A lawsuit against a "pathogen soup" according to a water park leaves an amoeba eating the brain of his son

The mother and father of a New Jersey man, who died after visiting a water park in Texas, fell into a false amoeba that eats the brain.

Fabrizio Stabile, 29, died as a result of a brain infection on September 21, less than two weeks after being exposed to the rare but deadly amoeba Naegleria fowleri while he overrated at the BSR Surf Resort in Waco , in Texas. People can get an amoeba through contaminated water that enters the body through the nose.

Tests conducted on water sports facilities by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have uncovered evidence of Naegleria fowleri in the natural waters of BSR Cable Park Park, according to the District Public Health District. Waco-McLennan County.

Although the amoeba was not detected at the Surf Resort, Lazy River and Royal Flush stations, the waters of these three artificial attractions were cloudy and covered faecal organisms with low chlorine levels and, when the water warms up, would create favorable conditions for the growth of Naegleria fowleri.

The man's parents, Rita and Vincenzo Stabile, sued water sports facilities last week, claiming that their son's death could have been avoided if the park had "taken ordinary precautions" to preserve the quality of the water. l & # 39; water.

"BSR's tinted blue-green waves masked a pathogen soup in which an amoeba of Naegleria fowleri -" the amoeba that eats the brain "- could flourish," says the lawsuit. "Rita and Vincenzo Stabile have suffered severe mental anguish, grief and grief over the death of their only son, Fabrizio Stabile, and are at risk of continuing to suffer for a long time to come."

According to the lawsuit, the family is asking for more than a million dollars in financial aid and is demanding a jury trial.

Stuart Parsons, owner of BSR Cable Park and Surf Resort, said that a new water filtration system had since been installed and that he was now feeling "very comfortable." "with the conditions of the water in its facilities.

"When we discover that, you know, there was a chance that he could have, you know, an amoeba in our water, it's really, you know, it shocked us" Parsons told ABC News in an interview broadcast on Thursday. on "Good Morning America."

"It's something that can happen anywhere," he said. "I just wanted to make sure we were covered, you know."

Parsons reiterated that the tests did not reveal the presence of Naegleria fowleri in the water where the man overcame, but he said that this tragic incident had made him aware of the problem.

"Nobody should have to bury his children," he told ABC News. "My heart goes to Fab's family."