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My son and myself got injured this month. Our vacation is July 14 to 17. On June 23 I tore all the ligaments in my knee, I have a brace on and most likely will by the time we go. On June 28 my son broke both the bones in his forearm. Right now he has a splint on it and has to go to the ortho doc tomorrow, I am not sure if they will just keep that on it or actually put him in a plaster cast. If they do put a plaster cast on him, will he be allowed to ride all the rides? If they see someone with a knee splint or an arm splint will they stop you from riding? I know alot of people wear knee splints/braces for support and not just injuries. If anyone knows please let me know. I don't need to be told, for his or my best interest we should not ride, I know that, I just need to figure out what to do as I have 3 kids upset with me for getting hurt, now my son is hurt too and they are not very happy....lol and I do not want to waste $250 on tickets for all 5 of us when 2 of us won't even be able to ride once we've paid to get it in. Thanks

I am sure they can't, but again, I don't think they should sue above it. The family should be able to come out even, then have whatever she needs for her future, including medical bills, new prosthetic bills, continuing rehab. I just see parents out to make a point.

Give me a break, she is able to walk you know, she has not lost future income, she has 1 prosthetic. Her other foot was reattached, she has been in rehab for I guess over 6 months now. Are you saying she is crippled for life because I see people out there with no legs that run, are you saying she can't run with 1 prosthetic? She can't hold down a clerical job because she is missing 1 foot?????? Get real, look at the great things disabled people overcome on a daily basis. No it isn't fair it happened to her, but it isn't fair to take advantage of KK for something you know CAN HAPPEN. Uh...no. Where DO you get your FACTS? At last report, she is NOT able to walk. She will probably be able to some time soon. Maybe. Why do you CHOOSE to minimize her very tragic injuries? Pardon me, but I think your attitude on this is very cold, to say the least. She was on the news WALKING. Not sure why they would of reported it if she wasn't. I am not cold about this, I am just saying it was an accident and you are making it out like KK pointed her out and doomed her when that is not the case. I don't believe in suing only to become a millionaire when things go wrong and too many people do that and they are too (imo). I am not saying don't sue, but sue for what you need, not a dime more. They are just as liable as what you feel KK is, they let her ride knowing anything can go wrong, and unfortunately it did. I don't believe KK has done everything right (afterwards), but that again is no reason to make a profit off it and in my opinion I feel they have an "I'm going to make you pay for this" attitude because of how ticked they are at KK because of the illdisregard they have protrayed. As I have said, KK should be there willing to dish out as much as the family needs to take care of them. They should not be out a dime ever for this. I don't feel you get "pain and suffering" for a non malicious act. Kaitlyn should receive some money for herself, to be able to take care of things that she WANTS right now, because she is pretty much wheelchair bound and going through therapy, but again, not to make her parents rich off their daughters accident and that is what I get from it. And yes, if I was on the jury, I would say the samething. I feel the family is entitled to some. That all medical bills be sent to KK pertaining this for the rest of her life, and the rest of her life won't be much, that anything paid out in the very beginning, gas, food, gifts, should all be reimbursed to the family and that Kailtyn, have money now to help her through this mentally, but I am not talking millions, I am not even talking big thousands, I'm talking about anything you'd do to comfort any child that has a serious injury. I know this is hard on the child but kids bounce back, I think in my opinion, the people that have this the hardest are the parents, adults dwell on things alot more than kids do. She is lucky she got one attached and it is working well (last I heard), but I do not see this crippling her for the rest of her life. Yes she will be disabled forever, but she can over come this and I am sure she will. I have seen people worse off than her come back and amaze people, and I think she too will do the same.

The right or "fair" thing to do on the park's part is to offer to pay for all damages incurred. That's good PR, that's showing that you actually care. Yes, I agree, and that is just what they did not do. I am so suprised at that, and was let down by at as well. They said no one from KK has followed up on her at all, I feel KK in wrong in that manner, even the owner should of shown up at the hospital and wrote the family out a check that day to take care of the weeks that the family had to live at the hospital.

Give me a break, she is able to walk you know, she has not lost future income, she has 1 prosthetic. Her other foot was reattached, she has been in rehab for I guess over 6 months now. Are you saying she is crippled for life because I see people out there with no legs that run, are you saying she can't run with 1 prosthetic? She can't hold down a clerical job because she is missing 1 foot?????? Get real, look at the great things disabled people overcome on a daily basis. No it isn't fair it happened to her, but it isn't fair to take advantage of KK for something you know CAN HAPPEN.

Exactly as I said. KK should be liable for medical bills and her comfort only! And should not even hesitated to of paid the first bill back when she was in the hospital.. It should never come or came down to the Lasiter family requesting them pay for her care from then on out. I feel the parents are taking advantage of the situation. I believe that Kaitlyn should be entitled to money for her youth, in between and throughout the rest of her life. I don't feel it will take "tons", as the bigget part is behind her, it will take alot, now she needs money for her prosthetics, continued counseling, home adjustments, etc. Yes, to take care of people that get injured I agree, but not to be taken advantage of from money hungry people and that is the way I view it.

