There was a lot of wind coming in from all directions, except in the cove. ![]() We emptied 6 trash bins, each filled to the brim with garbage, put new bags in and headed to the dumpster. I was helping a co-worker with a trash run in the Luau Cove. After a busy day, the evening fell with a strong wind. It was on a regular scheduled weekday when I noticed the first strange thing. Since me and my friends are the only ones that closed the park, we would always be told about the incident, knowing that we walked near the same slide that the girl had died on. The pipeline was the same as it was before the incident, although it was rebuilt and renamed. By the mid-season, mostly around June-July, my co-workers and I would start to see and notice some strange things. It always has to be someone not liking someone just because they are assholes. Everyone that works there doesn't really get along too well at times. The monthly pay I got was alright, but there was too much work. May 2011 was the month I applied at Waterworld California. The park got off good, besides having to change companies three times and their name along with it. People began to worry less and take more precautions and by that time, so did the park, because they put up more descriptive signs and added more vigilance to the park. But after another season, things softened down for the park. Sales went down, and something had to be done. That's when people began questioning "Are water slides safe?" From there on, Waterworld USA Concord took a turn for the worst. She died on the way to the hospital.Īfter that whole incident, the area near the pipeline was covered in the blood of the 33 students that fell. All of the students got broken bones and severe injuries, except for one student a 17 year old girl, who was the last to go on the Banzai Pipeline. As she was sliding down the tube right when it was breaking, she fell and hit concrete head first. It plummeted the 33 students, who were 40 feet off the ground, onto the concrete floor at full impact, spilling blood all over the water and concrete. Halfway down, the slide burst open from the bottom, making a horrifying sound of breaking metal and fiberglass. One by one, they all slid down the closed pipe, creating a big plug trapping the students, but never made it all the way. About 33 students marched up the wooden tower pushing and shoving through the tiny vessel, ignoring every liability and instruction made by the lifeguard on duty. The slide which they would ride on was called the Banzai Pipeline, and stood 6 stories high, right below the even bigger slide called the Cliffhanger. ![]() On June 2nd, 1997, a group of high-school students from Napa attempted to break a world record for the most riders on a slide. When it reopened, the park would always bring in a new attraction, which in turn would attract thousands of people. People from all across the USA would come here to cool off during the summer. During winter, however, it would be closed down until next Spring. It was Concord's first main attraction for decades, and had been providing family fun for almost everyone. I'm sure some of you are familiar with the water park attraction called Waterworld California.īefore the water park was named after the state it was in, it was originally known as Waterworld USA Concord. ![]() Only certain traces of evidence, dates, and occurrences will remain as they were. In this story, some names of the incident will remain anonymous.
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