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An Iowa teenager fighting for his life after a raft carrying him and other members of his family flipped on Adventureland Park's "Raging River" ride earlier this month — may be blind, the family's pastor said Tuesday. "We still don’t know if he’s going to be able to see or not," pastor Christian Shields of Cedar Rapids' Christian Life Church said of David Jaramillo, whose family was at the park to celebrate his fast approaching 16th birthday. Ryan Best, the Jaramillo family's attorney, also confirmed with the Des Moines Register that David cannot currently see or speak and that doctors...

Workers remove boat for inquiry in Iowa water ride accident IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Workers have used a crane to remove a boat from an Iowa amusement park as investigators look into what caused an accident that killed one boy and critically injured his brother. The boat weighing over 1,700 pounds was removed from the channel on the Raging River ride so that inspectors and engineers could have a closer examination. Adventureland attorney Guy Cook says the boat was placed on a trailer and taken to a secure location. The boat was carrying six members of an Iowa fam...

Workers remove Adventureland boat for inquiry in deadly water ride accident Share Updated: 5:17 PM CDT Jul 13, 2021 Workers remove Adventureland boat for inquiry in deadly water ride accident Share Updated: 5:17 PM CDT Jul 13, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript STEVE: NEW AT 6:00. A NEW REPORT DETAILSHE T CHALLENGES FIREFIGERHTS FACED ON SATURDAY NIGHT TRYING TO GET TO THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT AT THE ADVENTURELAND AMUSEMENT PARK IN ALTOONA. AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS KILD AND HIS BROTHER IS NOW ON LIFE SUPPORT. STACEY: FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS FROM FIREFIGHTERS SAY THERE W...

Teen on life support after deadly Iowa water ride accident By RYAN J. FOLEYJuly 7, 2021 GMT IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A teenager injured in an accident on an Iowa amusement ride that killed his younger brother remained on life support Wednesday as he turned 16, his family pastor said. David Jaramillo has been in a medically induced coma at Blank Children’s Hospital since Saturday’s accident on the Raging River at Adventureland Park in Altoona, pastor Christian Shields said. David has some brain function and has woken up a couple times at the Des Moines hospital, opening his eyes and asking...

"As a community and as a church, I know we've all been rocked by this tragedy," the Rev. Christian Shields, a pastor at the church, said at Wednesday's service dedicated to the family. But nothing compares to what the Jaramillo family is going through — "all of the hurt, all of the pain, all of the anger," Shields said. And David, "he's going to wake up to this and realize — 'I don't have my brother anymore,' " Shields said. The brothers were underwater for 10 minutes before they were rescued by first responders Saturday, Shields said. David has opened his eyes on occasion, asking w...