I was at the park the day this happened. I was with two friends. When we entered the park that morning, the tower was running. One of my friends suggested we ride it but my other friend and I just had a bad feeling about it. It was very weird. Normally, neither of us are weary of such rides, but something kept us off of it that day. We found Kentucky Kingdom itself pretty boring and ended up spending most of the day at the waterpark. We had noticed that the ride had stopped running. Then, while we were in line for the watercoaster I saw two very low flying helicopters come over the park (I'm assuming this was to rush her to the hospital)...??? I wouldn't think news would have received word this quickly. We didn't see much else until we left the park later that night. We passed the tower on the way out. Everything was blocked off and security was guarding the entrance to the ride. It wasn't until we were on our way home that we heard of the accident. Our friends called to make sure we were ok after seeing the breaking news story. VERY SCARY. I feel so bad for that girl. I really hope she has the best recovery possible. Needless to say, Drop Tower rides are nothing I want to get on any time soon.