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OF WHAT UNIVERSAL HAS BEEN TELLING US. BOB: IT CERTAINLY DOES. SHE SAID SHE FELT A SHOCK IN THE WATER AT 9:30 IN THE MORNING AND EVEN GOT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR IT, BUT STILL, THE PARK STAYED OPEN FOR SEVERAL HOURS, EXPOSING MORE PEOPLE TO THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT. >> THE PART THAT MAKES ME THE MOST ANGRY IS THE LIES. BOB: WENDY LEE SPOKE TO US TODAY BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES UNIVERSAL IS TRYING TO COVER UP WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT VOLCANO BAY ON SUNDAY. SHE TELLS ME SHE WAS FLOATING IN ONE OF THE LAZY RIVERS WHEN SHE WAS ZAPPED BY AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. >> IT WAS ALMOST LIKE I WALKED INTO A WALL, AN ELECTRICAL FIELD. I GOT PRICKLES AND TINGLES IN MY LEGS AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, A BUZZING IN MY EARS, AND I HAD A METALLIC TASTE IN MY MOUTH. BOB: EARLIER THIS WEEK, A UNIVERSAL EMPLOYEE TOLD WESH 2 HE AND SOME LIFEGUARDS ALSO FELT BUZZING IN THEIR FEET AND REPORTED IT TO SUPERVISORS, BUT THE PARK STAYED OPEN. LEE SAYS ONE LIFEGUARD SUGGESTED SHE GET OUT OF THE WATER. ANOTHER VISITOR WHO’D ALREADY FLOATED THROUGH THE SAME AREA WAS MORE EMPHATIC. >> IT WAS ACTUALLY ANOTHER GUEST WHO WAS HOLLERING AT ME TO GET OUT OF THE POOL. BOB: UNIVERSAL HAS ONLY CALLED THE PROBLEM A "TECHNICAL ISSUE," NOT CONFIRMING THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND SAYING THAT NO PARK VISITORS WERE TRANSPORTED. BUT LEE SHARED THIS REPORT THAT UNIVERSAL GAVE HER. IT SUPPORTS HER STORY, AND ALSO SHOWS HER INCIDENT HAPPENED CLOSE TO 9:30 IN THE MORNING UNIVERSAL DIDN’T CLOSE VOLCANO BAY UNTIL ABOUT 4:40 IN THE AFTERNOON, AFTER FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. >> MY INCIDENTS HAPPENED AT 9:30 IN THE MORNING. SO I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY STAYED OPEN FOR SEVEN HOURS, PUTTING THOSE PEOPLE’S LIVES AT RISK. BOB: ON MONDAY, CHOPPER 2 COULD SEE SOME OF THE TUBE SLIDES APPARENTLY SHUT DOWN. TODAY, THE FAST-MOVING LAZY RIVER, PLUS ONE OF THE TUBE RIDES, WAS CLOSED AGAIN. >> THEY NEED TO GO TO WHATEVER LENGTHS THEY HAVE TO TO GET IT FIXED. BOB: THE VOLCANO RIDE IS STILL OPEN. WE ASKED ABOUT THE RIDES THAT ARE CLOSED. NO WORD FROM UNIVERSAL IF THEY WERE CLOSED TODAY FOR THE SAME REASONS. OSHA SAYS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. WE HAVE PRESSED UNIVERSAL MANY TIMES TODAY FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THIS IS BEING HANDLED AND WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED SUNDAY. THEY JUST SAID THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE US

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