"The Whizzer was my mom's first roller coaster, my first roller coaster and my sister's first roller coaster," 8-year-old Mollie wrote the park. "It's my favorite ride there." ...

1980: A 13-year-old boy was killed while attempting to board the Willard’s Whizzer roller coaster when two trains collided. Eight other passengers were injured.

A 9-year-old boy died in 1989 after falling under a fiberglass log on a water ride and in 1980, a 13-year-old boy died when two trains collided on the Willard's Whizzer roller coaster ...

Six Flags Great America is home to plenty of thrilling roller coasters. Here are the best ones, ranked from worst to best. ... Whizzer opened in 1976 (when Great America opened) ...

American Eagle becomes the park’s third roller coaster to achieve ACE Landmark status, following Whizzer, which opened with the park in 1976, and Batman: The Ride, the world’s first inverted ...

And in 1980, a 13-year-old Palo Alto boy died and eight other people were injured when the Willard’s Whizzer roller coaster broke down. Originally Published: August 10, 2009 at 8:33 AM PDT.

When the wooden coaster was built in 1981, it was the fastest and tallest roller coaster in the world. Today, ... I also really like The Whizzer (originally called "Willard's Whizzer").

No Chicago area roller coasters from elsewhere besides Six Flags Great America are on the landmark list. And while the Whizzer, only 49 years old, is the oldest Chicago area roller coaster on the ...

American Eagle becomes the park's third roller coaster to achieve ACE Landmark status, following Whizzer, which opened with the park in 1976, and Batman: The Ride, the world's first inverted ...