What happened to the girl on Superman Tower of Power?
On June 21, 2007, a 13-year-old girl was severely injured on Superman: Tower of Power when a cable snapped shortly after the ride began, striking the passengers in Section 3 of the ride, where she was in.
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The accident occurred at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. 13-year old Kaitlyn Lassiter was spending the day at the park with her friends. It appeared to be just another Thursday afternoon. It was hot, in the low 90s.
When the ride opened in 1995, it was originally named Hellovator. In 2007, it was repainted and renamed Superman: Tower of Power. On June 21, 2007, a 13-year-old girl had both feet severed by a cable while riding Superman: Tower of Power.During the ride, a malfunction caused the cable to break.
The legs of the injured girl were severed during the freefall by the portion of the failed cable that fell to the outside of the tower. The ride stopped at its normal resting point.
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2009 theme changeSix Flags had to work with the Zoning Board of Appeals to file a permit for the new effects because the ride sits on the Connecticut River floodplain. Although no changes were made to the track layout, a new theme highlighting Superman's evil clone, Bizarro, was added.