Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Four-year-old dies after riding Epcot's Mission: Space
A four-year-old boy has died after riding Mission: Space, a centrifuge-based thrill ride in Disney World's Epcot Center.
Daudi Bamuwamye passed out Monday afternoon while on the attraction, which simulates a rocket launch and trip to Mars. The Orange County Sheriff's Office said his mother carried him off the ride and employees helped her place him on a bench.Link (Thanks, John, Bryan, and Mark!)Paramedics tried to revive him, but he died about 5 p.m. at Celebration Hospital.
Update: Bill K, an MD, sez, "The only thing that I can think of is a congenital heart defect that worsens with the exertion cause by this ride, something like idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis."
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