BREAKING NEWS: Fatal Walt Disney World Monorail Crash

[PolynesianMedic]

here is a video that was posted on YouTube from a former monorail pilot, explaining what might have happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QBZ_S7i ... r_embedded

 

[mSummers]

Kevin Ye put together an article on Miceage that also explains what may have happened. ;
http://miceage.micechat.com/kevinyee/ky070609a.htm

 

[Roger]

Yes, he did an excellent job putting the puzzle pieces together from everything we're pretty sure we know now. ; Granted, we'll find out more once the NTSB gets done.

 

[Roger]

Austin was a hero.

According to the preliminary NTSB report, Austin noticed Pink was heading towards him and tried to reverse out of the way.

Link goes to John Frost's blog:

http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/07/08/nts ... -accident/

And the original AP release:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... AD99AIETO2

 

[Roger]

Latest:

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local ... HHmXA.cspx

Makes me sick mainly because this was in Florida; in Anaheim you can see the beam towards the roundhouse from the closest Denny's.

 

[mSummers]

That's terrible. ; There's no excuse for the manager to be off property. ;