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Accidents Involving Injury at Sailing Ship Columbia

Official U.S. federal and state data on theme park accidents is almost nonexistent. That's why Theme Park Insider users are creating this visitor-maintained database of theme park accidents--to give public at least some information about attraction safety records.

Do you know of, or have been part of, an accident involving injury at Sailing Ship Columbia? Report it to Theme Park Insider.

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Verified Incidents

(Even though these incidents have been verified, individual reports might contain the opinion of the persons submitting them.)

12/24/1998 - Submitted by Name Withheld on 6/10/2001

An untrained supervisor tried to stop the ship by tying down a mooring rope. The cleat ripped off the hull, flying into the crowd, killing one person.

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    This was the accident that finally convinced the Calif. legislature to pass a theme park safety law, as it was the first time at a Disney park when a guest was killed when it was 100 percent the company's fault--no action taken by the guest in any way contributed to his death. [For more information about this incident, visit http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Family-X!ArticleDetail-6364,00.html] -- Submitted by robert on 6/10/2001

    I was a kid in Disneyland waiting in line to go to the ship when the accident happened. My mum, brother and me still have our shirts with the mans blood on them. It was the scariest thing I have every seen envolved in, in my life. We had to write accidents reports on what we saw. -- Submitted by piggieluv on 7/12/2005

    I have one comment about the bloody shirt: 1 do you still have it? 2 If so can i buy it? Call 520-991-7026 -- Submitted by poopy on 10/11/2008

    Unverified Reports

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