Orlando FreeFall death: Tyre Sampson's family takes legal action as lawmakers file bill in his name
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Family and friends of Tyre Sampson, a 14-year-old who fell to his death from an amusement park ride in Orlando, gathered to call for the FreeFall ride to be permanently closed.
The family of Tyre Sampson, 14, who died on Orlando Freefall, has called for the ride to be closed. (Fox 35 Orlando) Police responded to the scene after a teen fell to his death from a theme park ride in Orlando, Florida. (Fox 35 Orlando) The parents of Tyre Sampson, who was 14 when he fatally fell from an Orlando amusement park ride, are suing several companies connected to designing and constructing the ride. (Fox 35 Orlando) Protesters have called for the Orlando Freefall to be shut down after a teen's death. (Fox 35 Orlando)
The bill was named after the teen who died on a ride at ICON Park in Orlando in March 2022, while he was visiting from St. Louis, Missouri, for spring break. His family wants the ride taken down.
"I'm trying to give the proper respect to the dead. He deserved that because he didn't sign up to die. He signed up to ride a ride and have fun and it led up to something else," said Yarnell Sampson, the deceased teen’s father, Fox Orlando reported. "That was my only child. That was my everything."
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