Tyre Sampson is the 14-year-old Missouri boy who died after falling from the Orlando Free fall ride at ICON Park in Orlando, Florida.
Facebook Tyre Sampson Tyre Sampson is the 14-year-old Missouri boy who died after falling from the Orlando Free fall ride at ICON Park in Orlando, Florida. In a news conference, Sheriff John Mina extended his “deepest condolences” to the young man who lost his life. The Sheriff’s Department’s victims’ advocates have been in contact with the family. Mina released Sampson’s name, confirming that he was 14 years old, and the death occurred late in the evening of March 24, 2022. Read More From Heavy How You Can Help Ukraine: Verified Charities, GoFundMe & Ways to Support Ukrainians A graphic video emerged showing the moment Sampson fell from the ride. It also captured an ICON ride worker telling a woman that there were no seat belts on the ride. Here’s what you need to know: A graphic and more than four-minute video that shows Sampson falling from the ride has been viewed more than 1 million times on Twitter. Because of its graphic nature, Heavy is not embedding the full, unedited video. You can watch it in full here, but be forewarned that it’s extremely disturbing and graphic. It initially shows other people on the ride before it takes off. “430 feet. You’re coming down 75 miles per hour,” a worker tells them. A woman asked the worker why the harness did not have a clicking seat belt. “Seat belt? There ain’t any,” he responds. After more banter back and forth, the ride started. You don’t see Sampson in the first part of the video. “That sounds like a machine from the Avengers,” an onlooker says in the video before the tragedy. The ride starts to come down, and you see the boy fly off the ride and fall to the ground, where he lies motionless.
