by ELIZABETH GELMAN /AP
Guests to the Jurassic World theme park were evacuated late Friday night after many of the park's animals suddenly escaped from their enclosures.
While it’s only been a few days since the horrific incident at the five-star resort, the lawsuits are already accumulating quickly. Most of the park was successfully evacuated, but unfortunately not before several hundred of the guests were injured, or killed. Many guests are still missing, and the death toll is still being counted. Among those dead is Jurassic World owner Simon Masrani, who was killed in a helicopter crash while trying to contain one of the escaped “assets.”
“This is a horrific event,” stated Masrani Global Vice President Edward Regis. “We are doing everything in our power to offer aid to our visitors and to get this situation under control.”
Many of the evacuated guests and staff are still being held in Costa Rica for questioning and evaluations but should be released in the next few days.
The official comment from Masrani Global regarding the escape of the animals was “it’s under investigation.” However, some guests claim to have heard rumors of a large predator of some kind being the cause.
“I saw it,” said Jurassic World guest Ed James. “Some freaky thing, I can’t describe it. But I was on the monorail back to the hotel and I saw this big creature crash into the aviary and soon after the pterodactyls or whatever just started flying out of the dome. They attacked a helicopter and then started flocking towards the park. It was chaos.”
While Masrani Global seems to be keeping face about wanting to get the situation under control and the park running again, stocks are already beginning to drop. Since Saturday stock in the company has dropped from 139.18 to 78.25, and guests who have pre-purchased tickets are demanding refunds. It’s a trend seen before by the company, and what led to InGen filing for Chapter 11 in 1997 after the incident in San Diego involving an escaped Tyrannosaurus rex.
“I just don’t know how this happened,” park guest Deborah Holland said, nursing a broken arm. “How could they let this happen? After what happened before, you’d think they would have known better and been able to prevent a catastrophe like this.”
We’ll keep you updated on Jurassic World news as it comes in, including the upcoming U.N. meeting regarding the incident.
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