Dawn Boyle
This past weekend a number of people were injured when blow up "rides" were blown into crowds by a gust of wind with children still inside of them. I HATE THESE RIDES!
I will first let you know that I do have a rather large blow up slide. We got it a few years ago for our daughters birthday party. Every time we set it up, someone gets hurt. I hate that slide!
A few years ago we had a kiddie party at an indoor party place that has the inflatables as well. At least three children received burns on their skin from going down the slides. Did I mention I hate these stupid things?
Another time at a large community party my kids were inside a blow up bounce and it started to deflate, I never moved so fast in my life to get my kids out of that damn thing before they were suffocated by it.
What is the story with these things???
Are there any safety rules that the manufactures or owners have to abide by???
I am happy to say that my children are no longer fans of these rides. I fell so horrible for the people who were injured in Oceanside, NY on June 4th. I have personal experience with a child being affected by PTSD from a carnival ride and I know that a lot of the people involved will have a long road ahead of them to be able to coupe with what happened and what they witnessed.
We were there not long before it happened. My son went down that two story slide that was blowing around and instead of sliding, he flipped over twice. We are very lucky that there weren't more people hurt and my heart goes out to the mom who is still in critical condition. Her 6 year old son stood helplessly next to her while she was unconscious and bleeding. There are many traumatized kids here in Oceanside!
ReplyDeleteDawn I feel so bad for you and your son. To witness something like that is horrible. I hope that Oceanside has social workers available for everyone affected.
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