someone die on the texas giant today?

[Captain Crawfish]

when gunts attack

you aint right man!!!

[Captain Crawfish]

absolutely no reason for a human to be that big. i eat but there comes a time when you just have to take control and put the food down.

[Special K]

Just saw they released the autopsy report.. Really? Do we really need a news report on death due to multiple traumatic injuries ...? I think we figured that part out!! Thanks Fox 4!!

I think it's weird her name is different than what her family said it was.

[Chas_svo]

I like how the media keeps reporting that noone knows why this lady fell out of the ride! It does not take a genius to figure out that she was obese and the G's +the weight likely caused the mechanism to fail. It isnt designed for that much weight Im sorry if that hurts feelings but its the truth. Six flags does need to make a new set of rules so that this doesnt happen again. IMO if it doesnt click twice tough luck lose some weight and come back when your healthy.

You won't be able to afford to take your kids because Big Momma can't read, or push her fat ass away from the table.

<---not pc

[MattB]

chooooo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ choooooooo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Lol you have way more train money than I do! I've just been lucky to never have to sit next to a fatty in my travels on a plane/train$$$$$$$

[Slow Five-O]

Lol you have way more train money than I do! I've just been lucky to never have to sit next to a fatty in my travels on a plane/train$$$$$$$

Never sat next to a fatty either.

Did sit next to some old woman on the way back from vegas who partied to hard though. She did the falling-asleep-head-bob for all 3 hours of the flight and hit my shoulder a couple times.

[SamTex]

I was waiting in line for Titan a few weeks ago, seent a fella get denied 'cause they couldn't secure his ass. I was very surprised at the size of a number of people squeezing into those cars...surprised it took this long to happen.

[big_tiger]

I tried to find out if someone that fat could survive just drinking water. They have seen people last a fucking year without eating!

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101128071049AApXGuK

A person who was "overweight" due to having large muscles and bones would not last very long without food.

A person who was morbidly obese could last a very long time eating nothing and drinking water. I think there are published examples (somewhere) of people surviving at least a year.

The difference is (obviously) that the obese person has much more fat to use for energy, which means that (after a short phase of stabilization) he/she can rely almost entirely on fat for fuel while maintaining stable blood glucose levels and sparing muscle tissue from being catabolized.

When glucose is not provided in food, the body has to resort to gluconeogenesis (the production of new glucose) using:

(a) amino acids from skeletal muscle (most of which are "glucogenic" and can be converted into glucose)

and/or

(b) glycerol from triglycerides (also known as triacylglycerols).

Triacylglycerols are the storage form of body fat, which actually contains some glucose-derived glycerol that can be returned to glucose when blood glucose levels are dropping.

The amino acids from skeletal muscle that cannot be converted into glucose can be converted into ketone bodies (also derived from the breakdown of fatty acids), and ketones are used as an emergency source of fuel by the brain when glucose is in short supply (which means that even the non-glucogenic amino acids are liable to be catabolized during starvation).

During the first week or two of starvation, obese subjects lose disproportionately high amounts of weight because their bodies have not fully adapted to the absence of carbohydrate and have continued oxidizing significant amounts of glucose, which have been derived in large part from the catabolism of skeletal muscle amino acids (see Link 1). They also shed a lot of water (and potassium) to begin with. After the first week or so, they revert to relying almost entirely on fat reserves for fuel, and lose weight at a steadier rate (which is much safer since hardly any of it results from the breakdown of lean tissue). This means that stored fat (triacylglycerol) is broken down into fatty acids (used for fuel) and glycerol (used to replenish blood glucose levels, thus sparing lean tissue from oxidation).

Vigorous or semi-vigorous exercise does not mix with starvation, because it necessitates the oxidation of more glucose, which during starvation has to be derived from lean tissue catabolism.

Lean subjects oxidize greater quantities of lean tissue during starvation. For example, obese subjects are able to derive more than twice as much new glucose from glycerol rather than muscle protein (see Link 2).
Source(s):
Link 1: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles…

Link 2: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/106950

[Strychnine]

blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/07/this_is_the_texas_giant_drop_t.php

This Is the Texas Giant Drop That Tossed a Dallas Woman From the Six Flags Coaster



At roughly the 54-second mark of this 2011 video, Six Flags' Texas Giant roller coaster reaches the apex of that first climb. Then, it descends at a 79-degree angle -- almost straight down -- for nearly 150 feet. At around 7 p.m. Friday, during this stomach-churning descent, 52-year-old Rosa Irene Ayala-Gaona was ejected from the third car, according to the inquest conducted by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office.

