I used to work at a major amusement park as a teen, I was a safety inspector on the rides. Whenever I saw someone not " fit " enough for the ride, or if we had to push down the vest harness multiple times to " lock " it in place, I'd immediately report it to our supervisor. ANYTHING can happen at high speeds. We have the right to decline, due to body size not only for that specific individual, but for ALL, for safety measures.
@@exitscreaming4637 some were too big, some were too skinny. They just looked at each and said " damn " didn't cause a scene or anything. I was around 16 at the time I worked as a safety inspector. I'm 35 now. So majority of the passengers were my age, a few years older.
Definitely if a guest is so large the attendant has to struggle to lock it in place they shouldn’t be allowed to ride, at high speeds it can unlock if it’s not a comfortable fit to begin with
@@exitscreaming4637 Last year at one of Americaś tallest and most popular roller coasters, there was one would-be rider who used the test seat at the entrance. When he struggled with it, he decided not to ride. He's all good; lots of other would-be riders would get angry and even threaten employees if they refused the test seat, then waited hours in line only to find out theyŕe too fat to ride. And the next month at that same roller coaster where he couldn´t fit the test seat, it had an accident where a guest was hit by a piece from the coaster and nearly killed. 😳
They shouldn’t have let him on. It’s CLEAR by the pictures he was not properly secured in. He was too big. He wouldn’t know, he’s a child. The ride operators eff’d up majorly! This was absolutely preventable!!!
EXACTLY!! He’s NOT of legal age to accept responsibility over risks! And the fact that his dad found out on social media just compounds this tragedy. Those harnesses weren’t nearly stable enough for a 75mph drop from 400 feet!! There’s not even a seatbelt between the legs like most rides of this nature to ensure no one can slip out. This overseas designer of this ride needs to pay out BIG
@@bunnyfinn2 they said he was there with a friend and their family, but his dad said he was at a football training camp. So maybe the friend was attending the camp as well? I’m not sure who would have been his “legal” guardian during that time…the friend’s parents, or the coaches/chaperones for the camp.
I hope the family makes every dollar they can out of this company enough to shut them down, when you hire a 16 year old to operate a ride that has the potential to kill 30 people if not operated correctly, you shouldn't be in business, I think the age of the workers working there need to be a little higher, and they all need either certifications by the state or license to operate these machines
@@gordonbihl100 Okay , so you're already needing to lie to try and make your point---that's never a good sign . Please share with everyone where you learned it was a 16 year-old who was " operating " the ride . We'll wait .
There is video out there of ride attendant that asked if everyone had there seat on .. someone said it didn't click ..then asked again as the ride was starting for seatbelt someone clearly said nope as it was going up
@@reallifebarbie1 Oh I strongly agree with that! Relying on a green light or red light is like depending on your engine light to tell you something is or isn’t wrong with your car! But they got complacent, and didn’t feel the true weight of the responsibility they had for the safety of their riders!
He was a big guy and he shouldn’t have been on that ride in the first place. I was in class when one of my friends had showed me video and of course I thought it was fake. So I did a little investigation and looked it up on UA-cam and to come to my conclusion he did die. I’ve seen the full video and he had flew off like a bird and landed straight down on his face. The person who was operating the ride should take full responsibility of this. He knew something was wrong as shown in the video a couple of passengers did ask if the ride had any “seatbelts”. And of course the operator said yes and the ride continued. Rest In Peace young man you did not deserve this and you had some accomplishments to achieve!! ♥️♥️
I totally agree..this Is bad.....you can clearly see he wasn't securely safe and locked in..what was these kids thinking when he looked not secure and hanging out of the safety latch that went over his body. I didn't see him fall and I don't want to.. God be with his friends who saw this disaster and nightmare happen and to his family's loss and pain...
Why wouldn't they pursue charges. What good is a one sided investigation. Their son clearly died as a direct result of neglect by the ride attendant. This could have been prevented had they been doing their job. Not playing with people's lives.
@@lopezjose476 He simply shouldn't have been allowed to ride. Not only did the harness not close all the way but it looks like his weight snapped the seat when the brakes engaged.
