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WEBVTT BRIAN JOHNSON JOINS ME. TONIGHT YOU REACHED OUT TO CALEB'S FAMILY AND HIS ATTORNEY. REPORTER: HIS ATTORNEY SAYS THEY WANT TO RIDE TAKEN DOWN. WE ALSO SPOKE WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR THE TWO WOMEN INJURED. THAT ATTORNEY CALLS THE ANNOUNCEMENT DISGRACEFUL AND SAYS IT WAS A BLIND SIDE. ON FACEBOOK, SCHLITTERBAHN MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, THE SLIDE REMOVED FROM THE TOWER. THE ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTS THE WOMEN WHO RODE WITH CALEB TELLS ME, JUST TODAY HE SENT A LETTER ASKING WHERE THINGS STOOD, ONLY TO SEE THE NEWS ON TV. HE SAYS HIS CLIENTS WANT THE SLIDE AND THE TOWER TAKEN DOWN. THEY WANT THE ENTIRE RIDE AND ALL OF ITS PARTS DESTROYED. SCHLITTERBAHN'S POST SAYS, WE WILL, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, ANNOUNCE WHAT WILL BE BUILT IN ITS PLACE. BUT DOESN'T MENTION THE TOWE SCHLITTERBAHN ALSO SAYING IT IS THE ONLY PROPER COURSE OF ACTION FOLLOWING THIS TRAGEDY. SCHLITTERBAHN AND CALEB'S FAMI ATTORNEY TELLS US THAT NO ANNOUNCEMENT OR ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON THE RIDE UNTIL THEY COME TO AN AGREEMENT. LARA: DID SCHLITTERBA REACH OUT TO FAMILIES AT ALL TODAY? REPORTER: NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. HLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@Bv@HL DANCING WITH THE STARS @UVKHLABC @Bv@HLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@UVKHL DANCING WITH THE STARS @Bv@HLABC @UVKHLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@Bv@HL DANCING WITH THE STARS @UVKHLABC @Bv@HLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@UVKHL DANCING WITH THE STARS @Bv@HLABC @UVKHLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@Bv@HL DANCING WITH THE STARS @UVKHLABC @Bv@HLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@UVKHL DANCING WITH THE STARS @Bv@HLABC @UVKHLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@Bv@HL DANCING WITH THE STARS @UVKHLABC @Bv@HLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@UVKHL DANCING WITH THE STARS @Bv@HLABC @UVKHLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@Bv@HL DANCING WITH THE STARS @UVKHLABC @Bv@HLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@UVKHL DANCING WITH THE STARS @Bv@HLABC @UVKHLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@Bv@HL DANCING WITH THE STARS @UVKHLABC @Bv@HLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@UVKHL DANCING WITH THE STARS @Bv@HLABC @UVKHLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@Bv@HL DANCING WITH THE STARS @UVKHLABC @Bv@HLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@UVKHL DANCING WITH THE STARS @Bv@HLABC @UVKHLDANCING WITH THE STARS ABC@Bv@HL DANCING WITH THE STARS @UVKHLABC @Bv@DANCING WITH THE STARS HLABC @UVKHLDANCING WITH THE STARS @Bv@

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Schlitterbahn announced Tuesday that the Verruckt water slide at the Kansas City, Kansas, theme park will be permanently closed and taken down after a death of a young boy last summer. Caleb Schwab, 10, the son of a Kansas state lawmaker, was killed on a trip down the slide in August. Two women who were in the raft with Caleb were injured. The Texas-based theme park chain said in a statement that the water slide will be dismantled as soon as the investigation into Schwab’s death is complete. The company said it would build something in the water slide’s place, but it will announce that at a later date. An attorney for the two women said the Schlitterbahn announcement was disgraceful and blind-sided them. The attorney said he sent a letter to the water park chain Tuesday to see where things stood in the case, only to see the news on television. He said he and his clients want the slide and the 17-story tower taken down and all of its parts destroyed. Verruckt opened with great fanfare in 2014 and was billed as the world’s tallest water slide. The opening was delayed while the slide underwent additional safety tests. Michael Rader, the attorney for the Schwab family, said he has been working with Schlitterbahn and its attorneys on a plan to decommission and eventually tear down the slide. "The slide cannot be torn down until all investigations and potential litigation has concluded," Rader said in a statement to KMBC. Schlitterbahn offered details of its decision in a message on its Facebook page: "All of us at Schlitterbahn have been heartbroken over the tragedy that occurred on Verrückt. In our 50 years of providing an environment for families and friends to gather, we’ve never experienced this kind of devastating event. The safety of our staff and our guests is our top priority. We are parents and grandparents ourselves and many of us have ridden Verrückt with our own children and grandchildren over the years it operated." "Once the investigation is concluded and we are given permission by the court, Verrückt will be decommissioned – closed permanently and the slide removed from the tower. In our opinion, it is the only proper course of action following this tragedy." "We will, at some point in the future, announce what will be built in its place." "We continue to fully cooperate with investigative teams and work with the families, their attorneys and our staff impacted by this accident. As we move forward, we assure everyone who works for us and the community: we remain wholly committed to our Kansas City park and the original vision of Schlitterbahn – providing a great place to work and an environment for families and friends to gather together. "