Tyre Sampson, 14, died after he fell from the Orlando FreeFall ride while on Spring Break in Florida.
, the teen who fell off a drop tower ride at ICON Park in March and died, visited the amusement park Tuesday morning in Orlando, Florida.
Asked if there was anything that stood out to him during his investigation, Crump reiterated that he and his team were doing a thorough investigation and that they believed the teen's death was preventable. Sampson, who is from St. Louis, Missouri, was visiting Orlando with another family, as part of a football program, according to his dad. He and his friends went to ICON Park to ride the Orlando FreeFall, which opened in December 2021 and was billed as the world's tallest drop tower ride.The ride takes people some 400 feet into the air, briefly tilts them forward, and then freefalls at speeds up to 75 mph back down.
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