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Late Oregon football player Spencer Webb’s girlfriend gives birth to baby boy
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Mannequin Kelly Kay, the girlfriend of late College of Oregon tight finish Spencer Webb, has given start to her first little one.
Asserting the information on Instagram Friday, the influencer named the child boy in her late boyfriend’s honor.
“Spider Webb 🕷️🕸️ 3/30/23,” Kay captioned the submit, revealing the touching nod to the late athlete, whose nickname was Spider throughout his time on the College of Oregon.
Webb died in July 2022 in an obvious cliff-diving accident on the age of twenty-two.
The late athlete fell to his loss of life close to Triangle Lake, about 35 miles from the College of Oregon’s campus in Eugene.
Webb was getting into his fifth-year junior season final fall.
On Friday, Kay shared a collection of candy snaps together with her new child son wrapped in an Oregon blanket and a snap of child Spider’s footprints and Webb’s jersey.
Kay introduced she was anticipating her first little one with Webb in August, simply over a month after his loss of life.
Taking to Instagram, the mannequin shared a photograph of herself holding an indication with the child’s sonogram and the phrases: “Coming quickly: Child Webb.”
“We created an angel earlier than heaven gained one,” she captioned the submit. “All you ever needed was to be a father…I do know you’ll be one of the best one from up above.”
“Can’t consider I’ve to do it with out you however understanding I’ll have a chunk of you retains me going. I can’t wait to satisfy the person who’s half you, half me. I really like you without end, each of you,” she wrote partly.
After Webb’s sudden loss of life in July, Kay made an emotional Instagram submit in remembrance of her late boyfriend.
“My finest pal my twin flame the love of my life,” she wrote within the caption. “I’ve by no means cherished something as a lot as i really like you. You have been my the whole lot, you gave me goal, you confirmed me what it’s prefer to be cherished and valued and seen for me.”
“We had so many massive plans,” Kay continued. “I don’t know the place to go from right here however I do know you’ll be watching over me retaining me robust. You all the time put all people else earlier than your self and I’ll attempt to maintain the identical kindness in my coronary heart.”
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28 People Trapped Upside Down on Amusement Park Ride AtmosFEAR Rescued by Fire Department in Oregon
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More than two dozen people are recovering after a theme park ride in Oregon left them hanging upside down for more than 20 minutes.
On Friday, June 14, 28 passengers were riding Portland’s Oaks Amusement Park’s AtmosFEAR at around 2:55 p.m. when the ride stopped in its place, suspending them all upside down in its “apex position,” the park said in a statement shared to X (formerly Twitter).
According to the amusement park, the ride operators working on AtmosFEAR — which can operate on either a 180- or 360-degree setting as it sends its riders flipping through the air on a loop — called 911 and began initiating “emergency procedures.”
First responders, including Portland Fire & Rescue, arrived on the scene around 3:20 p.m., the park said. Within minutes all of the riders were taken off the ride and safely returned to the ground.
“We wish to express our deepest appreciation to the first responders and our staff for taking prompt action, leading to a positive outcome today, and to the rest of the park guests who swiftly followed directions to vacate the park to make way for the emergency responders to attend to the situation,” park officials wrote in the statement. “Most of all, we are thankful that the riders are safe and with their families.”
Park visitor Daniel Allen told local ABC affiliate station KATU that the experience stunned him so much that he began to cry when he finally touched the ground.
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“I was crying, not of joy, not of anything, I was just crying. I was more happy, I was alive. I don’t think I’ve ever appreciated my life more. This is really an acknowledgement moment for me,” he told the outlet.
Fellow AtmosFEAR rider Jordan Harding also told the outlet that although she did not suffer any medical issues from being stuck upside down, the entire experience was uncomfortable.
“My entire waist below was asleep,” she said. “[A fellow rider] told me, he was like, ‘You have to hold your legs back.’ It was so hard. It was so bad.”
“So there’s this like woman firefighter, and she’s like tiny, and she’s like, ‘Oh I got you,’ ” Harding continued, describing her rescuer. “I’m like, ‘Are you sure?’ And she literally, like, picked me up, and I was just so overwhelmed and everything, I gave her, like, the biggest hug.”
One rider, who had pre-existing health conditions prior to the incident, was transported to a local hospital as a precaution, the park said. All other riders were assessed by first responders and given the go-ahead to go home.
According to a Facebook post shared by Portland Fire on Saturday, June 15, rescue teams had previously trained for this scenario, and the amusement park added in its statement that the team had even been trained to respond to an emergency on this exact ride.
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“[Firefighters] have preplanned this scenario and were en route to the site ready to deploy to put our plan into action,” the fire department wrote in the post. “It may have taken a few minutes longer to return everyone to the ground, but we are ready for this and many other unique emergencies. We leave nothing to chance as we preplan and train on what ‘could’ happen before it actually happens.”
