That's how friends and family in a Missouri vigil remembered 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, who died last Thursday when he fell off an amusement park thrill ride while on a spring break trip to Orlando, Florida. "He was fun, he was a good dude," Kameron Smith, who said he played football with Tyre, told CNN affiliate KMOV . Rides suspended pending an investigationTyre died after falling from the FreeFall drop tower ride at Orlando's ICON Park. The FreeFall ride passed a safety inspection in December before it was allowed to open, according to a safety inspection report obtained by CNN. "A fun theme park visit with his football team should not have ended in tragedy."

Source: CNN April 01, 2022 02:56 UTC