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          James Hackemer, a U.S. Army veteran who lost his legs while deployed in Iraq, was thrown from the foot-tall roller coaster at the upstate.

        1. James Hackemer, a U.S. Army veteran who lost his legs while deployed in Iraq, was thrown from the foot-tall roller coaster at the upstate.
        2. A double-amputee Iraq war veteran who was thrown to his death from a western New York roller coaster has been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
        3. Sergeant James Hackemer, 29, died after falling from the Ride of Steel roller coaster at Darien Lake Theme Park, Syracuse, New York.
        4. This March photo provided by Help Our Military Heroes, shows Iraq war veteran Sgt. James T. Hackemer on the day he was awarded a van in Beltsville, Md.
        5. James Hackemer, a U.S. Army veteran who lost his legs while deployed in Iraq was thrown from the foot-tall roller coaster at the upstate.

          6. Sergeant James Hackemer, 29, died after falling from the Ride of Steel roller coaster at Darien Lake Theme Park, Syracuse, New York....

          Double Amputee and Iraq War Veteran Dies After Being Ejected From a Roller Coaster in NY

          July 9, 2011 — -- U.S.

          Army Sgt. James Hackemer, an Iraq War veteran and double amputee, died in a tragic roller coaster accident at Darien Lake Theme Park in upstate New York, according to ABC News affiliate WKBW-TV in Buffalo.

          At approximately 5:30 p.m.

          Friday, Hackemer was ejected from the park's "Ride of Steel" as it was operating. Hackemer was in the very front of the ride, according to Genesee County Sheriff Sgt. Greg Walker.

          Operator error was to blame for an amputee Iraq war veteran's deadly fall from a roller coaster, state officials said.

          The restraints on the roller coaster are a lap bar and seat belt.

          Hackemer was reportedly at the park with his children and sister. His children were not with him on the ride at the time of the accident, but a relative said he was accompanied by a college-age nephew.

          "He was determined to ride every roller coaster," his sister, Jody Hackemer, told The Associated Press.

          "That minute he was on that ride, he probably felt the