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Aug 10, 2016 · Jess Sanford and Melanie Gocke witnessed the tragic water-slide accident that took the life of 10-year-old Caleb Thomas Schwab.
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Aug 9, 2016 · Caleb Thomas Schwab, 10, was killed on "Verruckt", the world's tallest water slide, in Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City. A witness said he saw the boy's body wash down the slide after the raft and heard a lifeguard say he could not help.
Aug 11, 2016 · Even those weren’t enough to save 10-year-old Caleb Schwab, who was decapitated. “I looked over and saw his broken neck and him sliding down the slide leaving a blood trail,” a witness aid.
- The Schwab Family’S Fateful Day at The Schlitterbahn Waterpark
- The Tragic Incident on The World’S Tallest Waterslide
- The Shocking History of The Verrückt Waterslide
- The Trial of The Schlitterbahn Staff After Caleb Schwab’s Death
- The Legacy of Caleb Schwab and The Unexpected Turn in The Schlitterbahn Case
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Caleb Schwab was born on January 23, 2006, in Kansas. One of four boys, Caleb grew up in a very energetic home. He spent most of his time on the field, playing baseball for a local team called the Mudcats. The Schwab house was fairly typical apart from the occupation of Caleb’s father, Scott. Scott Schwab served as a member of the Kansas House of R...
Away from both boys, Scott Schwab and his wife, Michelle, were lounging and tending to their younger children when Nathan ran to them. “[Nathan] was screaming, ‘He flew from the Verrückt, he flew from the Verrückt,'” Michelle Schwab stated to ABC News. Waterpark staff responded quickly to reports of a loud boom and an injured boy at the Verrückt. W...
The story of how Caleb Schwab lost his life on the Verrückt started long before he ever step foot on the ride. After multiple setbacks, Schlitterbahn Waterpark opened Verrückt to the public in July 2014. At 168 feet seven inches tall, Verrückt was taller than Niagara Falls, and those that were daring enough to take the initial plunge described it a...
Following an investigation into the accident, authorities charged Jeff Henry, John Schooley, and general contractor Henry and Sons Construction Co., with second-degree murder. They also charged Schlitterbahn operations manager Tyler Miles with manslaughter for his role in covering up previous accidents at the park. Evidence from the Travel Channel ...
In early 2019, Judge Robert Burns dropped all charges against Jeff Henry, John Schooley, and Tyler Miles, citing prejudicial evidence. The judge deemed footage from the Travel Channel show too dramatized and called it a disingenuous depiction of the ride’s creation. Additionally, Judge Burns denounced the testimony of an unreliable witness in court...
Caleb Schwab was a 10-year-old boy who died in 2016 when he was ejected from a raft on the Verrückt, the world's tallest waterslide at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas. The ride had multiple design flaws and lacked proper safety measures, leading to a tragic accident and a lawsuit against the park.
Aug 12, 2016 · Caleb Schwab, 10, was killed on the world's biggest waterslide in Kansas in 2016 when his raft flew off the track and he hit a net. Witnesses saw his blood trail and his brother saw him die.
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Aug 7, 2021 · Caleb Schwab, 10, died in front of his family while riding a 168ft-high water slide in Kansas at Schlitterbahn Water Park. Today is the fifth anniversary of the traumatic death.
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Aug 9, 2016 · Caleb Schwab, the son of a state lawmaker, sustained a fatal “neck injury” at around 2:30 p.m. while riding the 168-foot-tall “Verruckt” (meaning “insane” in German) water slide, the ...