She fell for 75 feet before striking a metal support beam, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. Her body finally came to rest on the roof of a tunnel. Ayala-Gaona died of "multiple traumatic injuries."

At least one witness described her as "frantic" when the coaster was preparing to disembark. She believed her safety bar hadn't been properly secured. It didn't "click" as many times as the others when it was locked in place, a witness said. That could mean mechanical malfunction or error on the part of Six Flags employees.

But because there is no state agency charged with investigating amusement park accidents, Six Flags Over Texas will be conducting the inquiry itself. And because a lawsuit is all but guaranteed, who knows when the results of the investigation will be released? U.S. Representative Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, pushed a bill in 2011 to restore jurisdiction over amusement parks to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, but it died in committee. He's calling on Congress again to provide better oversight.

None of which is likely to satisfy Ayala-Gaona's family, or the thousands of Six Flags patrons who'll almost certainly think twice before setting foot on another roller coaster.

[Sean88gt]

I tried to find out if someone that fat could survive just drinking water. They have seen people last a fucking year without eating!

Would that constitute a diet high in fat potentially leading to heart disease?

[talisman]

The family of a 52-year-old Dallas woman has filed a lawsuit against Six Flags Over Texas two months after the woman was thrown from the seat of her roller coaster and fell 75 feet to her death.

Rosa Esparza was killed July 19 when she fell off the Texas Giant, a 14-story roller coaster that twists and turns at more than 60 miles per hour at the amusement park in Arlington.

The lawsuit, which accuses Six Flags of negligence, was filed on Tuesday, the same day Six Flags announced the roller coaster will reopen this weekend.
Esparza, according to the suit, was in the front, left seat of the second car in the roller coaster chain when the ride began. Her son-in-law and daughter were in the front seat, and according to the lawsuit, they saw Esparza "attempting to hold on for dear life."

Frank Branson, the family's attorney, told ABC News Esparza's daughter heard her mother's screams for help.

"She heard screams behind her. She turned, as I understand it, to see her mother's feet in the air. She turns back to tell her husband and turns around again and her mother was gone," Branson said.

The T-shaped lap bar that was supposed to restrain riders didn't work properly, according to the suit. The lawsuit states that inspections done on the roller coasters after Esparza's death "showed that various parts of the security systems on the ride were experiencing inconsistencies and intermittent failures."

After the incident, Six Flags replaced a "limit switch," an indicator that shows the safety bar is in place, in the car Esparza was riding in because amusement park staff "found the switch to be defective," according to the lawsuit.

Esparza's family has requested a trial by jury and is seeking compensation of at least $1 million.

Six Flags declined to comment on the lawsuit and has never said what exactly happened the day Esparza plunged to her death, but insisted there was "no mechanical failures."

Esparza was 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighed more than 200 pounds, but the family's attorney says it's still not clear whether the safety bar locked or if the bar wasn't properly designed to "hold in" someone her size.

Six Flags has announced that when the Texas Giant reopens, the ride will be equipped with new seat belts and redesigned restraint bar pads. The amusement park will also offer a sample roller coaster seat at the ride's entrance for people to judge for themselves in advance whether they fit safely.

[Buick355]

Should be a slam dunk for the petitioners. I would think Six Flags would rather cut them a check for $1mil now than let this go to trial just to have this over with and to keep the media out of it.

[BP]

Should be a slam dunk for the petitioners. I would think Six Flags would rather cut them a check for $1mil now than let this go to trial just to have this over with and to keep the media out of it.

Heck yeah, that's a bargain. The last fatality there cost them $4 million.

[talisman]

Should be a slam dunk for the petitioners. I would think Six Flags would rather cut them a check for $1mil now than let this go to trial just to have this over with and to keep the media out of it.

Exactly what I was thinking. They're getting out cheap.

[GhostTX]

Interesting. Looks like Six Flags is going with, "you were too fat to ride!" argument.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Six Flags Over Texas is reopening the ride from which a park-goer fell to her death this summer.

The Dallas-area amusement park announced Tuesday that the Texas Giant roller coaster will reopen this weekend. The ride will have new seat belts and redesigned restraint bar pads.

Six Flags says its investigation into the July incident found no mechanical failure on the ride. The family of the woman who died after falling from the ride has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the amusement park company.

The company says in a statement that people with "unique body shapes or sizes" may not fit into the ride seat. It will now offer a roller coaster seat on the ride line for riders to judge for themselves in advance if they fit.

http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/Six-Flags-to-reopen-Texas-ride-where-woman-died-223331971.html