According to the park, AtmosFEAR first opened in 2021 and has “operated without incident” until Friday — which was also the park’s first day of operation for the 2024 summer season.
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Oaks Park told KATU that it would initiate an investigation with the help of the ride’s manufacturer and state inspectors in an attempt to figure out what caused the ride to stop.
The park closed for the day soon after the incident, officials added, and Oak’s website states that the attraction will be closed until further notice.
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28 rescued after ride malfunctions at century-old amusement park in Oregon
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Emergency crews in Oregon rescued 28 people Friday after they were stuck for about half an hour dangling upside down high on a ride at a century-old amusement park.
Portland Fire and Rescue said on the social platform X that firefighters worked with engineers at Oaks Park to manually lower the ride, but crews had been prepared to conduct a high-angle ropes rescue if necessary. All riders were being evacuated and medically evaluated, and there were no reports of injuries.
One rider with a pre-existing medical condition was taken to a hospital for further evaluation as a precaution, Oaks Amusement Park said in a statement posted on social media. Medics released all other passengers.
Rider Daniel Allen told CBS News affiliate KION that the ordeal was “just crazy.”
“My entire bladder hurts. I was holding back throw-up. My legs are killing me,” said Allen.
The ride, called AtmosFEAR, operates like a pendulum, with the capacity to swing riders completely upside down. Jordan Harding, another passenger on the ride, told KION people were “praying to God, screaming for their life, throwing up, passing out,” while they waited for help.
“The ride went up, the kids got stuck on the ride and they were just dangling,” Lavina Waters, a witness to the incident, told KION. “And somebody came in and said ‘Hey, the kids are stuck on the ride’ and I look up, and sure enough, they were stuck on the ride.”
When the ride stopped, park staff immediately called 911 and emergency responders arrived about 25 minutes later, the park statement said. Park maintenance workers were able to return the ride to its unloading position minutes after first responders arrived.
Portland Fire said about 30 people were on board. The amusement park statement said there were 28 riders. KION also reported 28 riders.
The ride has been in operation since 2021 and has not had any prior incidents, the park said. It will remain closed until further notice. Jon Harrell, a Portland Fire and Rescue spokesperson, told KION that crews are familiar with the attraction.
“I know that our high and go rope rescue team has specifically drilled as recently as last year on this ride and extrication of individuals from this ride,” he said.
The park said it would work with the ride’s manufacturer and state inspectors to determine the cause of the stoppage.
“We wish to express our deepest appreciation to the first responders and our staff for taking prompt action, leading to a positive outcome today, and to the rest of the park guests who swiftly followed directions to vacate the park to make way for the emergency responders to attend to the situation,” it said.
Oaks Park first opened in 1905. Its website says it offers a “uniquely Portland blend of modern thrills and turn-of-the-century charm on a midway that has delighted generations of Northwesterners.”
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Firefighters rescue 28 people stuck upside down on Oregon ride
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Firefighters rescued 28 people who were stuck dangling 100ft upside down on a ride at an amusement park in Oregon.
One person with a pre-existing medical condition was taken to hospital as a precaution after the AtmosFEAR ride stopped, Oaks Amusement Park, in Portland, said in a statement posted on social media.
However, they said no one was injured in the incident.
Chris Ryan said he and his wife, who were at the park for his birthday were just about to go on the ride – which operates like a pendulum, with the capacity to swing riders completely upside down – when they saw it was stuck.
He heard people saying: “Oh my God, they are upside down.” He said they decided to walk away because of “how scary the situation was”.
They eventually got on a Ferris wheel and heard a loudspeaker announcement that the park was closed and that people should evacuate.
Portland Fire and Rescue said on X that firefighters worked with engineers at Oaks Park, which first opened in 1905, to manually lower the ride, but that crews had been preparing to conduct a high-angle ropes rescue if necessary.
When the ride stopped, park staff immediately called the emergency services, who arrived around 25 minutes later.
Maintenance workers were then able to return the ride to its unloading position minutes later, the park said in a statement.
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The ride has been in operation since 2021 and has not had any prior incidents, the park said. It will remain closed until further notice.
The park said it would work with the ride’s manufacturer and state inspectors to determine the cause of the stoppage.
“We wish to express our deepest appreciation to the first responders and our staff for taking prompt action, leading to a positive outcome today, and to the rest of the park guests who swiftly followed directions to vacate the park to make way for the emergency responders to attend to the situation,” it said.
Oaks Park’s website says it offers a “uniquely Portland blend of modern thrills and turn-of-the-century charm on a midway that has delighted generations of Northwesterners”.
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