Horrific Accident at 6 Flags Kentucky.
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There are a LOT of Cruel People in the world, and its a shame she let that matter to her, she should have ignored it all and gone to school to show what its like to be different.Hope she recovers.
I have to tell my son this everyday... pitiful miserable people want everyone to be like them... heck there are LOADS of them on the internet!!
Thanks lindalinda, for the update. Such a sad story.
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Victim interview
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/NEWS01/80130034
Girl recounts accident on Six Flags ride
By Jason Riley
jriley@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
Kaitlyn Lasitter said her car on the Superman Tower of Power ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom was only 20 feet off the ground last summer when the ride jolted and cables fell on the teen and two of her friends, covering them and wrapping around their necks, according to court documents.
Kaitlyn said the girls and other people on the ride, which lifted people 177 feet and then dropped them at speeds up to 50 mph, were screaming for someone to stop the ride, but it kept going up, as the girls frantically pulled the cables away from their necks.
When the ride reached its peak and began its plunge, Kaitlyn said she told her friend next to her, who she had just traded seats with, that she loved her and then remembers something hard hitting her in the head and getting yanked from her seat, before being restrained by her safety belt.
I remember feeling like I was on fire and smelling burning flesh, Lasitter said in written answers to questions about the incident from lawyers for Six Flags.
As the ride fell, Kaitlyn said she saw cables in front of her face and then felt like I was on fire, she said in her written answers, which were given with help from her parents and attorney.
As the ride dropped, a broken cable severed Kaitlyns feet.
The court records, provided as part of the discovery in a lawsuit filed by the Lasitter family against Kentucky Kingdom, give the first account of what Kaitlyn said happened during the June 21 incident.
After the ride stopped, Kaitlyn said she looked toward her friends and asked if they were OK, then looking to see that her pants were almost ripped off.
Kaitlyn was rushed to University Hospital, then flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., where doctors were able to reattach her right foot, though it is not yet clear whether her body will accept the reattachment.
Her left leg had to be amputated just below her knee.
I remember saying to my mom, My legs are gone, but I still have eyes and I can see you, Kaitlyn said.
Read tomorrow's Courier-Journal for more on this story.
Reporter Jason Riley can be reached at (502) 582-4727.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/NEWS01/80130034
Girl recounts accident on Six Flags ride
By Jason Riley
jriley@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
Kaitlyn Lasitter said her car on the Superman Tower of Power ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom was only 20 feet off the ground last summer when the ride jolted and cables fell on the teen and two of her friends, covering them and wrapping around their necks, according to court documents.
Kaitlyn said the girls and other people on the ride, which lifted people 177 feet and then dropped them at speeds up to 50 mph, were screaming for someone to stop the ride, but it kept going up, as the girls frantically pulled the cables away from their necks.
When the ride reached its peak and began its plunge, Kaitlyn said she told her friend next to her, who she had just traded seats with, that she loved her and then remembers something hard hitting her in the head and getting yanked from her seat, before being restrained by her safety belt.
I remember feeling like I was on fire and smelling burning flesh, Lasitter said in written answers to questions about the incident from lawyers for Six Flags.
As the ride fell, Kaitlyn said she saw cables in front of her face and then felt like I was on fire, she said in her written answers, which were given with help from her parents and attorney.
As the ride dropped, a broken cable severed Kaitlyns feet.
The court records, provided as part of the discovery in a lawsuit filed by the Lasitter family against Kentucky Kingdom, give the first account of what Kaitlyn said happened during the June 21 incident.
After the ride stopped, Kaitlyn said she looked toward her friends and asked if they were OK, then looking to see that her pants were almost ripped off.
Kaitlyn was rushed to University Hospital, then flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., where doctors were able to reattach her right foot, though it is not yet clear whether her body will accept the reattachment.
Her left leg had to be amputated just below her knee.
I remember saying to my mom, My legs are gone, but I still have eyes and I can see you, Kaitlyn said.
Read tomorrow's Courier-Journal for more on this story.
