A Prank Turns Deadly: The Banzai Pipeline Waterslide Collapse | Fascinating Horror
28,698This short documentary tells the story of a deadly accident that took place as a result of a prank gone wrong at a Californian waterpark in 1997...
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CHAPTERS: 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 00:43 - Background
► 03:52 - The Banzai Pipeline Accident
► 08:16 - The Aftermath
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► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
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► "Hundreds Mourn Student Killed in Water Slide Accident" published by The Los Angeles Times, June 1997. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-08-mn-1418-story.html
► "20 years ago: ‘Bodies came falling out of the sky’ in Concord water park tragedy" by Gary Peterson, published by the East Bay Times, June 2017. Link: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/06/04/20-years-ago-bodies-came-falling-out-of-the-sky-in-concord-water-park-tragedy/
► "Overloaded Water Slide Falls; 1 Is Killed and 32 Are Injured" published by The New York Times, June 1997. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/03/us/overloaded-water-slide-falls-1-is-killed-and-32-are-injured.html
► "Water Slide's Deadly Plunge / Concord ride rips apart -- girl killed, 32 hurt" by Suzanne Espinosa Solis and Kevin Fagan, published by SFGate, June 1997. Link: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Water-Slide-s-Deadly-Plunge-Concord-ride-rips-2836803.php
► "Slide guard warned teens" by Venise Wagner, published by SFGate, August 1997. Link: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/slide-guard-warned-teens-3103051.php
► "Waterworld owner said to have good safety record" by Louis Trager, published by SFGate, June 1997. Link: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/waterworld-owner-said-to-have-good-safety-record-3116415.php
► "Expert says water slide carried too much weight" by Rusty Dornin, published by CNN, June 1997. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20150210121957/http://www.cnn.com/US/9706/05/waterslide/index.html?_s=PM:US
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