Showing posts with label disney world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disney world. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Disney World Will KILL YOU!

(CNN) -- A Disney stunt performer died Monday night after suffering an injury during a rehearsal, company and local officials said.

Walt Disney World spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said the performer was injured while performing a tumbling roll for the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular at Disney's Hollywood Studios, part of the Orlando, Florida, theme park.

It was the third fatal incident at the park in less than two months. Earlier this month, a performer was injured in a pirate show and later died. In July, two monorail trains collided, killing a driver.

"'We feel a sense of loss for these valued cast members," Suarez said. She said a review would be conducted on each incident. Performers receive extensive training, she said.

The Orange County Sheriff's Department identified the performer in the latest incident as Anislav Varbanov, 30, and said he had been pronounced dead at a hospital.

Security personnel at Hollywood Studios called 911 Monday evening to say a cast member had suffered a head injury during the rehearsal, the sheriff's department said. No other details were given.
The sheriff's department said the incident is under investigation.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Make-A-Wish Patient, 5, Returns To Burglarized Home

PITTSBURGH -- Burglars targeted the home of a Penn Hills mother and her daughter who were on a Make-A-Wish Foundation vacation this week.

Moneera Ogbomon and her daughter, Mena Small, 5, who suffers from skin cancer, were vacationing at Disney World when the burglary happened. They returned home Sunday night and found someone had broken in.

"Make-A-Wish did everything let us know it was not all chemotherapy treatments out there. There's joy in the world. We did that, and got home, and they robbed it away from us, again."

Small was diagnosed with cancer in 2007, and her mother said since then, there have been many trips to Children's Hospital.

The thieves stole televisions and other electronics, police said. They also damaged the family car, which Ogbomon uses to take her daughter for medical treatment, police said.

"She was crying. She was just upset," said Ogbomon. "Just, you know, totally upset. She just came back from her wonderful vacation.

Penn Hills police are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

"I don't know who would do something like this," said Ogbomon. "We've just been through so much with Mena the last few years. I just don't know who would do something like this."