A video has resurfaced on social media showing an old Disneyland ride where a teenage employee tragically died under devastating circumstances.
The story of 18-year-old Deborah Gail Stone has recently made headlines across social media.
The teen, from Santa Ana in California, had been working at Anaheim's Disneyland theme park at the time of the tragedy back in 1974.
On the day of the incident, Deborah had been working as a cast member greeting guests on the park's America Sings attraction.
Footage of the show remains on YouTube thanks to the Mouse Steps channel and can be seen below: The attraction had just re-opened after nearly a year following a revamp, with the location previously being home to The Carousel of Progress.
However, just like its predecessor, the attraction featured an outer ring of six seating areas that rotated around a stationary center that housed multiple stages.
Stone was said to be standing to the left of the stage while she welcomed the Disneyland guests over a microphone but just after the ride started, the teenager moved too close to the rotating theater wall and the non-moving stage wall and was crushed to death between them.
Eyewitnesses at the scene recalled hearing loud screaming but at first, they thought it was just part of the attraction before they alerted other staff members of the incident.
At the time, The Los Angeles Times reported that "she died at 11:00 PM during a 45-second interval when the audience had left her theater and it was moving into position to start a new cycle."
It was reported that Stone's death marked the first time an employee had been killed in an accident at the park.
Stone's family allegedly filed a lawsuit against the park after the incident and received a "small settlement" in return.
The story went viral on TikTok after being shared by the popular account true crime account '@makingastruecrimerer', where the video received more than 4000 comments.
"Sad way to pass. So many ppl [sic] have passed away inside the park," wrote one user while another added: "Small settlement? If that was my daughter I [would] want to live in Disneyland and 100 billion dollars and I'd still be furious."
A third chimed in questioning: "Why would you think screaming is part of that attraction?"
America Sings closed for good 14 years later on April 10, 1988.
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