Let's keep those who were injured in our thoughts and prayers.

Pete

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/article_001492.htm

[timandlesley]

How terrible! We will keep them in our prayers, I hope no one was fatally injured.
Lesley

[MOREMICKEY4ME]

Thoughts and prayers from Vermont!!!

[GrowingUpDisney]

How awful...I hope everyone will be ok. My prayers are definately with all those involved - as well as those who witnessed the incident.

[indigoxtreme]

How sad, sure do hope everyone will be ok, thoughts and prayers and pixie dust being sent outpixiedust:

[abk96]

Oh my, that's just sad. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone.

[scarlett873]

How terrible...will be keeping those affected in my thoughts...

[rie'smom]

They are in my prayers. I'm at the BWV and I've heard sirens for at least an hour. Those poor families!

[DisneyKevin]

New Info.....

It seems that one of the rafts has tipped over....or one has landed on top of another.

New info as we get it.

Kevin

[murcor]

I hope everyone will be ok

[boomhauer]

New Info.....

It seems that one of the rafts has tipped over....or one has landed on top of another.

New info as we get it.

Kevin

Oh my lord - I can't even imagine how terrifying that must be.

[PrincessMinnie28]

Thank you for the updates. My thoughts are with everyone involved - it must be such a horrible scene.

[RSoxFan]

New Info.....

It seems that one of the rafts has tipped over....or one has landed on top of another.

New info as we get it.

Kevin

Oh Dear God. :sad2: :sad1:

[catalexander]

prayers going up.

I truly hope that the injuires turn out to be minor.

[FSUDisneyGirl]

prayers from here, too.

what a sad thing to happen at disney! :sad2:

[kath1210]

According to this link on WESH.com, 6 people were hurt and all injuries were minor.

http://www.wesh.com/news/13405578/detail.html#

Thank God!

[cindyd1@optonline.ne]

My thoughts and prayers are with them!

[RSoxFan]

Edit: a previous poster beat me to it. :surfweb:

[DizzDoll]

Prayers from NJ for all involved.

[lovevacations]

It seems strange that it isn't being covered on any Orlando news websites, cnn, or msn. Hopefully, it isn't as serious as first thought!

[Cinderella16]

My thoughts and prayers are with everyone. I hope everyone involved is okay. That is a such a horrible thing to happen to those guests.

[DiRTyBuNNy]

Prayers from Dollywood-land...

--Mr. DB

[mandy200587]

MSNBC is on their way apparently.

[kristinanderic]

I sure hope the injuries are very minor...this is awful. This is supposed to be the happiest place on earth, I don't want to imagine bad things happening there. So sad.

[FastPass]

They just showed an aerial shot and said the injuries were minor.

[Disneydreamer5]

Dear God, I prayer that all those involved will alright. What a terriable thing to happen.

[FastPass]

Showing it on MSNBC live right now.

[tracyvansmith]

Wow how scary. Hope all are fine.

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

Offering up all my thoughts and prayers that everyone is okay!

[Tikihula]

It's not on the MSNBC web site yet - hopefully it won't get blown all out of proportion. According to the WESH news report, it didn't sound that bad, not like the original news statement at the beginning of this thread.

[FastPass]

I'm a little disappointed that it was reported here as "red with blood" - I think that's as out of proportion as it can get!

[kristinanderic]

I'm a little disappointed that it was reported here as "red with blood" - I think that's as out of proportion as it can get!

I'll have to agree with you....that was uncalled for.

[princessdisneybelle]

Just saw the report on MSNBC live. Thank God everyone is ok. Hopefully it didn't ruin anyone's trip.

[4eyedbuzzard]

I'm a little disappointed that it was reported here as "red with blood" - I think that's as out of proportion as it can get!

The quote came from a supposed witness reported on http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/article_001492.htm - not the poster's fault.

That said, all of the injuries are reported as being minor. Five of the six victims are seeing doctors to make sure they are okay. No one apparently being hospitalized or anything else. Reports are that the raft either tipped or listed.

[Tikihula]

I'm a little disappointed that it was reported here as "red with blood" - I think that's as out of proportion as it can get!

Oh? Before the hour is up I'm sure they'll add that "hundreds were drowned" or "thousands of raft riders were severely burned by spewing oil at the simulated logging site." I guess I'd better shut up - that's how rumors get started. I just hope nobody is seriously injured.

[WebmasterJohn]

Hi Folks

Just an FYI - the info Pete posted was from a Cast Member directly involved in assisting the injured. We have been asked not to report his/her name but this was what we were told this morning.

I have been watching MSNBC and the local news and they are reporting 6 people injured with 'minor' injuries but 5 were taken to the hospital.

We will keep you posted as we hear more.

John

[stargrazer]

I'm a little disappointed that it was reported here as "red with blood" - I think that's as out of proportion as it can get!

You aren't kidding!

