Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Naomi Greer-Wilkinson is seen in photos surrounded by medical equipment, a breathing tube running from a tracheostomy in her neck, while another image shows her wearing a cervical collar.
asserted
her → see → collar
Her parents, Artemis Greer and Joshua Wilkinson, say their daughter has been fighting to recover since she collapsed after going on the ride at the Southern California theme park in July, the DailyMail reported.
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DailyMail → say → July
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Sign → sign → California
“She is in a respiratory hospital trying to get off a ventilator,” Greer said, according to CBS Los Angeles.
uncertain
Greer → try → Angeles
“When we got there, they told us to prepare for end of life.”
asserted
they → get → life
The family alleges the ride caused a severe traumatic brain injury that left Greer-Wilkinson in a coma and requiring emergency brain surgery.
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that → allege → surgery
Doctors who treated Greer-Wilkinson and another woman injured on the ride told CNN that the brain injuries were the result of a “traumatic rapid acceleration-deceleration event” experienced while riding X2.
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injuries → treat → X2
Guillen said she became confused and disoriented after getting off X2 and later woke up in a hospital, where she learned she had undergone emergency surgery for a brain bleed.
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she → say → bleed
“I remember seeing the fear in my daughter’s eyes and how scared she was,” Guillen said.
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Guillen → see → eyes
“I had suffered a traumatic brain injury and needed emergency brain surgery to stop the bleeding and had to be intubated.
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I → suffer → bleeding
I spent almost a month at the hospital.”
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I → spend → hospital
Her daughter recalled the terrifying moments immediately after the ride.
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daughter → recall → ride
“We got off the cart and we saw my mom.
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we → get → mom
She looked lifeless.
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She → look → ?
“She had a brain bleed.
asserted
She → have → bleed
My mom had a really bad brain bleed.”
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mom → have → bleed
Guillen ultimately regained consciousness and has been undergoing rehabilitation, while Greer-Wilkinson remains hospitalized.
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Wilkinson → regain → rehabilitation
The X2 features seats that rotate 360 degrees as riders plunge down drops of up to 200 feet at speeds reaching 76 mph.
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riders → feature → mph
The attraction has been shut down since shortly after Greer-Wilkinson’s injury.
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attraction → shut → injury
The latest lawsuits against Six Flags allege the coaster has design and safety problems dating back to its opening in 2002.
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coaster → allege → 2002
Attorneys representing injured riders say more than 100 people have come forward in recent months claiming they suffered some form of brain injury after riding X2.
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they → represent → X2
Six Flags has previously maintained in court filings that X2 undergoes daily inspections and that a rider using the attraction as instructed should not suffer a traumatic brain injury.
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rider → maintain → injury
The company has declined to comment on pending litigation.
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company → decline → litigation
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