bobbutts
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2 People fell from a chairlift and suffered "serious" injuries around 4:30 Today
Not much info in the Article from WMUR
Not much info in the Article from WMUR
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Hope everyone ends up ok...This is their cam at 4:00pm, emergency services got the call at 4:05. Look at the first chair going up, something look strange?
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I was on a lift a year or 2 ago with a kid who was small enough and sitting so far forward on the edge of the seat I thought they could slip thru and fall; could easily see it happening that way.
absolutely
I'm a bit neurotic about making sure they're seated all the way back in the chair when they ride with me.
40 feet is a good drop. Is that chair really that high?
In places for sure; as are most lifts at ski areas.
Snowmaking made the chairs slippery. Kid fell.
Trying not to sound like an a-hole here, but I do hope the media doesn't blow this up. I'm sure both will be fine and it's not like this is a huge deal.
Young kids are simply unable to gauge risk appropriately. .