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Originally Posted by tharbert View Post
Those things are death traps! I can't believe the insurance companies will even insure them. A duck ride business at Lake DeGray in Arkansas had one go down about 15 years ago. It was buttoned up because of cold weather. The main shaft seal blew and, IIRC, several tourists drown...basically all hands. They simply couldn't get out of the damn thing. I'd bet the two that died here were trapped in some way too.
Some of my wife's cousins drowned on that one.
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