jzarley Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 What a terrible thing. I feel so awful for his family and everyone at Holiday World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Rest my friend, you have done well in this life. Others can and have taken over where you have left off, and will continue to do so. There is so much you have done that so many do not know, you will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkiboy Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Looks like Cedar Fair has givein there prayers as well. http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/blog/2010/6/14/We_Extend_Our_Sympathies.cfm http://www.visitkingsisland.com/public/fun/blog/2010/6/14/We_extend_our_condolances.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveStroem Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." Dr. Suess as read by Will Koch http://www.holidayworld.com/node/3237 I think that this quote would be exactly as Will would want us to remember him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_SoB_fan Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I love this tweet, as it begins to storm. BigSeaton @HolidayWorld Don't worry about any thunder you hear, its just Heaven's newest wooden roller coaster. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windshawne Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I can't believe she had the strength to go in today-god bless her-I know I couldn't have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icedripper Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 so so sad. he was a true visionary in the industry. he will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Millennium Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Wow. This is horrible..it must be awful to have your son die before you...and to think all of us at HWN saw him about a week before his death.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Wow. This stunned me yesterday when I found on on the local news. I had actually seen Will on my visit to Holiday World on May 29th, and he appeared fine. This came as a total and unpleasant suprise. My condolences to the entire Koch family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Apparent cause of death: drowning: http://www.whas11.co...d-96415099.html Also: ...Funeral arrangements for Koch have also been set. Visitation is Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST at the Santa Claus United Methodist Church in Santa Claus, Indiana. Koch's funeral is at the church on Thursday at 11 a.m. The family asks that instead of flowers memorials be sent to the Lincoln Boyhood Drama Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Association or the Santa Claus United Methodist Church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan73 Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Wow, that is really sad. So young with so much more to offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondback96 Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Video from WLKY. I'm actually in the video, but that is trivial right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigacoaster2k Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I've been crying on and off since Monday morning. At HWN, I sat in the new Timberliners that were on display outside of Voyage's entrance and gift shop. Gary (Beast79) shoved the restraint down on me all the way and laughed. Will was standing right by the train fragment. I pouted at Will and said "Gary stapled me!" Will laughed and released my restraint, and laughed even harder when I jumped out of the seat and punched Gary. I also have a photo of Tom (Tom76257), Will, and I from HW closing day last year, which is my new Facebook profile photo. I'd share it, but I'm minus a computer at the moment. I might go to HW this Friday. I know a few people that work there.. I feel for them. I've been thinking about the Koch family nonstop. I'm still in shock from this terrible news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondback96 Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Six Flags tweeted to Holiday World about this. http://twitter.com/SixFlags/status/16166504809 I would actually consider Will a kind of celebrity, at least in the amusement park industry. He pretty much revived the wooden coaster, showing everyone that wooden coasters can be just as fun as steel ones. He will go down in history, like John Miller, John Allen, and all of the great people that have been in the amusement industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkiboy Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Six Flags tweeted to Holiday World about this. http://twitter.com/SixFlags/status/16166504809 I would actually consider Will a kind of celebrity, at least in the amusement park industry. He pretty much revived the wooden coaster, showing everyone that wooden coasters can be just as fun as steel ones. He will go down in history, like John Miller, John Allen, and all of the great people that have been in the amusement industry. He was very well known in the Amusement Industry he was also on the Bord for IAPPA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74Gibson Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 This really hurts. I first visited Holiday World this year for Holiwood nights. I have gained so much respect for the Koch family and can't stop speaking their praises and the amazingly good place the Holiday World is. This is truly a loss. My thoughts are with his family and I wish them the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveStroem Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Paula just put this link up to Coaster Radio's Tribute to Will. Wow this is great. And so nice to hear Will's laugh again. :0) http://blog.coasterr...te-to-will.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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