@@starrynyts1844 it looks like the harness closed and the seat stayed closed he slipped out from underneath it. Seams like a failure in design thats why I think the manufacturer is responsible it wasn't design correctlyand the owner should of trained their staff better. Either way poor kid and I hope the family gets justice.
@@starrynyts1844 you can see clearly that it isn’t pushed all the way down. I used to be pretty big and I always waited till the last possible second to push it down all the way (with the help of an attendant.) We can see the attendant only checks the two closest to him, and starts to yell “on the left, seatbelt” meaning.. on the right… harness. Him using his left and NOT The big red stop button suggests he was under the influence IMO.
The way you people think you can just file a lawsuit, walk into a courtroom and win is what's wrong with the legal system now. Everyone thinking they sue over any and everything.
Deepest Condolences to the family and friends of this young man. His smile and laughter are now forever etched upon your hearts. Tragic accidents happen all the time but the frequency of such events does not ease the blow to ones life who was close to the victim.
It’s described as an accident however at any amusement park there’s a duty of responsibility the park has to ensure each guest meets criteria for a ride and is secured properly before the ride starts and the mechanical safety of the ride
I pray that the young teen does not take the fault of this. He is a kid with a summer time job. I'm praying for Tyree's family and friends. Just a very sad situation
He, all the other operators, and the company should be the one at fault. He should have been paying attention to his job and went around as well as the other should have as well made sure everybody was locked in properly, if he wasn't so busy speaking with the people he was in front of he could have just looked to the left and seen that the harness wasn't down completely over top of that 14-year-old boy. Dude neglected his job, and somebody died. If it was my daughter I'd be going after him and him alone.
I’m sorry I think the operator is in fact responsible, in the recording he sounds pretty distracted and I’ve heard lots of people say that some of the employees present were on their phone. I can relate to that, I’m in college and I work part time, I know these minimum wage jobs are harsh and awful. But if the ride operators want to work somewhere they can goof off , they can get a normal summer job like at a store or doing food service. why would you choose to work as a ride operator and then not take it seriously? even a teenager knows that things can go wrong with these devices and people can die or be injured by them. like I get being distracted at work, I do tasks sloppily at my Starbucks job all the time, but the difference is that no one is in danger if I forget to put extra caramel drizzle on a frappuccino. employees need to be vigilant when when human lives are at risk. the ride operators should have been taught better than to be lazy about checking the safety mechanisms on an extremely complicated and potentially deadly machine. I think that they may have just not known there was a size limit though, since i doubt any of them were properly taught how the ride even works. I think the blame does fall on the managers too. Either way it feels like illegal gross/reckless negligence by someone. but the employee should have been manually checking the restraints, then maybe someone would have realized that he clearly did not fit in the shoulder harness and this never would have happened. Whether it’s the managers or the ride operators who truly made the decision it’s still an obvious oversight on someone’s part that feels super reckless, and these rides are safe if you are not too big or too small for them so I don’t think the blame is on the manufacturer. but the lack of a secondary seatbelt is concerning on the design of the ride too. It really is a super upsetting situation all around though :(
The fact that he felt something wasn’t right and told his friends if he didn’t come down make my stomach turn my head can’t wrap around this at all speaking that fear may happened breaks my heart for this family this could of been anybody’s child and to see that video the impact sound of him hitting that cement crushes me 😔😔prayers for the whole family
Yep that worker clearly told riders that they must strap themselves in......one rider was heard asking....it's not automatic strap and locked in? And the worker clearly saying....do it on your own, while the ride was taking off. He should be fired. So sad. RIP Angel. 🙋🏾♀️❤️❤️❤️❤️😢😢😢🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
He was too big to be on the ride. At my local county fair they won't even let anyone that large on the rides like that. I don't know if the combination of the ride shooting up like that and the body weight of the person can break the harness or what but there is obviously a reason that they aren't supposed to allow it. I watched my brother in laws brother who is about 6'6 and atleast 350 get told he couldn't ride because of his size so I know that is protocol. This kid was a big kid and you can tell by the pictures that he shouldn't have been on there. I get it's embarrassing to be told you can't ride because of your size but I would rather be embarrassed then lose my life
Yes you are right because when you get on elevators if you tell you no more than this amount of weight on the elevator it sure do yeah that was a little bit too much right there and when you get on the airplane it also tell you not to get on there I think with too much weight and I think some big peoples have gotten on the airplane took up two seats and they had to pay for the seats because they took up two seats and they were mad about that too disagree with that they should have paid for those two seats cuz you are taking up two seats and should pay for both of those seats
There should be multiple attendants on this ride to check riders harnesses and safety belts. To put it lightly, people with more girth to their bodies may not be secured properly. Until you see and hear click, then you’ll know when it’s locked. In all park rides. Safety first and more training implemented into beginning of hire. Deepest sympathies to young man’s Family. You sent him to enjoy himself on trip and it’s devastating to receive your child back home in a casket. Prayers to Family to give you strength during your time of loss.
