Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im meg oliver in for annemarie green. A kansas water slide park will be closed today after the death of a young boy. The waterslide is the highest, 17 stories high and park officials who say the rides are inspected daily are searching for answer. Brian webb in new york is here. Reporter the ride was in july 2014 after several delays that included extra safety testing. Since then, thousands of people have stood in long lines to take the ride and there havent been any reports of problems until today. A day after the tragic death of caleb schwab at kansas citys schlitterbahn water park, officials have yet to determine what happened. A full investigation is under way. Right now, our focus is on that afternoon. The ride certified as the worlds tallest by the guinness book of World Records features 168feet plunge at 65 miles an hour. 264 stairs lead to the top. Our lifeguards are critical and
The consumer alert tonight. Phone hijacking. Thieves taking over your cell phone, creating a fake i. D. , and running up huge bills. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with breaking news. Tragedy at a major American Water park. Word of a child killed on the worlds tallest water slide. The park now closed through at now closed through at least rrigation just under way. Marci gonzalez with the latest. Reporter that tragic accident happening this afternoon. Authorities confirming a 12yearold was killed. And were now hearing from park officials. We are saddened to share that reporter billed as the Worlds Largest water slide, taller than the statue of liberty. Features a 168foot drop. The park is now closed, and will remain closed tomorrow, pending a full investigation. Park Officials Say the ride was inspected, and were told the boys family was at the park pa officialsthe time of the saying how this happened. Tom . Thank you. Now to the race for pre
The consumer alert tonight. Phone hijacking. Thieves taking over your cell phone, creating a fake i. D. , and running up huge bills. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with breaking news. Tragedy at a major American Water park. Word of a child killed on the worlds talle least tomorrow. The investigation just under way. Marci gonzalez with the latest. Reporter that tragic accident happening this afternoon. Authorities confirming a 12yearold was killed. And were now hearing from park officials. We are saddened to share that a young boyed died this afternoon. Reporter billed as the taller than the statue of liberty. Features a 168foot drop. The park is now closed, and will remain closed tomorrow, pending a full investigation. Park Officials Say the ride was inspected, and were told the boys family was at the park with him at the time of the accident. Park officials still arent saying how this happened. Thank you. Now to the race for president. Dona
Rise . The consumer alert tonight. Phone hijacking. Thieves taking over your cell phone, creating a fake i. D. , and running up huge bills. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with breaking news. Tragedy at a major American Water park. Word of a child worlds tallest water slide. The park now closed through at least tomorrow. The investigation just under way. Marci gonzalez with the latest. Reporter that tragic accident happening this afternoon. Authorities confirming a 12yearold was killed. And were now hearing from park officials. We are saddened to share that a young boyed died this afternoon. Worlds largest water slide, taller than the statue of liberty. Features a 168foot drop. The park is now closed, and will remain closed tomorrow, pending a full investigation. Park Officials Say the ride was inspected, and were told the boys family was at the park with him at the time of the accident. Park officials still arent saying how this tom . Thank
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im meg oliver in for annemarie green. A kansas water slide park will be closed today after the death of a young boy. The waterslide is the highest, 17 stories high and park officials who say the rides are inspected daily are searching for answer. Brian webb in nor in july 2014 after several delays that included extra safety testing. Since then, thousands of people have stood in long lines to take the ride and there havent been any reports of problems until today. A day after the tragic death of caleb schwab at kansas citys schlitterbahn water park, officials have yet to determine what happened. A full investigation is under way. Killed on the waterslide sunday afternoon. The ride certified as the worlds tallest by the guinness book of World Records features 168feet plunge at 65 miles an hour. 264 stairs lead to the top. Our lifeguards are critical and it will be very difficult for them t