The Fatal Problem With One-Size-Fits-All Restraints — What The Raven at Holiday World Revealed

Subscribe to the channel for more stories!    / @abandonedthrills   On May 31, 2003, Tamar Fellner — a 32-year-old roller coaster enthusiast from New York City — rode the Raven at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana. The restraint was locked. The ride was functioning perfectly. She did not return to the platform. This video is not about a mechanical failure. No track broke. No bolt snapped. The investigation found nothing wrong with the Raven at all. What it found instead is the subject of this entire investigation: a ratcheting lap bar restraint system that locked correctly, passed every inspection, and still could not keep Tamar Fellner in her seat during the ride's 69-foot drop. The wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of her father, Rabbi Azriel Fellner, made two separate claims — and the second one is what the amusement industry has never fully answered for. Not that the restraint failed to lock. That the restraint was never designed to do what it needed to do in the first place. This is the forensic investigation into what the Raven at Holiday World revealed about one of the most widely used safety systems on wooden roller coasters in America — and why a locked restraint is not the same thing as a safe one. In this investigation: The Raven roller coaster at Holiday World (Custom Coasters International / Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters trains) Tamar Fellner — victim, May 31, 2003 The ratcheting lap bar restraint system — how it works and what it cannot prevent Airtime, negative G-forces, and the physics of why "the bar is locked" isn't always enough The Spencer County and Indiana Department of Fire and Building Services investigation findings The 2005 federal wrongful death lawsuit and its two distinct claims What changed — and what didn't — when the Raven reopened on June 7, 2003 If you've seen our video on the Smiler at Alton Towers, the Schlitterbahn Verrückt investigation, or our Dreamworld Thunder River Rapids breakdown — this one goes somewhere different. The restraint worked. That's what makes it disturbing. Subscribe to Abandoned Thrills for forensic investigations into theme park and amusement ride incidents every week. #HolidayWorld #RavenRollerCoaster #TamarFellner #RollerCoasterAccident #RideSafety #AmusementParkAccident #AbandonedThrills #RollerCoasterSafety #ThemeParkDisaster #HolidayWorldAccident #RideRestraintFailure #WoodenRollerCoaster #ThemeParkInvestigation