As I remember, at places like Six flags after pulling restraint down then another person or two will come along a tug on each of the restraints to make sure it is locked. Doesn't look like that happened in the video.
I hope they all take the safety of the future passengers of any ride, more seriously. Chatting and not checking seats wasn’t in the riders best interest.
My heartfelt condolences and prayers to the family during this very difficult time. Words can't express how heartbreaking this preventable accident has taken the life of a young, handsome, caring young teen who had dreams and hopes for his future. May God wrap his arms around his family to comfort them in their time of need. 💔🙏🏾
The staff never checked each person, if they had, they would have seen his harness not down due to his size and done something about it. He was previously denied to ride 3 previous rides! The staff are lying!
WORST NIGHTMARE!!! 😭 I can't imagine the bystanders and other passengers NOT being traumatized after witnessing such a tragedy! 😱 I send my prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Tyre Sampson. 🙏❤💐
Just sad 😢 poor baby had to go through all that pain seeing himself fall like that knowing he will die just breaks my heart. Sue the park also because they did not check that boy at all.
Okay as a person who has been on both sides of the weight spectrum the rides will click if pushed down on hard enough but like I an other patrons have done when we feel its not comfortable we yell out and others will too to stop the ride b4 take off. I believe the top came down and latched maybe once instead of the few clicks we all hear but it was too much pressure and something popped as he was coming down. Think of the force his shoulders going against the wind put on an already distressed latch. The boys friend even said he said something wasn't right. He just should've yelled out. Sure the park attendant should've told him he was to big but in todays world that could get you a discrimination lawsuit too..just saying people need to really use logic on this one. Very unfortunate..
When I've watched the video, I actually screamed out loud. I thought I was going to see all being killed, not him flying out of the ride and landing to his death. My condolences to his family
I feel pretty bad for that kid who’s likely getting charged with manslaughter.. culpable negligence. He had a supervisor there too, no? Who is the man in blue we see run in when he should be letting everyone off?
It doesn’t sound like he’s being charged (tho I’d argue maybe he should be judging by the witness’ account!!). The family is just talking about a lawsuit against the ride company. That will be in civil court and will likely end in a settlement, not criminal court
Does the harness click on tighter the smaller the rider is? I ask because I was on a ride once where I was pulling the harness toward my chest out of fear/anxiety and it got so tight I couldn’t breath. So I’m curious if that was how this one worked.
@@Black0bsidian I’ve since seen pics of him and clearly that is how it works and the harness was sitting up too high and he wasn’t secured in the seat. It left a huge space at the bottom and that’s how he fell out. I was trying to figure out how this could happen is all.
If you saw the video, when the ride was going up the light wasnt on. That should have been a red flag right there. But going don it was on, that maybe could have been Tyre trying to click it down or make sure he is safe by pushing it down. This wil forever haunt me. Forever. RIP.
You're right, he knew something was wrong but didnt shout out no, get me off. Maybe he felt embarrassed especially since it was the only ride he was allowed to take all day. 14 yr old kid, so sad😪. Are employees ever held accountable if its human error, i wonder?
My friend talked into riding a similar ride at 6 flags. I hated it, I was terrified. They took us way up, then tilted the seats facing down before dropping us. I kept thinking the restraint was going to fail!