Reporter Jason Riley can be reached at (502) 582-4727.
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Oh my God that is aweful. She and her friends are lucky they did not die. God bless her.
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full deposition
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/NEWS01/80130056
Kaitlyn Lasitter's full deposition
Excerpts of responses given by Kaitlyn Lasitter and her mother, Monique Lasitter, to written questions filed in court as part of their family's lawsuit against Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.
Kaitlyn Lasitter: "It was the first ride we rode, and we got on it and we rode it once and everything seemed fine. There was nobody in line at the time, so we stayed on it, and Blair and I switched spots, because first it was, if you were standing to the right of it, the furthest left was Arin, then it was me, and then it was Blair. Blair and I switched, so I was on the outside, and Blair was in the middle.
"As we started to go up, we were laughing about something, and then it almost as if it jolted a little bit or something, like a whipping sound or something. We looked up, and there were a bunch of cables falling, and this was only about 20 feet off the ground. It kept going up and at this point, I had cables all over my body. There was a cable hanging below me, there were cables all over my friends. My lip was busted. I had cuts all over me and I was bleeding and freaking out. We were all screaming, and then it kept going up, and we just continually screamed and were yelling at people. I remember smoke and the smell of burning. I felt like I was going to die. We kept screaming, 'Stop the ride.' People were frantically freaking out. I remember something else fell on us, which was more cable. We even had cables around our necks, and we pulled them off.
"When we got to the top, I looked over at Blair, and she was bleeding. I told her I loved her, and we started screaming, 'Stop the ride.' Something hard hit our heads, and then we dropped.
"Then, I couldn't remember much of falling. I just remember seeing the cables almost just in front of my face. I remember seeing or feeling like I was getting pulled. I guess it was like I was getting yanked out of my seat, but I didn't, because I guess the seat belt was stopping me. I remember feeling like I was on fire and smelling burning flesh. I remember getting to the bottom and not realizing what had happened at first, just turning to Blair and asking what happened and if they were okay. Everybody said I didn't think my feet were off, but I remember looking at my legs and scared for everything. I remember my pants were almost ripped off, and I was exposed.
"I remember lying my leg on Blair. I remember seeing this guy I didn't know and I was getting mad at him. He was the pediatrician, and he was wearing a baseball cap, t-shirt, swim trunks and sandals. I don't remember his face. If I was right here, he was beside me. I remember he was asking questions like, 'What's your name, where do you go to school, how old are you, what is your mom and dad's names, what is their phone number, where do you live?" Then he asked me to sing my ABC's.
"I remember there was another guy there and he was wearing a black t-shirt with cut-off sleeves with shorts and sandals too. He was with Blair, and I remember at one point, I laid my leg on him, and he was going to go get help, but I wouldn't let him go. I kept screaming out of control and my leg was hurting.
"I remember asking them to let me get out. I just wanted to walk away and go home. I wanted my mom and I wanted my dad. They wouldn't do anything. I remember them saying they were going to cut my seat belt, and I was scared I was going to fall out.
"I remember them cutting the seat belt, and I remember them picking me up, which was probably one of the worst parts. I had a broken thigh and they were grabbing my legs to get me. I remember them putting me on the stiff board, and they took me out through the exit gate and there's an entrance gate, an exit gate, and there's my seat. I was in the first seat that was right by it. They exited me through, and there was the ambulance right there, and I was going to be put in the ambulance.
"I don't remember much of the ambulance ride. What I remember most is them saying I was like 18, 15, and me getting mad, and I said I'm 13. I had an oxygen mask on and probably wasn't saying it too clear.
"I remember breaking down to Cindy, a nurse, about being best friends with my mom, and how I wanted to see my mom, and I wanted to see my dad. I remember them taking my top off and my freaking out about that because my pants were already gone, because when I got down to the bottom of the ride, those were gone. My neck hurt really bad, because when we got to the top of the ride, a cable was wrapped around my neck, and if I wouldn't have had that go away, I guess I would be decapitated. Blair and I pulled that off. I had a lump on the back of my head so big.
