Any Child's death is tragic but @ 10 is maybe a bit more so. As were those in Tassie (who thought it was a good idea not to tether those things?) a 1 m fall is certainly better than a 10m fall. They have a history of taking off but the people who operate them all appear to be tarred with the same Gypsy brush.
Personal case in point. Some years ago the Stirling Outdoor Market was held on a downhill section of township metalled road. Each time the "Gypsies" ( local businessmen) attended they would erect a Bouncy Castle. On this day it suddenly collapsed with little kids inside & struggling to get out from within. 'indoors grabbed our two grandchildren & a few others before it completely sank.
Cause.
The portable air blower which keeps this thing erect & was facing down hill had parted company with the inlet "duct" & had taken off down hill. On our investigation we found the fastenings which were used had dried out (PVC Duct tape of many layers & it had dried out being in the sun most of it's life.. No mechanical locks of any sort) Plus vibration from the Blower. The Blower was not anchored to the road which allowed it to move away from the castle therefore no air supply to keep it inflated.
No injuries but I bet some littlies had a mentally bad time afterwards. Maybe some still do?
The Committee were informed & the bloody thing was never seen there again. Those things need to be routinely inspected & licensed as would the Tasmanian equipment. Maybe it was???
Blind Freddy could have seen it was an accident just waiting to happen in both cases.
I digressed, Apologies.
As indoors & I discuss from time to time, we must have come from good strong stock to get to where we are today without dying.
Like you, we have seen off The Polio era plus plenty of others that put plenty into boxes for their final trip.
Ok, we have mostly all had the usual run of the mill stuff + few odd ones that stopped us in our tracks but up to now, nowt terminal & Ca has had two pops at me in my young/latter life but I saw those off.(crosses fingers)
Summat will trip me up one day you can bet your socks on that, (hopefully a jealous husband while caught in flagrante.).
:BigCry::Rolling:
I may see you up there one day^^^^^^^^^.[bigrolf]
EDIT. 16:04 I hear that these things are now illegal in Tassie, the operator's website has now closed down. I wouldn't like to be in their shoes when it is investigated thoroughly. $ks of $ coming up I suspect.
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