In personal injury/wrongful death cases it must be proved that the injured person took reasonable action to maintain their safety. I believe this case will reach a settlement rather than being a full win for the family for these reasons: 1) Tyree was declined from this ride earlier in the day for his size but went back to ride it later when different people were operating it. He bares SOME responsibility in bypassing safety measures. 2) The ride operators more than likely were TRAINED to take certain precautions before starting rides & agreed to take those precautions when they accepted employment at the theme park. The video shows they NEVER went to check the harnesses of the people on the end of the ride where Tyree & his friends were seated. The operators failed to do their due diligence to the passengers they didn’t check so they also BARE RESPONSIBILITY in the tragedy.
This is so heartbreaking for the 14 year old child Tyree and his family and horrifying for any parents and family with children. I hope Tyree gets justice for his wrongful death. As a parent I want this to never happen again to any child ❤
Either he wasn't properly restrained or he was too big/tall for the ride and they let him on anyways. I've seen it so many times. Children who are too short/small being let on rides and people who are probably too big being let on rides. It does seem to defy common sense that teenagers are being entrusted with making the decisions on enforcing safety standards. For certain rides, these amusement parks need to bite the bullet and pay more to employ people who are trained properly so that rides like these are being operated by someone who has better judgement than a teenager. No one should have to die because they got on an amusement park ride.
If rides tell you , you have to be a certain height to ride, there should also be limits. He said before the ride went up it didn't snap. Someone didn't do their job. This is why I don't like going to amusement parks as much because their are kids running the rides alot of times with no adult supervision.
@Jason Worth You own YT? People are allowed yo reply to comments, so no reason to be rude. Also, Tyree WAS too big for the ride, and they should've told him "no" or AT LEAST noticed that the harness wasn't locked in completely.
It goes forward there's someone on you tube that explains that which also explains why his feet was red and he landed face forward. It's the ride not the workers fault.
Ride similar to other new drop towers that seat tilts before drop to make for better ride ….. he was too big for ride even his dad said in earlier interview that he has been turned away from rides before I mean 6’4 over 300 pounds ……. Seems like no brainer
My thoughts and prayers go out to this boy and his family!! Such a horrific tragedy! I saw several videos about this particular freefall ride and it is not equipped with a seat belt that straps the harness down to the seat. That definitely would have helped keep him or anyone inside the seat. I am very surprised that that ride was manufactured without ONE!! Definitely a liability issue for Icon.
This is what I've been saying. If a seatbelt was fastened between his legs, this could have been a much better outcome. Why wouldn't they add a seatbelt to this ride?
@@dianecelento4974 I think that's going to be the bare minimum that they're going to have to do in order to possibly/someday re-open it and attempt to restore people's faith that "it's a safe ride" Oh, and massive training w/staff and better safety monitoring standards!!
They say this kid was 6´6¨, which is enormous for his age. If he were one inch taller, there are popular roller coasters which he could never ever ride in his life, unless he were to shrink, which humans usually cannot do. Think about it.
These kids need to be aware if the lock don’t lock get off. Now this is about money now but where is the awareness of the size of a child, adult should know if the seat bucket fits. One thing for sure it will keep popping open but as kids u not going to say anything but try to keep making it click. Unfortunately accidentally death. Now this is unbelievable that u want to accuse the owner 🤦♀️ I know those ride have size on there. Just a mere accident period
There are some rides that people cannot go on because they’re not tall enough, not old enough, because of medical reasons or too big. The owner of the ride should’ve known better than that. It’s the owner’s responsibility to tell the person that he or she can’t go on the rides because of safety precautions. My condolences to the family.
@@Yesthatsforsure no, how dare you! This family should be grieving right now and comforting each other. Money talks lady! That’s not what lawsuits are for either. This is the most litigious country on the planet because there’s ALWAYS money to be had somewhere.
@@Yesthatsforsure "That's what lawsuits are for" Lawsuits are there for people to make money off their loved ones death?? That's all your sons death would mean to you? Payday? Wow....
@@kathryncampbell3302 no amount of money can help this family they lost a child , making sure this company is responsible and take responsibility, yes by suing that will make the change in cases like this so it doesn't happen again !!
@@klf20 lawsuits are for people who have been done wrong like this poor child who just wanted to take a ride and his family. Hopefully it doesn't happen to your family because you wouldn't seek justice how ever the form may be.
if you look at the video from the beginning you can see the boy keep trying to pull the bracket down that didnt look like it was down enough pressed against the chest so he slipped out. the workers standing right beside it not correcting you can see from mile away it didnt lock.
