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   ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy fell to his death late at   
   night from a free-fall amusement park ride that is taller than   
   the Statue of Liberty along a busy street in the heart of   
   Orlando’s tourist district.   
      
   Sheriff’s officials and emergency crews responded to a call late   
   Thursday at the Orlando Free Fall ride, which opened late last   
   year at Icon Park on the city’s International Drive.   
      
   The teen was identified Friday as Tyre Sampson, who was visiting   
   central Florida from Missouri with a friend’s family. Detectives   
   investigating the death will look into whether it was   
   intentional or accidental, said Orange County Sheriff John Mina.   
      
   “It appears to be just a terrible tragedy,” Mina said. “We will   
   see moving forward what that results in.”   
      
   Sampson was taken to a hospital, where he died, sheriff’s   
   officials said. No additional details about the teen or the   
   incident were immediately released.   
      
   A man who witnessed what happened told a 911 dispatcher that   
   Sampson seemed to slip out of his seat when the ride braked as   
   it approached the bottom.   
      
   “Bam, went straight through his chair and dropped,” the man said   
   on the 911 call. “It was the biggest smack I ever heard in my   
   life. I seen him hit the ground.”   
      
   A woman who called 911 told a dispatcher that Sampson was   
   facedown, wasn’t responsive and appeared to have broken his arms   
   and legs. Another man told a 911 dispatcher that the teen had no   
   pulse.   
      
   A video aired by NBC’s “Today” show Friday morning appears to   
   show passengers on the ride discussing issues with a seat   
   restraint Thursday night. The ride then began its trek up the   
   tower before someone is later seen falling from the ride.   
      
   “We are absolutely saddened and devastated by what happened, and   
   our hearts go out this young man’s family,” John Stine, sales   
   director with the Slingshot Group which owns the ride, told The   
   Associated Press on Friday morning.   
      
   The Free Fall ride and an adjacent ride, the Sling Shot, have   
   been closed indefinitely, Stine said. His company operates the   
   two rides at Icon Park.   
      
   “We are cooperating with all other investigations at this time   
   to get to the bottom of what happened,” Stine said.   
      
   Stine said there had been no issues reported previously with the   
   Free Fall ride, which opened last December.   
      
   Employees and witnesses interviewed by detectives reported no   
   problems beforehand.   
      
   “Everything seemed to be OK and normal,” Mina said.   
      
   The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,   
   which oversees amusement ride inspections with the exception of   
   the state’s largest theme parks, has launched an investigation   
   and inspectors were at the site Friday, spokesperson Caroline   
   Stoneciper said in an email.   
      
   According to a report from the state agency, the ride had its   
   initial permit inspection on Dec. 20, 2021, and no problems were   
   found. The next semi-annual inspection for the ride wasn’t due   
   for several more months.   
      
   “The ride will be closed for the foreseeable future and will not   
   re-open until all questions are answered as part of the ongoing   
   FDACS investigation,” the report said.   
      
   The ride has over-the shoulder restraint harnesses, with two   
   hand grips at the chest level, that riders pull down and then   
   they are released automatically at the end of the ride. An   
   inspector on Friday could be seen sitting in a ride seat with   
   the security harness over his shoulders as another inspector   
   took measurements.   
      
   The ride stands 430-feet (131-meters) tall, and is billed as the   
   world’s tallest free-standing drop tower, according to the   
   park’s website.   
      
   The ride holds 30 passengers as it rises in the air, rotates   
   around the tower and then tilts to face the ground before free   
   falling at more than 75 mph (120 kph), the website said.   
      
   In 2021, a maintenance technician who was not properly hooked up   
   to a safety device plunged 225 feet (68.5 meters) to his death   
   at a neighboring ride at the park, the 450-foot-tall (137-   
   kilometer-tall) StarFlyer swing ride.   
      
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