Calls made to 911 after 14-year-old boy fell to his death from a free-fall amusement park ride in the heart of Orlando’s tourist district were released Friday.
, sheriff’s officials said. Sampson was visiting central Florida from Missouri with a friend’s family.
“Bam, went straight through his chair and dropped,” the man said on the 911 call. “It was the biggest smack I ever heard in my life. I seen him hit the ground.” The Free Fall ride and an adjacent ride, the Sling Shot, have been closed indefinitely, said John Stine, sales director with the Slingshot Group. His company operates the two rides at Icon Park.“We are absolutely saddened and devastated by what happened, and our hearts go out this young man’s family,” Stine told The Associated Press on Friday morning.
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