‘If I don’t Make It Down Tell My Mom And Dad I Love Them’: Boy, 14, Who Fell To His Death From Orlando Ride Told Friends He Was Worried About His Safety, Says His Father
The father of the teenage boy who fell to his death from a theme park ride is speaking out and demanding answers. In an exclusive interview with Fox35 Orlando, Yarnell Samson said his son knew he was in danger — and he wants to make sure no other child feels like that again.
His son Tyre Sampson, 14, was visiting ICON Park in Orlando, Florida, as part of an American football program and joined his friends on the “Orlando Free-Fall” ride. The father explained to the outlet that “when the ride took off, that’s when [his son] was feeling uncomfortable. He was like, ‘this thing is moving,’ you know what I’m saying. And he was like, ‘what’s going on?’” Samson told Fox 35. “And that’s when he started freaking out,” the dad continued.
The teen then told the friends beside him: “If I don’t make it down, tell … Please tell my mama and daddy I love them.” The father said, “for him to say something like that, he must have felt something,” Samson told the outlet. Sadly, his son tragically plummeted from the ride when it was about halfway down its 430-foot descent on Thursday. He was rushed to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries. The heartbroken father is now demanding to know why his 6-foot-5, 340-pound son was allowed on the ride after he was stopped from getting on other rides due to his size.
“This should never happen to anyone else’s child ever again,” Sampson said. “If I have anything to do with this, it will not happen ever again.”
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is now investigating Tyre Sampson’s death. The news outlet notes that Sampson has retained Ben Crump — the attorney famous for his civil rights and personal injury claims, who said a fun time at a park “should not have ended in tragedy.”
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how did it happen wow like why they didn’t check he wouldn’t have died and he didn’t sign up for that