I did some googling because I pictured the normal fountain that you throw coins in, like @camon mentioned, and it didn't sound right. It looks more like a smaller version of the area in front of TI or part of an amusement park ride that has water in it - with lots of stuff in the bottom probably impeding the search.
http://m.wmctv.com/wmctv/db_381569/c...tguid=QV9lMvfg
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You got me curious so I did some googling to try to find a pic of the fountain. Not sure if this is still there but I kept coming up with these. Definitely not a fountain that we all would picture in our minds.Originally Posted by DK528
Ida, yes, this is what is pictured in the news report I linked to in my post.
Makes more sense now I think.
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Sorry Dina, I didn't see any pics in the link so posted those. It's really a terrible accident.
No, no, Ida, just saying that those photos are the same as the area in the tv segment on it! Easier to see pics posted to the forum than watching a video segment but it's what I found first. you did better
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The casinos in Tunica are built on the river & the water at Hollywood casino where this happened is deep. U walk in with front desk to ur right & buffet & elevators to rooms on left. U walk straight into the actual casino going over a 'bridge' with river water on either side. This is where he fell on the side separating the buffet from the casino trying to catch cigarettes. They even had rescuers in a paddle boat down there when I walked up just minutes of it happening.
The casinos in Tunica are built on the river & the water at Hollywood casino where this happened is deep. U walk in with front desk to ur right & buffet & elevators to rooms on left. U walk straight into the actual casino going over a 'bridge' with river water on either side. This is where he fell on the side separating the buffet from the casino trying to catch cigarettes. They even had rescuers in a paddle boat down there when I walked up just minutes of it happening.
Clearly a wading pool with pennies won't require a paddle boat & life savers. Quit being so grim. It's bad enough a man lost his life by accident. Need I remind U. I was there. You were not.
Thank you, that explains it so much better than the news reports! I certainly had no idea from anything that I read previously that is was not a "fountain' as we know it at all.
It really is terribly sad.
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