"I remember lying in the bed, and I wasn't allowed to have water. I remember begging for water. I was so thirsty. I was actually on my way to go get Coke, but my friends wanted to ride the ride, so we decided to get on that.
"I remember them putting heart monitors on my chest and them bringing me wet paper towels to suck on, because I couldn't have water before surgery. I remember her telling me I was not allowed to go to sleep.
"The next thing I remember from that, and I'm guessing hours later, is seeing my mom and dad and then I don't remember all of it. I remember seeing my mom and my dad and then it's like I drifted off or something, and I remember seeing my dad's friend's wife holding my hand crying. I remember seeing my Aunt Chris and her son, Tyler, walk out of the room. I remember seeing my cousin, Mike. I remember everybody being so sad. I remember saying to my mom, 'My legs are gone, but I still have eyes and I can see you.' The next thing I remember is waking up at Vanderbilt.
"I remember being on the ride and having cables in front of me and the pain that I felt at the time is like my whole body was hot and on fire. I don't know if it's from blood loss or what it's from. It's almost like when you get a scab and the air and water hits it and it burns. It was like that, but all over my body. It was horrible. It's the only time I've ever smelled a smell that smells like burning flesh. It was horrible. I would rather stay in a house full of cigar smoke than what this was. It was more of a rank, horrible smell. I don't think at the time that I knew it was from my skin. I thought it was from the ride. Part of it was from the ride. I don't know if it was smoking or not, but I do remember...it was a very distinct smell. It's like something you will smell once, and if you think about it, you'll remember it for the rest of your life. If it happened when you were one, you will remember when you're 18."
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/NEWS01/80130056
Kaitlyn Lasitter's full deposition
Excerpts of responses given by Kaitlyn Lasitter and her mother, Monique Lasitter, to written questions filed in court as part of their family's lawsuit against Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.
Kaitlyn Lasitter: "It was the first ride we rode, and we got on it and we rode it once and everything seemed fine. There was nobody in line at the time, so we stayed on it, and Blair and I switched spots, because first it was, if you were standing to the right of it, the furthest left was Arin, then it was me, and then it was Blair. Blair and I switched, so I was on the outside, and Blair was in the middle.
"As we started to go up, we were laughing about something, and then it almost as if it jolted a little bit or something, like a whipping sound or something. We looked up, and there were a bunch of cables falling, and this was only about 20 feet off the ground. It kept going up and at this point, I had cables all over my body. There was a cable hanging below me, there were cables all over my friends. My lip was busted. I had cuts all over me and I was bleeding and freaking out. We were all screaming, and then it kept going up, and we just continually screamed and were yelling at people. I remember smoke and the smell of burning. I felt like I was going to die. We kept screaming, 'Stop the ride.' People were frantically freaking out. I remember something else fell on us, which was more cable. We even had cables around our necks, and we pulled them off.
"When we got to the top, I looked over at Blair, and she was bleeding. I told her I loved her, and we started screaming, 'Stop the ride.' Something hard hit our heads, and then we dropped.
"Then, I couldn't remember much of falling. I just remember seeing the cables almost just in front of my face. I remember seeing or feeling like I was getting pulled. I guess it was like I was getting yanked out of my seat, but I didn't, because I guess the seat belt was stopping me. I remember feeling like I was on fire and smelling burning flesh. I remember getting to the bottom and not realizing what had happened at first, just turning to Blair and asking what happened and if they were okay. Everybody said I didn't think my feet were off, but I remember looking at my legs and scared for everything. I remember my pants were almost ripped off, and I was exposed.
"I remember lying my leg on Blair. I remember seeing this guy I didn't know and I was getting mad at him. He was the pediatrician, and he was wearing a baseball cap, t-shirt, swim trunks and sandals. I don't remember his face. If I was right here, he was beside me. I remember he was asking questions like, 'What's your name, where do you go to school, how old are you, what is your mom and dad's names, what is their phone number, where do you live?" Then he asked me to sing my ABC's.
