14-year-old who died at Florida attraction may have not been not properly secured in his seat

Name: 14-year-old who died at Florida attraction may have not been not properly secured in his seat
Uploaded: 2022-03-26T13:30:00.000Z
Duration: 1 min 12 s
Description: The attraction, dubbed the "World's tallest free-standing drop tower" is more than 400 feet tall. The attraction is now closed indefinitely after a 14-year-old was killed.

The attraction, dubbed the "World's tallest free-standing drop tower" is more than 400 feet tall. The attraction is now closed indefinitely after a 14-year-old was killed.

Posted 3/26/2022, 1:30:00 PM Updated 3/26/2022, 5:22:30 PM

it's dubbed the world's tallest free standing drop tower at

over 400 ft high

The Orlando freefall at Icon Park opened over the christmas

holiday and now it is closed indefinitely

The Orange County Sheriff's office role in this incident is

to determine whether or not this is an accident

Orange County sheriff John Mina says 14 year old Kyrie

Sampson was visiting with a friend's family from Missouri

Just after 11 Thursday night Samson fell out of his

seat while the ride was coming down

He was taken to a local hospital where he died

while still under investigation

The sheriff called the incident a terrible tragedy were just

deeply saddened and shocked by what happened last night

So our hearts break for the family

That is john stein he is the director of sales

and marketing for the Slingshot Group of companies which operates

the freefall attraction

He says there are multiple checks to make sure every

rider is safely harnessed in the right will not operate

if those checks are not greenlighted

So again everything was functioning properly when the riots started

What we don't know is what happened after that