Alaina Urquhart

But Smith went a step further in denying any responsibility, saying the ride didn't injure Larson.

It was a rock 25 feet away that hurt him.

That same thing could have happened to someone falling off a bicycle.

How did they get insurance for this?

She smiles.

Now, despite Smith's assertion that George Larson knew the risks of the ride and had in fact ignored several safety warnings, others at the park were far less convinced it was operator error.

In an investigation into the accident by the Office of Workplace and Compliance at the State Department of Labor, investigators spoke to several park employees who had previously voiced concerns about public safety at the park.

And on that slide specifically, one of the summer attendants said, we knew something would happen.

It could have been any of us.

Oh my God.

According to the report, there was no controls over the cart's speed on the concrete track.

and any number of factors, including whether the concrete was wet, could affect how the car performed, none of which was taken into consideration by the park.

The park was cited for seven violations of safety standards, including having no access road for emergency vehicles to arrive.

You ought to be fucking kidding me.

But ultimately, George's death was ruled an accident.

Wow.

Now, in the weeks and months that followed Larson's death, reports of injuries began to pile up.

Andy Mulvihill, remember Eugene's son, said they careened down towering water slides that spit them into shower pools at such velocity that sometimes overshot and landed them in the dirt, laughing or bleeding, sometimes both.

They often lost their grip on swinging ropes and plunged into the freezing mountain.

They emerged from lakes stinking of spilled diesel fuel from the overworked motorboats.