I was reading it aloud to my DD10 and didn't have my editor turned on (:headache: on myself) but I told her I'm sure it wasn't quite that bad (praying) and that the writer didn't learn good reporting skills.
:mad:

Wait and see, and god-forbid even if it is that bad...do you have to be so friggin graphic???

~~~~
sending out the best I've got that these folks will be o.k.

[kristinanderic]

Just an FYI - the info Pete posted was from a Cast Member directly involved in assisting the injured. We have been asked not to report his/her name but this was what we were told this morning.



Reguardless of who said it, personally I wouldn't have posted the statement "red with blood" until I knew further details. It paints a pretty grusome image in my mind.

[Tikihula]

Here's a link to the WESH video page. You can click on the link on the right and see the aerial video from the news helicopter. It shows the ride closed down (rafts not moving), and people walking around. The park doesn't look like it's very crowded today. Perhaps they are evacuating, or not letting anyone in until things settle down.
http://www.wesh.com/video/13405835/index.html

[Lewisc]

Reguardless of who said it, personally I wouldn't have posted the statement "red with blood" until I knew further details. It paints a pretty grusome image in my mind.

A bad bloody nose can produce a lot of blood. "Red with blood" can be an accurate description, even if most of the injuries turned out to be minor.

The fact that the apparent injuries were enough to justify sending a handful of guests to the hospital isn't good, even if those injuries turn out to be minor.

DIS posted a quote from an eyewitness. I have no problem with that.

[safetymom]

I hope everyone is ok.

[DisneyKevin]

New Info...

The ride experienced a minor malfunction which caused the ride to stop.

The emergency evacuation sytem did not work causing a raft to fall back onto another raft.

6 people were injured and from the reports we are getting, there was a great deal of blood.

The ride is shut down and will be drained according to our sources.

Kevin

[princessdisneybelle]

New Info...

The ride experienced a minor malfunction which caused the ride to stop.

The emergency evacuation sytem did not work causing a raft to fall back onto another raft.

6 people were injured and from the reports we are getting, there was a great deal of blood.

The ride is shut down and will be drained according to our sources.

Kevin

Thank you for keeping us posted. I'm glad everyone is ok.

[Tikihula]

Thanks, DisneyKevin, for the update. Keep us informed.

[disney6family]

Add on our prayers that everyone is ok

[DisneyObsessive]

thisis just so terrible.... i hope everyone comes out of it ok.

[Kies99]

From the report on Orlando Sentinals website, it appears to not be that bad:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-bk-dizride052907,0,4415309.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

[WebmasterPete]

We're now hearing that the injuries were not life threatening, and that six people were sent to area hospitals. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Pete

[EpcotLove]

Yikes, I hope they are all okay. :-(

[maiziezoe]

Thanks for keeping us posted. I hope everyone is okay.

[Alicnwondrln]

hope those injured are ok

[Cyrano]

We're now hearing that the injuries were not life threatening, and that six people were sent to area hospitals. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Pete

Agreed :grouphug:

[danny1649]

For all involved, hope are all ok,thanks for updates. :goodvibes Danny

[photo_chick]

IF someone has mentioned this already in the thread, sorry....

We had an accident here at Six Flags over Texas on the Roaring Rapids, a ride similar to Kali River Rapids. Here the operators had not kept the rafts inflated enough and one overturned. People drowned on the ride.I am glad this accident at Animal Kingdom was minor. But it does remind us that everytime we get onto a ride we really are putting our safety and our families safety into someone elses hands.


I wanna say thanks to all those whose job it is to keep the rides operating safely. Accidents on theme park rides really are rare, and those who operate and maintain them are why.

[Friendly Frog]

IF someone has mentioned this already in the thread, sorry....

We had an accident here at Six Flags over Texas on the Roaring Rapids, a ride similar to Kali River Rapids. Here the operators had not kept the rafts inflated enough and one overturned. People drowned on the ride.I am glad this accident at Animal Kingdom was minor. But it does remind us that everytime we get onto a ride we really are putting our safety and our families safety into someone elses hands.


I wanna say thanks to all those whose job it is to keep the rides operating safely. Accidents on theme park rides really are rare, and those who operate and maintain them are why.

When I heard that there was an accident at Kali, the 6 flags ride was the first thing that I thought about. I am gald this accident wasn't as bad.

[LauraAnn630]

We had trouble at Cedar Point in Cleveland the other day too! one of the trains on the Magnum didnt stop and slammed into another train.

[txvjc]

We had an accident here at Six Flags over Texas on the Roaring Rapids, a ride similar to Kali River Rapids. Here the operators had not kept the rafts inflated enough and one overturned. People drowned on the ride.

It wasn't people..it was one woman...which is horrible, I just didn't want the wrong info out there as I was actually working that day in the park and it greatly effected all the ride operators(myself included). Also the accident was not any of the operators fault, it was a series of strange events that may or may not have been prevented with a little more mechanical attention, one of which was an under inflated bladder within the larger raft tube. Again, just trying to relay the correct info and this is not intended as anything else.

[MelanieC]

My thoughts and prayers are with all of them~!

[MsDisney23]

Sending Prayer's and good wishes........ :hug: