KANSAS CITY, Kan. — EDITOR’S NOTE: A 10-year-old boy died Sunday in Kansas City, Kansas, on the “Verruckt,” which was billed as the world’s tallest waterslide. Authorities have released no information about the cause of the accident. The Associated Press published the following first-person account of the ride on July 10, 2014, just before it opened to the public following several delays.
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Halfway up the 264 stairs leading to the top of the world’s tallest waterslide, it was clear this was the most breathtaking ride I’d ever ...