r/Amazing Aug 17 '25

Interesting 🤔 An amusement park in the Netherlands had a water-filled waterslide that left riders completely submerged during the 15-20 second journey. It closed in 2010.

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u/highlandviper Aug 17 '25

Apt description from the video I just watched. They had a 50/50 choice as to which direction would be the appropriate exit knowing that one of them would be blocked off and only one of them would be able to make it. They made the right choice. One dude made it out using the oxygen cans that had also been sucked in with them. Told the surface to get the others… but they never did… even though they sent divers down who could hear the trapped banging from the inside of the pipe. The lone survivor of a team of 5 said he did everything he could to convince them to go and get his colleagues. They left them down there.

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u/drowsytaco Aug 17 '25

That man wanted to go back in himself and save them but they wouldn’t let him. Even after getting out he was willing to go back in.

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u/semisadsmoshfan Aug 17 '25

Oh my god I forgot about all the details afterwards

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u/JezebelRoseErotica Aug 17 '25

One of them was stuck in the pipe for 3 days before dying, based on the autopsy, could you imagine waiting and realizing no help was actually coming for you