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An NFL football team held a fan fest prior to the football season. The fan fest included games, activities, interactive play equipment, food, and more. Prior to the fan fest, a rental company had spent the day dropping off and installing inflatable amusement devices. A 19' inflatable slide called the Titanic was placed outdoors and anchored to the ground. The rental company left the device to be operated by interns working for the organization.

The fan fest started around 3:00 pm. At around 5:30 pm, catastrophe struck. A total of 26 patrons (mostly young children and some pre-teens) made their way to the top of the Titanic inflatable slide. While at the top of the device, it started to sway. The patrons decided to enhance the swaying by moving side-to-side with the device. The device eventually tilted significantly enough to collapse. All 26 patrons fell off the device. 6 of the patrons required hospitalization. 2 of the patrons eventually died from head injuries.

Considering my philosophy on risk, please choose 1 of the 5 elements of my philosophy below, using it to explain who was primarily responsible for the incident, why they were responsible, and how it could have been prevented.

1. People generally agree that risks are all around us; however, they are not generally aware of their role in the process.

2. People are generally unaware of industry or organizational norms or expectations regarding risk in specific activities or experiences.

3. People are generally overexposed and under-engaged in processing risks, subjecting themselves to avoidable hazards regarding specific activities or experiences.

4. People wrongly believe that controlled environments are safe environments.

5. People's perception of risk is directly related to their experience with it. Considering most people avoid it, under-appreciate it or have never been exposed to it, few people realize when they are in danger.