The teenage boy, who fell from a tower experience at Orlando's ICON Park Thursday night time, was "freaking out" within the moments earlier than his demise, his father mentioned.

Tyre Sampson, 14, fell from the park's 430-foot tall free-fall experience within the newest lethal incident to happen at an amusement park. His father, Yarnell Sampson, is now demanding solutions about how the deadly fall occurred and shared what he is aware of in regards to the moments main as much as his son's demise.

The teenager obtained on the experience with two of his mates, however as soon as it took off, he rapidly grew panicked, Tyre's father advised native Orlando-based tv information station WOFL-TV.

"He was like, 'What is going on on?' That is when he began freaking out," he mentioned.

Sampson defined that because the experience continued, his son advised his good friend, who was subsequent to him, to inform his mother and father that he beloved them if he didn't make it down from the experience. "For him to say one thing like that, he will need to have felt one thing," he mentioned.

He questioned why his son, who was 6'5" and weighed 340 kilos, was permitted on the experience, as he was prevented from driving others because of measurement limitations, including that experience operators ought to have stopped it whereas he was panicking.

"I am questioning what occurred between every now and then that made them say, 'Come on, get [on] this experience,'" he mentioned.

Riders are held in place with a shoulder harness and no different further belt, WOFL reported.

Sampson remembered his son as an honor scholar with a "vibrant future" who hoped to sometime play soccer within the NFL. "This could by no means occur to anybody else's little one ever once more," he mentioned. "And if I've something to do with this, it won't occur ever once more."

The Orange County Sheriff's Workplace has opened an investigation because it stays unknown precisely how the occasions that lead as much as the teenager's demise unfolded.

ICON Park launched a press release late Friday night time on Twitter in regards to the incident, writing that "our heartfelt ideas are along with his household and mates." The assertion additionally mentioned that the amusement park will cooperate with regulation enforcement and regulators.

The experience opened in December of final yr, and the park claims that it is the world's tallest free-standing drop tower. Riders board a automobile that brings them to the highest of the tower, which tilts 30 levels to briefly face the bottom, after which drops down. It reached a velocity of greater than 75 miles per hour.

A video that has circulated on-line confirmed staff discussing the experience's security measures proper after the incident occurred.

Incidents involving amusement park rides do happen from time-to-time, however stay uncommon. In 2020, an worker at ICON Park died after falling 50 to 60 ft off a 450-foot tall swing experience. A federal investigation dominated he was not correctly hooked as much as its security machine.

Newsweek reached out to ICON Park for remark Saturday afternoon. This story will likely be up to date with any response.

Tyre Sampson was "freaking out" before fall
Tyre Sampson, the 14-year-old boy who fell to his demise from a tower experience at Orlando’s ICON Park, was “freaking out” earlier than the autumn, his father mentioned. Above, a freewill tower is seen in Munich, Germany, in September 2015. Philipp Guelland/Getty Photos