The semi issue is a common sense thing though. That's an accident on the trucker's fault, the moron jumped out in front of the semi. When we get on a ride we expect not to die. Sure there's always a chance but that chance is extremely slim. So is getting on a ride! Common sense, you know something can go wrong at ANY TIME. If you put yourself outthere for danger you take a chance to get hurt. And it is the same thing. If you get on a plane, if you ride in car, if you walk down the street. It is a chance you take and you are sure you will come out safe, but why assume that??? Anything can go wrong with the best of intentions and that is why I do not feel that they are liable. They had my kids safety in mind, they had her safety in mind as well as everyone else on the ride that day. It was an accident.

In my opinion, the only thing that could of prevented this is not to allow the feet to hang freely. That is just an accident in the making as it was. I ride rides like that, but I feel that those are endangering more than car rides. Would a "car" type ride prevented this? Yes, so then maybe the maker of the ride should be held liable, not the rider, not the park that bought the ride. If you want to look at it like that, it was a faulty design. So sue the manufacturer.

As of right now, it seems to be that the park has done all they could do. It has been almost a year and it still has not come back to be their fault. And I feel that since Six Flags is such a large corporation they are going to do anything they can to prevent losing money. You find these types of things at carnivals and things like that. Not companies that intend to stay in business and I am sure Six Flags does everything they feel is most important to prevent any disasters happening. That is why this has always been called a Fluke, because it is so rare amoung places like this, Kings Island and Disney. Disney even had a child die on a ride. Was it deemed their fault, no it wasn't. Come to find out the child had a heart condition that the family never knew of. And yes, I do understand the 2 are totally different, but if you put yourself in harms way, you can't expect to sue. I just feel if you put yourself in front of a semi and the semi runs you down the semi is not responsible. Samething here, you sit in that sit and you waive all rights to any lawsuits above medical needs, comfort needs. An accident on a ride should never make you a millionaire. And no I am not saying it may not take a million for kaitlyns bills, and needs, KK should help out with that and not think anything of it and anything else she needs to live a comfortable life, but should not make her a millionaire over that cost.

No amount of money will ever make her whole. Do you not understand when you step on any ride you are putting your life in danger? Do you continue to ride? Do you allow yourself to put your childrens lives in danger, if you ride then the answer is yes. Each one of us ever day do something to put our lives in danger but do we sue everyone? No because it isn't appropriate. When a plane crashes, it is someone elses fault, you sue, but you are the one that got on that plane. It is the same thing. What happens when you are driving on an interstate and you lose controll of your car and you have a limb amputated, are you going to sue the state?? Will you win, no! Why, because you were the one that put yourself in that car and you are the one that has to take the chance of something going wrong. Have you not heard when it is your time to die, you die. Maybe this is just what was meant for her life, yes, that sounds grim, but the way it is. I am disabled, I am not whole, did I sue the homeowner that caused it, no, because it was an accident. Has it broke us, yes it has. But an accident is an accident, this is the samething that happened on that ride that day. KK did not mean for anyone to get hurt, Kaitlyn did not mean to get hurt and her parents did not mean to put her in harms way, but they did. When my 19 year old brother was killed in the Vietnam war did my parents sue Vietnam or the United States Army? No, why because they all knew you step into that world and you may get injured, well he got more than injured he got KILLED! When you go to a store and slip and fall due to water or something, yes, then the store is liable, because that could of been prevented. But a breaking cable, well it is just unknown, have you heard of a freak accident?? That is what it was, something that does not happen all the time. No ride is immune to 24/7 safety, period. And yes, I do know what liable means. And no I do not feel they are liable. The only way the girl could of prevented it is to not go on it. Tell me how KK could have prevented it. If they were truely at fault I feel the test would of came back by now of negligence on their part, it hasn't yet. I just don't believe the family should get millions off of it, it was an ACCIDENT, KK did not do it on purpose. As I said earlier, I do feel Kaitly should not have to worry about any medical bills, from here on out. Nor should she worrry about any other finances that will come along with this. But no amount of money will put her other foot on, no amount of money will fix the problem. Nothing will ever make her whole again.

No, she said she just saw it on the news, do you not understand when I said she didn't understand what it meant???

No, got it around 5:30, I just read an article and she didn't understand what they meant, I told her all is fine you just as a teen can't get a job there operating thrill rides. Which I don't see how the operator had anything to do with it.

No, my opinion would not change. I did not say what you are saying, I said I DO think KK should pay for anything she needs from here on out, I do not believe they should be held liable. It is a risk we all take everytime we get on a ride. I also do believe KK was wrong about how they went about things regarding when it happened, after it happened and etc. Someone from KK should of been at the hospital asking what they can do, instead they blew them off which is wrong. But again, in my opinion I do not think they should be made rich from this and they probably will be. I do believe they are entitle to something just not millions.

Someone told me that, I didn't read it. They emailed me about it. They are from Ky themselves. Let me look it up.

Post can be removed, person told me misunderstood.