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That's a pretty damn nasty thing to have happen.

Let's just hope that girl landed somewhere safely.~Jason

I hope she died quickly. That must have been absolutely terrifying.

That sucks...

Definitly not a way to go.

I never thought this could actually happen.

Poor kid.....

poor little girl. I hope she is either safe or died quickly.

Where were her parents,what were they doing?

Ouch. Something like that happened with a US zeppelin I remember, 3 people though.

Montcalm wrote:Where were her parents,what were they doing?

A fair question. Although with them shutting down the show, it would appear that the organizers feel some guilt or blame for the accident.
A nightmare any way you look at it though. Five years old!
Horrible.

Horrible. Shit like this is just one more reason why I think Im gonna be a worry wort as a parent.

I get scared when my neice falls down, I cant imagine the horror of seeing something like this.

Sweet merciful crap.

Will this lead to big helium baloon safety reforms?

Soontir C'boath wrote:Let's just hope that girl landed somewhere safely.~Jason

uhh, i dont think you read the report ...

Alyrium Denryle wrote:poor little girl. I hope she is either safe or died quickly.

The story implies the latter.

damn

poor little girl.

Just heard on the news they found her body.

Heard the parents talking about it on the radio this morning, bummer.

On a related note, theres an old WWII story about a woman who got hit in the back of the head by one of the barrage balloon cables, she held her head until she got to hospital, and discovered that her neck had been broken, apparently, if she'd let go, she'd have died.

Very very sad.