"I remember there was another guy there and he was wearing a black t-shirt with cut-off sleeves with shorts and sandals too. He was with Blair, and I remember at one point, I laid my leg on him, and he was going to go get help, but I wouldn't let him go. I kept screaming out of control and my leg was hurting.
"I remember asking them to let me get out. I just wanted to walk away and go home. I wanted my mom and I wanted my dad. They wouldn't do anything. I remember them saying they were going to cut my seat belt, and I was scared I was going to fall out.
"I remember them cutting the seat belt, and I remember them picking me up, which was probably one of the worst parts. I had a broken thigh and they were grabbing my legs to get me. I remember them putting me on the stiff board, and they took me out through the exit gate and there's an entrance gate, an exit gate, and there's my seat. I was in the first seat that was right by it. They exited me through, and there was the ambulance right there, and I was going to be put in the ambulance.
"I don't remember much of the ambulance ride. What I remember most is them saying I was like 18, 15, and me getting mad, and I said I'm 13. I had an oxygen mask on and probably wasn't saying it too clear.
"I remember breaking down to Cindy, a nurse, about being best friends with my mom, and how I wanted to see my mom, and I wanted to see my dad. I remember them taking my top off and my freaking out about that because my pants were already gone, because when I got down to the bottom of the ride, those were gone. My neck hurt really bad, because when we got to the top of the ride, a cable was wrapped around my neck, and if I wouldn't have had that go away, I guess I would be decapitated. Blair and I pulled that off. I had a lump on the back of my head so big.
"I remember lying in the bed, and I wasn't allowed to have water. I remember begging for water. I was so thirsty. I was actually on my way to go get Coke, but my friends wanted to ride the ride, so we decided to get on that.
"I remember them putting heart monitors on my chest and them bringing me wet paper towels to suck on, because I couldn't have water before surgery. I remember her telling me I was not allowed to go to sleep.
"The next thing I remember from that, and I'm guessing hours later, is seeing my mom and dad and then I don't remember all of it. I remember seeing my mom and my dad and then it's like I drifted off or something, and I remember seeing my dad's friend's wife holding my hand crying. I remember seeing my Aunt Chris and her son, Tyler, walk out of the room. I remember seeing my cousin, Mike. I remember everybody being so sad. I remember saying to my mom, 'My legs are gone, but I still have eyes and I can see you.' The next thing I remember is waking up at Vanderbilt.
"I remember being on the ride and having cables in front of me and the pain that I felt at the time is like my whole body was hot and on fire. I don't know if it's from blood loss or what it's from. It's almost like when you get a scab and the air and water hits it and it burns. It was like that, but all over my body. It was horrible. It's the only time I've ever smelled a smell that smells like burning flesh. It was horrible. I would rather stay in a house full of cigar smoke than what this was. It was more of a rank, horrible smell. I don't think at the time that I knew it was from my skin. I thought it was from the ride. Part of it was from the ride. I don't know if it was smoking or not, but I do remember...it was a very distinct smell. It's like something you will smell once, and if you think about it, you'll remember it for the rest of your life. If it happened when you were one, you will remember when you're 18."
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Omg, that poor little girl. 
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I'm so glad she's doing better, I'm really impressed with her dad's statement, I'm impressed that the park took the ride down, and this makes me very glad: "The doctors and hospitals have agreed to wait for payment until the family's case against the theme park is resolved".
Especially b/c you'd think it's best that they know the extent of the long-term damage, and more of an approximation of the total cost for her past care and future needs, so the family doesn't get too low a sum. Though I guess it's a jury case, so who knows how much they might get. Hopefully enough to pay for what has already been done, as well as for her continued care and prostheses for the rest of her life.
Especially b/c you'd think it's best that they know the extent of the long-term damage, and more of an approximation of the total cost for her past care and future needs, so the family doesn't get too low a sum. Though I guess it's a jury case, so who knows how much they might get. Hopefully enough to pay for what has already been done, as well as for her continued care and prostheses for the rest of her life.
