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Enron was a major electricity, natural gas, communications and paper company, which was named by Fortune as “America’s Most Innovative Company” for six years in a row and employed around ...
Enron has been featured since its bankruptcy in popular culture, including in The Simpsons episodes "That '90s Show" (Homer buys Enron stock while Marge chooses to keep her own Microsoft shares) and "Special Edna", which features a scene of an Enron-themed amusement park ride.
An Enron-branded X account posted and later deleted a message teasing at a crypto offering, saying “we do not have any token or coin (yet). Stay tuned, we are excited to show you more soon.”
An elaborate parody appears to be behind an effort to resurrect Enron, the Houston-based energy company that exemplified the worst in American corporate fraud and greed after it went bankrupt in 2001.
On June 13, 2003, a man was seriously injured in a 30-foot (9.1 m) fall from the Scenic Skyway chairlift ride at Knoebels Amusement Park. The man was a member of a group home for mentally disabled people and was riding alone. He was airlifted to a local hospital and recovered.
On April 7, 1999, the ride stranded 27 people 60 feet (18 m) for as long as four hours. For the inconvenience, the staff gave the riders stuffed animals and water bottles. The incident was the result of a malfunction in the ride's automatic braking system. [30] On May 29, 1999, the ride stranded 26 people for four hours.
In the long history of financial frauds, Enron ranks near the top of the list, with the once high-flying energy trading company suddenly unraveling in a web of lies and accounting sleight-of-hand.
Watch an ABC 7 Chicago report on the Six Flags Mexico ride malfunction below. The Supergirl Sky Flight, also known as the SkyScreamer or the Star Flyer , can be found at many amusement parks and ...