Alright it's clearly the ride operators fault - I've worked as one and if he didn't go around to each individual harness to check then he himself is fully responsible. That's your job - and THEN you check the light and your lazy as* couldn't be bothered to do it leading to the death of a kid. Congrats. The blood is now on your hands.
I’m so sorry for your loss but the other rides wouldn’t let him on and why would that one the person that let him on is the one that should be in trouble
It won't bring that sweet Angel back but they deserve every dime. The owner of the park the manufacturer of the ride, the private owner of the ride should all be held responsible because the attendant they hired failed to do his job.
Stay higher kids to operate the rides so they can pay them minimum wage. Things need to change to protect our children. Laws need to be passed where they hire adults and train them to operate these rides. It's a matter of life and death we need to protect our children
The issue is when they do inspections, they're only considering is this ride safe for a "standard" sized person? And "standard" to them means mannequin-sized.
My condolences to the family. I think the two workers didn’t check Tyree’s chair because the light was on. If you see that kid who is larger than other kids go up to his seat and double check. They didn’t.
16 yr. Old staff DID NOT CHECK HARNESSES ON ALL PEOPLE! ACTUALLY ITS RECORDED ON VIDEO THAT RIDERS WERE ASKING AND TOLD ALL WAS OK! THEY WOULD HAVE SEEN TYREE WHO DIDNT FIT UNDER HARNESS! LYING!
You only have to look at the harness it doesn't look like it was even close to been locked the only reason the green light was on is because it glitched the the system should have been someone checking it one at a time
I don’t know about you guys but every time I got on a ride, I make sure the shoulder hardness and seat belt is locked. Everyone does that from what I see. I’m sure the he did the same.
Hell yes. I hope they get alot...this is soo negligent and tragic.....what a Nightmare..those young kids should not have let him on there and he wasn't safely locked in.. quit hiring young kids who aren't doing what they are supposed to do...
Plus my condolences to the family of tyrees but the owners should be responsible as long as the ride manufacturers too that made adult ride like that. I worked on a drop tower we had underlayment seat belts plus the control box said that the ride clear to go it shouldn't work on that ride it shouldn't never started to go up. Thank u
SUE SUE SUE.. we already know there was a Weight limit that they IGNORED..& he came out the bottom!! My 3 boys are Big and at Cedar Point..my big guys couldn’t RIDe!!
I used to work at a major amusement park as a teen, I was a safety inspector on the rides. Whenever I saw someone not " fit " enough for the ride, or if we had to push down the vest harness multiple times to " lock " it in place, I'd immediately report it to our supervisor. ANYTHING can happen at high speeds. We have the right to decline, due to body size not only for that specific individual, but for ALL, for safety measures.
What was the reaction usually like when these riders were told they were too big for the ride ?
@@exitscreaming4637 some were too big, some were too skinny. They just looked at each and said " damn " didn't cause a scene or anything. I was around 16 at the time I worked as a safety inspector. I'm 35 now. So majority of the passengers were my age, a few years older.
Definitely if a guest is so large the attendant has to struggle to lock it in place they shouldn’t be allowed to ride, at high speeds it can unlock if it’s not a comfortable fit to begin with
@@ladybug947 Right
@@exitscreaming4637 Last year at one of Americaś tallest and most popular roller coasters, there was one would-be rider who used the test seat at the entrance. When he struggled with it, he decided not to ride. He's all good; lots of other would-be riders would get angry and even threaten employees if they refused the test seat, then waited hours in line only to find out theyŕe too fat to ride.
And the next month at that same roller coaster where he couldn´t fit the test seat, it had an accident where a guest was hit by a piece from the coaster and nearly killed. 😳
They shouldn’t have let him on. It’s CLEAR by the pictures he was not properly secured in. He was too big. He wouldn’t know, he’s a child. The ride operators eff’d up majorly! This was absolutely preventable!!!