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Here is a photo of Kaitlyn Lasitter:
And I don't know about anyone else, but reading her deposition was literally gut wrenching. Even more so because my daughter -- who loves "thriller" rides -- is the same age as Kaitlyn.
And I don't know about anyone else, but reading her deposition was literally gut wrenching. Even more so because my daughter -- who loves "thriller" rides -- is the same age as Kaitlyn.
I couldn't bear to read the deposition. I knew it would be gut-wrenching. My DD is Kaitlyn's age, too.
I can not believe they are still in litigation over this. At least the hospital is deferring bills until after that. My son and I rode this same ride at our six flags just a day or two before this happened. I just looked it up and they still have the ride at our park. 
IF we go back, we will not be riding it. Either Six Flags was negligent and should pay up immediately or something was wrong with the ride and it should be removed from all parks. As of now, we will not be getting season passes as we have for the past several years.
IF we go back, we will not be riding it. Either Six Flags was negligent and should pay up immediately or something was wrong with the ride and it should be removed from all parks. As of now, we will not be getting season passes as we have for the past several years.
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I understand - and in addition to having a DD of the same age we're also BWV owners! In fact, we'll be down there in about two weeks.
Here's a more recent photo of Kaitlyn and her parents:
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Update on victim.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/NEWS01/802260396
Ky. Kingdom ride victim, Kaitlyn Lasitter, has bone removed
By Charlie White
cwhite@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
Fourteen-year-old Kaitlyn Lasitter will not walk again for at least five weeks after undergoing her fourth amputation surgery in eight months.
Surgeons at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., cut 1½ inches of bone from the end of her left leg last weekend after it had grown through the muscle tissue and began pushing through the skin.
"It was at a knifepoint," her mother, Monique Lasitter, told The Courier-Journal last night.
Kaitlyn has been walking with the aid of a prosthetic left leg and crutches. However, the surgery will require that she stay off that leg for five to six weeks until she can be refitted for a new prosthesis.
The teenager had both feet severed June 21 by a broken cable while she was riding on the Superman Tower of Power at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.
Doctors reattached her right foot, but she had to have much of her left leg amputated after they realized they could not reattach the left foot.
Since late last year, Kaitlyn had been making progress with the help of physical therapists at Frazier Rehab Institute in downtown Louisville.
"She had been up and going," but now she is in "serious, intense pain," her mother said.
Kaitlyn has not regained much feeling or mobility in her right foot, and unless that improves, doctors say they might need to amputate it, her mother said.
"We still have no certainty of her reattachment, so this also weighs heavy on our child, thinking of future pain with the possibility of yet another amputation," Randy Lasitter wrote in an e-mail yesterday to The Courier-Journal. "That is too much for a child to have to continuously relive."
Doctors have told the family a decision must be made within two years whether to amputate Kaitlyn's right foot. The main question, her mother said, is whether it will ever be safe to use.
For example, doctors want to make sure she can feel her foot well enough to know if she is walking on broken glass, her mother said.
The Lasitter family has sued Kentucky Kingdom, claiming the theme park failed to maintain the ride and ensure riders' safety.
Several witnesses and park employees have given depositions in the case, and laboratories have performed tests on the broken cable. Both sides are now waiting for the results of a final set of tests results taken on 3-foot sections of the cable.
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture, which inspects each ride at the park before it opens for the season and is in charge of investigating Kaitlyn's injury, will issue its report shortly after the cable test results return.
The Lasitters' attorney, Larry Franklin, said lawyers for the amusement park told him they would begin dismantling the Tower of Power early this week.
Calls to a Kentucky Kingdom spokeswoman were not returned last night.
State Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer told legislators in Frankfort on Wednesday that the current ride-inspection program "poses a threat to our consumers" because the department does not have enough inspectors.
When the department began its program in 1984, it had 24 full-time ride inspectors. It now has eight.
"In 1984, we had about 600 rides that we did initial inspections on. Today there are somewhere around 4,000, and we'll do somewhere between 10 and 15,000 follow-up inspections," Farmer told the House Committee on Appropriations and Revenue on Feb. 20. "And obviously -- you know, you can kinda do the math -- it's just tough for eight people to get around and do all the things that we need to do."
