Orlando Sentinel

Orlando Free Fall to be torn down after Tyre Sampson’s death

The Orlando Free Fall, a drop tower from which 14-year-old tourist Tyre Sampson fell to his death in March, will be taken down, the attraction’s operators said Thursday. But exactly when that will ...
Orlando Sentinel

Orlando Free Fall ride, where Tyre Sampson died, to start coming down next week

The Orlando Free Fall, the 430-foot drop tower at ICON Park from which 14-year-old Tyre Sampson fatally fell last March, will start coming down next week. The St. Louis teen’s mother, Nekia Dodd, is ...
Yahoo

Tyre Sampson’s father, attorneys say Free Fall ride death being swept ‘under the rug’

ORLANDO, Fla. — On Friday, two days before Father’s Day, Juneteenth and his birthday, Yarnell Sampson visited the Orlando Free Fall ride in ICON Park. “I came up here to get my peace,” he said. But he ...
WESH

Family of teen who died in ICON Park fall marks what would have been his 15th birthday

THE FAMILY OF TYRE SAMPSON THE TEEN WHO DIED AFTER FALLING FROM THE FREE FALL RIDE AT ICON PARK EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS BACK IN ORLANDO TODAY TO MARK A SOMBER MILESTONE. STEWART: TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN ...
WFTV

Florida lawmaker to draft Tyre Sampson bill to address amusement park ride safety

ORLANDO, Fla. — The family of a teen who died on a drop ride in Orlando is calling for justice on what would have been his 15th birthday. Trevor Arnold, attorney for Orlando Slingshot, released a ...