Teen killed in fall from Orlando thrill ride

A 14-year-old boy fell to his death from the "Free Fall" ride at ICON Park late Thursday night. (Video: WOFL)

[mariearmstrong]

This ride SHOULD NEVER BE OPEN AGAIN. Take it

[GothyMorm]

Workers should be held accountable for the safety of riders. CHECK FOR THE SAFETY HARNESS!!

[kenzielw]

I don’t believe Tyre’s parents were with him at the time of the incident like the news report says. His dad speaks of getting the call. His 2 best friends were next to him on his right. The father said the boys said Tyre said something was wrong with the seat not being tight enough, that if he doesn’t make it to tell his parents “he loves them”. So heartbreaking, and preventable! A young boy lost his life due to the negligence of the operators. May Trye Samson Rest In Peace

[cutuppwithnylaa]

He waited in that line to pass away 🤦🏾‍♀️💔

[Nani-jqgc]

This is the second death in this amusement park with a person falling and dying, they need to look into it. This park is about to be bankrupt anyway, the parents are definitely going to sue because it was neglect that was going on, you got a worker here talking to the 3 riders and not paying attention. In the video you can see the girl asking about a seatbelt and etc ! This park is in big trouble they need to take down the star flyer and the free fall! ASAP

[mirnaleyva]

Honestly, it's the ride operator's fault and should be held accountable just as much as the owner. How can you allow and pass inspection on a ride that only has a harness but no seat belts knowing that the ride tilts and drops from a 430ft high with a maximum of 75 of speed? Makes no sense. Smh..

[Cloud]

This almost happened to me years ago. Rip to the child and my condolences to the family. Based from my experience? The ride operators did not attempt to bring the guard rails down and the child did not have the foresight to bring it down himself

[mrcaialexander]

When this thing drops, there should be a automatically liner that opens down below …

Anyone that falls is caught and saved in this huge sheet like trampoline….

Put a sensor on the ride and when someone falls it detects and automatically deploys the liner below..

[idontknowlikesrsly]

this is not ok. they really need better staff and people to make sure the ride is 100% safe.

[cutuppwithnylaa]

They don’t need to open ever they need ppl who have good attitude and don’t have a problem with being at work these workers don’t understand that ppls lives are in their hands one wrong move and they can be in jail why even be there if you gonna slack but when something like this happens they quick to say they Did everything they where supposed to do it’s the simple fact that if they where even thinking about this boys life they wouldn’t have allowed him to get on this ride if they actually cared they would have doubled checked his seat this is 100% their fault !

[life_asmichelle]

That should be shut down this it’s the first time this happened

[AmazinKLIDE]

I got the video on my page of him hitting the ground

[princessruby]

They have to take him to jail who work dare

[TheFrog_Man]

Shut it down. Hope he’s family get some money out it.

[weirdbeard]

I'm an old school bush man....the "blonde" has thick eyebrows. That's a good

[emilie]

This is exactly why I trust more having a seatbelt made out of the car/airplane material underneath the big mechanism

[anonymoustrumpet]

I can't even imagine being on the ride, or
"I'm scared, kinda nervous"
"Don't worry, it's fine, it'll be fun"

[weirdbeard]

Let's all pray for Tyre's and Lugnut.

[swallowedinthesea]

The people sitting next to Tyree Sanson could have held his arms and hands preventing his death so they are just as responsible as the Park. I hope the family sues them all.

[Yanna_theMortician]

This was no accident, it was intentional anybody with spiritual eyes can see