Death of a 4-year-old on Epcot ride underlines need to close safety loophole

Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), who has been pressing Congress for several years to close an unusual safety exemption in the law that excludes any federal participation in investigating and preventing deaths on amusement park rides, issued a comment following the death of a 4-year-old boy on the Mission: SPACE ride at Disney's EPCOT Center. Click here to read more. (pdf format)