Walt Disney World Resort Monorail Crash - The Aftermath

This is the video taken of the aftermath of the Walt Disney World Monorail Resort Monorail crash, which happened on July 5, 2009 at about 2:00am. The crash, which involved Monorail Pink backing into Monorail Purple during a MAPO overide killed 21-year old monorail pilot Austin Wuennenberg at the TTC (Transportation and Ticket Center) station.


OFFICIAL DISNEY STATEMENT
"Today, we mourn the loss of our fellow cast member. Our hearts go out to his family and to those who have lost a friend and co-worker. The safety of our guests and cast members is always our top priority. The monorail is out of service and we will continue to work closely with law enforcement to determine what happened and the approximate next steps." - Mike Griffin, Walt Disney World's vice president of public affairs


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[ChefyForMickey]

You are PATHETIC to have posted this on the Internet I will be contacting YouTube about your video. It is completely DISRESPECTFUL to the young man who LOST his LIFE. YOU SHULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!!!!!!

[SoCalCoaster521]

@ChefyForMickey Hey, not too sure why I am "pathetic," as you say. I am a amusement industry news journalist, which is why I posted this video. At the time, it was relevant to the story at hand in which I was covering. I do apologize that you have been offended by this video, however, you had the choice not to click on it. In fact, by doing so, you are only contributing to the "problem" in which you are complaining about.

[BROOKSIDEswimminGPAC]

wow i love how disney is so secret with their mistakes the guy started freaking out about the camera. we never found out why river country was really closed either.

[SoCalCoaster521]

River Country closed due to the popularity of Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach. The fact that River Country was so small and could not handle the amount of people the other two parks could take in was enough reason for it's closure.

[babiiv2329811]

:( what happened 2 the driver

[SoCalCoaster521]

He died.

[statetropper12]

it ok i just think and pray for him

[edwardcullen62019011]

@statetropper12 omg i so sorry i read a few stories about him and how much he loved his job he seemed like a really great person i heard a person say riding with him was the highlight of their trip i wish i could of meet him

[ANDREWWALLFORD123]

Monorail shouldn't signal on at it or not? How hits by monorail between with it???

[statetropper12]

that was my brother who died i cryed for 4 days and im still upset about it im crying right now cause ill never get to see him again :(

[TheKwacie]

Holy cow! :O

[rcb3000]

Damn :/

[TheKnortel]

MONORAIIIIIL, MONORAIIIIIL, MONORAIIIIIL!!!!

[HesDaryl]

@ohmuhstars LOL yeah ive heard and read stuff about plane crashes but still that won't stop me from traveling =D

[HesDaryl]

im don't think i will be going to disney world ever

[mckennahardy]

@SoCalCoaster521 I absolutley agree with you. You are not bashing the WDW industry in any way. You are simply informing what the crash looked like and how the guests reacted. They reacted in a very noble and heroic way and were only thinking about the other passengers and the driver. They attempted, as you can see, to contact the driver and get him out, including trying to get on top of the monorail train that he was in. How is it disrespectful to show the heroic-ness of them?