girl was killed on a ride that fatal incident happened on the haunted mine drop ride at glenwood caverns adventure parkyees began first aid until paramedics arrived to determine that the child had died the park's general manager said in a statement, quote, we are deeply saddened and ask that you keep the family of the deceased in your thoughts and prayers authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the girl's death >>> a polish silver medalist has a heart of gold. this olympian jafban thrower auctioned off her olympic silver medal for $125,000 to a polish convenience store chain. the a bone cancer survivor said that the silver can save lives instead of collecting dust in a closet the store donated the funds in her name to the boy and told her to keep the medal. >>> some of the last soldiers from afghanistan are back home after spending nine months there, the tenth mountain division arrived at fort drum yesterday. they were one of the most deployed units in the army those soldiers, i imagine, are happy to be reunited with their families >>> fall is in the air and in your morning cup of j

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. >> reporter: glenwood caverns adventure park posting this video of the haunted mine drop just after it opened. "usa today" naming it their best new amusement park attraction of 2017. the small, family-owned park promoting the ride as "the first drop ride in the world to go underground, in what feels like a free-fall." whit, authorities have not confirmed exactly how the girl died, but an investigation is under way and the park, they say they are deeply saddened by what has happened and it will be closed at least through tomorrow. whit? >> kaylee hartung with those late developments, thank you. >>> next tonight, the enhanced federal jobless benefits that had been in place to help unemployed americans during the pandemic have now expired. so, what does it mean for the millions who had been receiving those checks? here's abc's white house correspondent mary alice parks. >> reporter: tonight, more than 7 million americans are losing unemployment benefits put in place during the pandemic. april stokes, an optician and single mom, has not worked full-time since schools closed early last y

it happened at glenwood cavern's adventure park sunday night. unted mine drop ride is where it happened. park employees began first aid until paramedics arrived and determined that it was too late to save the child. the park's general manager said in a statement that they are deeply sadnd. authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. >>> no vaccine, no visit. a doctor in florida is going to stop treating patients in person if they're not vaccinated. the doctor cites the risk of exposing immunocompromised patients and staffers to the virus that has killed more than 46,000 people in the state and more than 648,000 nationwide. the family practice physician based out of south miami sent a letter to her patients saying they will no longer continue serving patients not vaccinated from covid-19 by next wednesday. >>> a few doctors going that route too. >> really. >> san diego researchers this morning are talking about the groundbreaking new study on weakening of the covid vaccine over time. research found that between march and

. >> reporter: the child died sunday evening while on the ride at glenwood caverns adventure park. mountaintop theme park. so far, investigators have not released any preliminary details about what went wrong. >> caverns for a party that fell out of the shaft ride. the party is at the bottom of the shaft now. we're still trying to get further. >> reporter: the young victim, whose name has not been released, was on the haunted mine drop. touted as the world's first underground drop ride, it plunges thrill seekers 100 feet into the mountainside before bringing them to the surface. >> you sit in this chair here, and the floor drops out. then you drop 100 feet down into iron mountain. >> reporter: the ride opened four years ago. a reporter with our denver affiliate kusa had a chance to go on it before its debut. riders on the coaster must be at least 46 inches tall. and must be able to sign a waiver that states in part seat belts are required and that the rider agrees to wear a seat belt at all times while participating. according to the coroner's office, park employees initiated first

officials say she was on a ride at the glenwood caverns adventure park when something happened causinglocal media riders have complained the restraint system is not safe. a shoplifter is left literally holding the bag when her get away driver just speed off walsh as the sticky. spotting police. she tries to make a bolt for it with stolen good. appears to give up with nowhere to turn. officers were able to catch up and take her into custody. that's a look at your headlines. brian: probably free by now and able to go to school today no. problem. thank you very much, jillian. get the wings and nachos ready football is coming your way. the football 2021 season kicks off on fox this weekend. our next guest is a three time super bowl champion. one of the finest offensive lineman able to give his his pike on week one predictions. mark schlereth welcome back. mark, the good news is we have fabs back. how weird was it last year and how much more do you think they will be appreciated by the players this year? >> i think it's huge. obviously the players talked about it a bunch 6 as a broadcaster

adventure park. investigators have not released any preliminary details. >> glenwood caverns for a party that fell out. >> reporter: the young victim, whose name has not yet been released was on the haunt the mine drop, touted as the world's first underground drop ride. it plunges riders more than a hundred feet into the mountain side before bringing them into the surface. >> you sit in one of these chairs around the floor drops out and you drop a hundred feet down into iron mountain. >> reporter: the ride opened just four years ago. a reporter with our denver affiliate had a chance to go on it before its debut. riders on the coaster mist be at least 46 inches tall and must also be able to sign a waiver that states in part, seat belts are required and that the rider agrees to wear a seat belt at all times while participating. according to the coroner's office, park employees initiated first aid on the little girl but it was too late. the cause of the death remains under investigation. this morning glenwood caverns remains closed. they write in a statement that they are heartbroken. confirming the inci