EXACTLY!! He’s NOT of legal age to accept responsibility over risks! And the fact that his dad found out on social media just compounds this tragedy. Those harnesses weren’t nearly stable enough for a 75mph drop from 400 feet!! There’s not even a seatbelt between the legs like most rides of this nature to ensure no one can slip out. This overseas designer of this ride needs to pay out BIG
Whose care was he in at the ride park? Who took him there and let him go rides he’s way too big for?
Always the victim , huh
@@bunnyfinn2 they said he was there with a friend and their family, but his dad said he was at a football training camp. So maybe the friend was attending the camp as well? I’m not sure who would have been his “legal” guardian during that time…the friend’s parents, or the coaches/chaperones for the camp.
@@exitscreaming4637 huh?! What kind of response is this??
The horror of that poor child knowing he was gonna die my goodness.
I can’t believe they would entrust a teenager to do a job that clearly if done incorrectly has deadly consequences.
I hope the family makes every dollar they can out of this company enough to shut them down, when you hire a 16 year old to operate a ride that has the potential to kill 30 people if not operated correctly, you shouldn't be in business, I think the age of the workers working there need to be a little higher, and they all need either certifications by the state or license to operate these machines
@@gordonbihl100 - I agree w you 100%!!
When did you complete your investigation ?
@@gordonbihl100 Okay , so you're already needing to lie to try and make your point---that's never a good sign . Please share with everyone where you learned it was a 16 year-old who was " operating " the ride .
We'll wait .
Thats like every amusement park
All those workers sound like they are 16... very young.... thats too much responsibility to put on such young people.
There is video out there of ride attendant that asked if everyone had there seat on .. someone said it didn't click ..then asked again as the ride was starting for seatbelt someone clearly said nope as it was going up
“It won’t assend without the restraints being locked down…”
But Sir, it was descending…😳
They shouldn’t rely on that at all it’s literally man made that’s dumb for them to rely on that😤
@@reallifebarbie1 Oh I strongly agree with that! Relying on a green light or red light is like depending on your engine light to tell you something is or isn’t wrong with your car! But they got complacent, and didn’t feel the true weight of the responsibility they had for the safety of their riders!
He was a big guy and he shouldn’t have been on that ride in the first place. I was in class when one of my friends had showed me video and of course I thought it was fake. So I did a little investigation and looked it up on UA-cam and to come to my conclusion he did die. I’ve seen the full video and he had flew off like a bird and landed straight down on his face. The person who was operating the ride should take full responsibility of this. He knew something was wrong as shown in the video a couple of passengers did ask if the ride had any “seatbelts”. And of course the operator said yes and the ride continued. Rest In Peace young man you did not deserve this and you had some accomplishments to achieve!! ♥️♥️
What video are you watching because the operator clearly said "no they don't have seatbelts.'
@@deadbeatcupcake He was joking about it not having seatbelts because it has harnesses not seatbelts. Either way, this should not have happened
@@deadbeatcupcake there are graphic videos going around that shows everything.
@@michellejade3272 for real 😧
I totally agree..this Is bad.....you can clearly see he wasn't securely safe and locked in..what was these kids thinking when he looked not secure and hanging out of the safety latch that went over his body. I didn't see him fall and I don't want to.. God be with his friends who saw this disaster and nightmare happen and to his family's loss and pain...
Why wouldn't they pursue charges. What good is a one sided investigation. Their son clearly died as a direct result of neglect by the ride attendant. This could have been prevented had they been doing their job. Not playing with people's lives.
It was more of a design error I would sue the manufacturer not the teen that works there.
@@lopezjose476 He simply shouldn't have been allowed to ride. Not only did the harness not close all the way but it looks like his weight snapped the seat when the brakes engaged.
@@starrynyts1844 it looks like the harness closed and the seat stayed closed he slipped out from underneath it. Seams like a failure in design thats why I think the manufacturer is responsible it wasn't design correctlyand the owner should of trained their staff better. Either way poor kid and I hope the family gets justice.
They keep turning comments off. Makes me think the owner has big big money.
@@starrynyts1844 you can see clearly that it isn’t pushed all the way down. I used to be pretty big and I always waited till the last possible second to push it down all the way (with the help of an attendant.) We can see the attendant only checks the two closest to him, and starts to yell “on the left, seatbelt” meaning.. on the right… harness. Him using his left and NOT The big red stop button suggests he was under the influence IMO.