Those inspectors also look at all amusement rides, such as those at the state and county fairs.
Kaitlyn's mother said the recent setbacks -- and the possibility of another amputation -- have been emotionally draining and frightening, but the girl continues to push on.
And she is excited to return to physical therapy in five or six weeks.
"We are not a depressed family," Monique Lasitter said. "We've told her, 'There's nothing else we can do but live through this.' "
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/NEWS01/802260396
Ky. Kingdom ride victim, Kaitlyn Lasitter, has bone removed
By Charlie White
cwhite@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
Fourteen-year-old Kaitlyn Lasitter will not walk again for at least five weeks after undergoing her fourth amputation surgery in eight months.
Surgeons at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., cut 1½ inches of bone from the end of her left leg last weekend after it had grown through the muscle tissue and began pushing through the skin.
"It was at a knifepoint," her mother, Monique Lasitter, told The Courier-Journal last night.
Kaitlyn has been walking with the aid of a prosthetic left leg and crutches. However, the surgery will require that she stay off that leg for five to six weeks until she can be refitted for a new prosthesis.
The teenager had both feet severed June 21 by a broken cable while she was riding on the Superman Tower of Power at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.
Doctors reattached her right foot, but she had to have much of her left leg amputated after they realized they could not reattach the left foot.
Since late last year, Kaitlyn had been making progress with the help of physical therapists at Frazier Rehab Institute in downtown Louisville.
"She had been up and going," but now she is in "serious, intense pain," her mother said.
Kaitlyn has not regained much feeling or mobility in her right foot, and unless that improves, doctors say they might need to amputate it, her mother said.
"We still have no certainty of her reattachment, so this also weighs heavy on our child, thinking of future pain with the possibility of yet another amputation," Randy Lasitter wrote in an e-mail yesterday to The Courier-Journal. "That is too much for a child to have to continuously relive."
Doctors have told the family a decision must be made within two years whether to amputate Kaitlyn's right foot. The main question, her mother said, is whether it will ever be safe to use.
For example, doctors want to make sure she can feel her foot well enough to know if she is walking on broken glass, her mother said.
The Lasitter family has sued Kentucky Kingdom, claiming the theme park failed to maintain the ride and ensure riders' safety.
Several witnesses and park employees have given depositions in the case, and laboratories have performed tests on the broken cable. Both sides are now waiting for the results of a final set of tests results taken on 3-foot sections of the cable.
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture, which inspects each ride at the park before it opens for the season and is in charge of investigating Kaitlyn's injury, will issue its report shortly after the cable test results return.
The Lasitters' attorney, Larry Franklin, said lawyers for the amusement park told him they would begin dismantling the Tower of Power early this week.
Calls to a Kentucky Kingdom spokeswoman were not returned last night.
State Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer told legislators in Frankfort on Wednesday that the current ride-inspection program "poses a threat to our consumers" because the department does not have enough inspectors.
When the department began its program in 1984, it had 24 full-time ride inspectors. It now has eight.
"In 1984, we had about 600 rides that we did initial inspections on. Today there are somewhere around 4,000, and we'll do somewhere between 10 and 15,000 follow-up inspections," Farmer told the House Committee on Appropriations and Revenue on Feb. 20. "And obviously -- you know, you can kinda do the math -- it's just tough for eight people to get around and do all the things that we need to do."
Those inspectors also look at all amusement rides, such as those at the state and county fairs.
Kaitlyn's mother said the recent setbacks -- and the possibility of another amputation -- have been emotionally draining and frightening, but the girl continues to push on.
And she is excited to return to physical therapy in five or six weeks.
"We are not a depressed family," Monique Lasitter said. "We've told her, 'There's nothing else we can do but live through this.' "
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Kaitlynn Lassiter and her mom testify for bill for federal regulation of amusement parks.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/05/14/bts.amusement.park.safety.cnn
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/05/14/bts.amusement.park.safety.cnn
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