Man buys part of an amusement park that he loved growing up (Smile File)

A man was sad when the waterpark he loved growing up was closed.  So, he bought part of it! (Photo: Getty Images)

Episode Transcript

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I remember when I was a kid, we used to go to Great America
every single year and I loved it. Some great memories well, also were
great memories from Adam Walterman, who'sfrom Cincinnati, Ohio, and he spent
five summers working at the Coney Islandtheme park in Cincinnati, Ohio. And
because of all those fond memories,Adam was disappointed to learn that the water

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park will be closing permanently and allthe slides and pools will be dismantled.
But Adam learned that some of thestuff at Coney Island was up for sale,
including the Silver Bullet, a waterslide built to the park in nineteen
forty five. So guess what hedid. He bought it. He bought
the water slide. Bought the waterslide, and he has moved it to
a secret location. And while othershave stepped up and offered to purchase the

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side from him, Adam plans tohold on to it for now, just
for fun. That's so cool,that's so cool. I wish I would
have done something like that with somethingfrom P and E Park. Oh yeah,
just some one of those one ofthe cars that ran on the monorail
or whatever that's a neat story