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Steve McNair’s murder scene at an Amusement Park

September 26th, 2009 admin No comments

That display is obviously wrong. McNair was lying down on the couch when she shot him. God who cares!

Is it too early for zombie swayze?

Is it too early for zombie Swayze?

Kings Island, an amusement park in Cincinnati, decided to include dead celebrities in their Halloween display, and one of those displays parodied deceased former NFL quarterback Steve McNair(notes).

A skeleton representing McNair, wearing a No. 9 jersey while sitting on a couch, is holding a Titans helmet with the top blown off, while a woman in red lingerie lays across his lap. There’s a gun on the ground, near her body. On July 4th of this year, a woman named Sahel Kazemi killed McNair and herself in a murder-suicide.

Ha?

Word of the McNair display got out, and as you might have guessed, people did not react favorably. A spokesperson for Kings Island told Clay Travis of FanHouse that there would be no McNair display when the park opens its “Halloween Haunt” on Friday, after initially denying that it ever existed.

This article from WLWT in Cincinnati references the McNair display, as well as others of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ted Kennedy and Ed McMahon. You can see pictures of some of the displays here, including McNair.

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Amusement park: 1 Victim: 0

July 2nd, 2007 admin No comments

I always say, when the kids start acting up…pack your suitcases, we’re off to Playland…they know what I mean, and pipe down real quick.

NEW YORK – A young woman died in an accident on a gyrating ride with a deadly history at a landmark amusement park, a police spokesman said.The woman was killed while riding the Mind Scrambler around 9:30 p.m. Friday at Playland Amusement Park in Rye, N.Y., said Westchester County Police spokesman Kieran O’Leary.

Emergency workers responded quickly, but “but there wasn’t very much anybody could do for her,” O’Leary said. The woman, who was in her 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene, he said.

Police were investigating early Saturday, and no details about the circumstances of the accident were available. The woman’s name was not released because authorities were working to notify her family, and it was not known whether she was riding the Mind Scrambler alone or with friends, O’Leary said.

The indoor attraction spins riders around in a darkened tent with flashing lights. It was the scene of another fatal accident on May 22, 2004, when 7-year-old Stephanie Dieudonne wriggled free of the restraining bar on one of the cars, knelt on the seat and fell soon after the ride started, according to investigators.

The amusement park was not cited for any violations or required to make improvements to the ride after the girl’s death, but officials announced plans to add seat belts, more lighting and a second attendant at the Mind Scrambler.

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