EastSide Player Dies in Orlando Tragedy

[crusader_of_90]

Parkgoers questioned ride safety before teen’s fatal plunge in Orlando

Safety concerns were raised about the Orlando free-fall amusement park ride just moments before the 14-year-old boy fell from it to his death.

nypost.com

Tyre Sampson was 6-foot-5 and 325 pounds. His family said the eighth-grader was a straight “A” student and looking forward to playing football for East St. Louis High School in the fall.

His father, Yarnell Sampson said Tyre fell in love with football at eight years old, and everyone called him “Big Tick.”

“He was doing his training videos. He started working out,” Yarnell Sampson said.

 

[corey90]

Parkgoers questioned ride safety before teen’s fatal plunge in Orlando

Safety concerns were raised about the Orlando free-fall amusement park ride just moments before the 14-year-old boy fell from it to his death.

nypost.com

Tyre Sampson was 6-foot-5 and 325 pounds. His family said the eighth-grader was a straight “A” student and looking forward to playing football for East St. Louis High School in the fall.

His father, Yarnell Sampson said Tyre fell in love with football at eight years old, and everyone called him “Big Tick.”

“He was doing his training videos. He started working out,” Yarnell Sampson said.

This is tragic and it should not have happened. I feel for the family. Terrible 😞

 

[Blue Ruin]

With no seat belts, he slipped right under the shoulder restraints. Bad way to die. Good kid, too.

 

[crusader_of_90]

I am irrationally scared of heights. I could not think of anything worse. That's nightmarish for the family to endure.

 

[CIMRY90]

Nothing more tragic than a family having a day of fun to only lose a child. It reminds me of the young boy that died in the waterslide accident in Kansas City a few years ago.

 

[Gene K.]

Such a tragedy. Prayers for the family!

 

[crusader_of_90]

The young man would have been a junior on this year's team. A settlement was finally made.

Family of boy who died falling off ride awarded $310million

Tyre Sampson was more than 100 pounds over the weight limit when he slipped through the safety harness on the FreeFall ride at ICON Park in Orlando in March 2022.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[goomsback]

Still doesn't bring him back. 310 million helps, I guesa.

 

[corey90]

No one really understands the loss of I child unless you have been in there shoes. I have and believe me no amount of money makes up for the pain. This is tragic regardless of the lawsuit award. The pain will be there the rest of there lives.

 

[MMA_Det]

Wow… it’s incredibly unsettling to be at a funeral where the parents are burying one of their children

No amount of money will smooth the pain

And at that dollar amount the likelihood of bankruptcy taking place in order to abscond the settlement is pretty high