West Michigan's Morning News
Top 5 Stories June 26, 2024
Welcome to West Michigan's morning news. Steve Kelly, Lauren Smith, Brad Piquita, Adam Arocho, Wednesday, June 26th. Still 2024 in top five time. Lauren, where did we start? At number five, guests at a Six Flags in Texas got quite the surprise the other day when attendees found themselves in a man-made, fast-moving river, which a kid fell into. Oh, no. It was at the Roaring Rapids ride at Six Flags in Arlington. Four rafts got stuck in a U formation before one of the flotation started to take on water. Well, I don't like that. For reference, you don't wear a life jacket on this ride either, so all of a sudden people started jumping from rafts to try and swim towards land. One boy was clearly struggling in the water as people had to make like a human chain to pull him in. Six Flags reps say it was fine. People should have just did seated until the ride restarted. We had no major injuries, but there was a video going around of one lone shoe just floating down the river, which was very spooky. By the way, that's exactly how they handled the Titanic. Yeah. Go back to your robes, nothing to see here. Yeah, easy to say too, when you have hundreds of people that start to panic. I've been in that situation at Cedar Point, not fun. At number four in the list, a 20-year-old Northern Ireland man broke a spud-sational Guinness World Record by assembling a Mr. Potato Head toy in 5.15 seconds. What's new, Hasbro? Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head with their own cars and trailers. That's what's new. That's the other reason we did that story. Wow, where did you find those good? I found that in 1965. Wow. There you go. County Antrim resident Declan McFerrin, who couldn't sound any more Irish, said he spent four hours refining his technique. Only four hours for attaching all the features of the popular plastic toy before successfully shaving .28 seconds off his record. That's four hours he'll never get back from there. Good on you, Declan. Oh, it was raining or something. Exactly. Well, it's Ireland. That's true. At number three, one of the best high school athletes that's going to be a senior in this upcoming year, made his commitment yesterday and picked his sport. Carson Viss of South Christian Eye, highly recruited basketball standout, but also football quarterback as well, committed to play for the Broncos of Western Michigan University. And Dwayne Stevens getting set for his third season and a long time assistant in Michigan State is really starting to make West Michigan a hotbed for his recruiting. E.J. Ryan's of North Feed the Point Gabriel Playform this year, but earlier this year, he got a commitment for basketball, but he's going to play football as well for the Broncos Camden Thompson on a white hole. Well done. At number two, with the Olympic trials going on, lots of fun and exciting things happening, except for Kendall Ellis, who less than an hour before her race was trapped in a porta potty and almost missed her race because she wasn't rescued. She was banging on a door screaming. Finally, somebody came to her aid and what did she do? Went out and ran her personal best and made it to the Olympics. - And told the story? - She did. She's like, yep, I was trapped in a porta potty and then look what I did. - Can you imagine anything more horrifying? - No. - Can you say a gentleman brush? - Yes, running. I absolutely can. Going out there and doing it. - Yeah, she's like, this isn't so bad. Finally, here's your pure Michigan moment. Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation apologized for a highway sign that misspelled the word central. - Way of spelling the word center toll? Central? People have been buzzing online over the typo saying things like, is this near Philadelphia? - Drivers on Cotman Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia noticed the new sign directing travelers, southbound on Interstate 95, central spelled C-E-N-R-T-A-L. And there you go, friends. Something you will not see today as you are tearing from one porta potty to another. I mean, I understand they're necessary. I just, it's like airplane bathrooms. Do everything I can not to use them. - Eat a lot of cheese. - Well, that's not even an option. I mean, any sort of. Even if I had to go in there and wash my hands, I wouldn't do it. - Yeah, you know, you just gotta back it up and get on with life, you know? - There it is, friends. Back it up and get on with life. Now, see, yesterday we had the Sophia T-shirt. Today I want a Shmitty T-shirt with your face in that state. That's today's top five.