{"id":5613,"date":"2025-05-09T07:32:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=5613"},"modified":"2025-05-09T07:32:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:32:50","slug":"what-boy-10-screamed-as-brother-was-decapitated-on-worlds-tallest-waterslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=5613","title":{"rendered":"What boy, 10, screamed as brother was decapitated on \u2018world\u2019s tallest waterslide\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016, a tragic accident occurred at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City when 10-year-old Caleb Schwab was decapitated while riding the Verr\u00fcckt water slide, the world\u2019s tallest at 168 feet. Caleb was ejected from the slide by its force, making contact with a metal pole. His 12-year-old brother Nathan, who was waiting at the bottom, screamed, \u201cHe flew from the Verr\u00fcckt!\u201d upon witnessing the horror.<\/p>\n<p>The Schwab family later reached a settlement with the park\u2019s previous owners and continued legal action against the slide\u2019s construction company. Schlitterbahn Waterpark expressed heartbreak over the incident, emphasizing that guest safety had always been a priority. The waterpark closed in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy remains an unthinkable event, and the Schwab family\u2019s loss is unimaginable. Rest in peace, Caleb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016, a tragic accident occurred at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City when 10-year-old Caleb Schwab was decapitated while riding the Verr\u00fcckt water slide, the world\u2019s tallest&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5615,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5613\/revisions\/5615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}