I'm 6'4 and I've had issues riding fair rides and others like free fall. I got off rides because bars wouldn't go all the way down.
Dad doesn’t need to waste money on a lawyer! You can win on your own!
You're right! Lawyer hands in the pot!
Lawyer will take a big chunk! Greedy a*s!
The way you people think you can just file a lawsuit, walk into a courtroom and win is what's wrong with the legal system now. Everyone thinking they sue over any and everything.
Deepest Condolences to the family and friends of this young man. His smile and laughter are now forever etched upon your hearts.
Tragic accidents happen all the time but the frequency of such events does not ease the blow to ones life who was close to the victim.
It’s described as an accident however at any amusement park there’s a duty of responsibility the park has to ensure each guest meets criteria for a ride and is secured properly before the ride starts and the mechanical safety of the ride
Can the owner prove that it won’t operate without harnesses locked in.? Because it looks like that control panned had a red stop button for a reason!
Exactly
That part !
I pray that the young teen does not take the fault of this. He is a kid with a summer time job. I'm praying for Tyree's family and friends. Just a very sad situation
He, all the other operators, and the company should be the one at fault. He should have been paying attention to his job and went around as well as the other should have as well made sure everybody was locked in properly, if he wasn't so busy speaking with the people he was in front of he could have just looked to the left and seen that the harness wasn't down completely over top of that 14-year-old boy. Dude neglected his job, and somebody died. If it was my daughter I'd be going after him and him alone.
They definitely should have known he was too big for that ride
I’m sorry I think the operator is in fact responsible, in the recording he sounds pretty distracted and I’ve heard lots of people say that some of the employees present were on their phone. I can relate to that, I’m in college and I work part time, I know these minimum wage jobs are harsh and awful. But if the ride operators want to work somewhere they can goof off , they can get a normal summer job like at a store or doing food service. why would you choose to work as a ride operator and then not take it seriously? even a teenager knows that things can go wrong with these devices and people can die or be injured by them. like I get being distracted at work, I do tasks sloppily at my Starbucks job all the time, but the difference is that no one is in danger if I forget to put extra caramel drizzle on a frappuccino. employees need to be vigilant when when human lives are at risk. the ride operators should have been taught better than to be lazy about checking the safety mechanisms on an extremely complicated and potentially deadly machine. I think that they may have just not known there was a size limit though, since i doubt any of them were properly taught how the ride even works. I think the blame does fall on the managers too. Either way it feels like illegal gross/reckless negligence by someone. but the employee should have been manually checking the restraints, then maybe someone would have realized that he clearly did not fit in the shoulder harness and this never would have happened. Whether it’s the managers or the ride operators who truly made the decision it’s still an obvious oversight on someone’s part that feels super reckless, and these rides are safe if you are not too big or too small for them so I don’t think the blame is on the manufacturer. but the lack of a secondary seatbelt is concerning on the design of the ride too. It really is a super upsetting situation all around though :(
The fact that he felt something wasn’t right and told his friends if he didn’t come down make my stomach turn my head can’t wrap around this at all speaking that fear may happened breaks my heart for this family this could of been anybody’s child and to see that video the impact sound of him hitting that cement crushes me 😔😔prayers for the whole family
My prayers are with the family🙏
Yep that worker clearly told riders that they must strap themselves in......one rider was heard asking....it's not automatic strap and locked in? And the worker clearly saying....do it on your own, while the ride was taking off. He should be fired. So sad. RIP Angel. 🙋🏾♀️❤️❤️❤️❤️😢😢😢🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Fired and jail time
He was too big to be on the ride. At my local county fair they won't even let anyone that large on the rides like that. I don't know if the combination of the ride shooting up like that and the body weight of the person can break the harness or what but there is obviously a reason that they aren't supposed to allow it. I watched my brother in laws brother who is about 6'6 and atleast 350 get told he couldn't ride because of his size so I know that is protocol. This kid was a big kid and you can tell by the pictures that he shouldn't have been on there. I get it's embarrassing to be told you can't ride because of your size but I would rather be embarrassed then lose my life
They had a responsibility to refuse him.
Yes you are right because when you get on elevators if you tell you no more than this amount of weight on the elevator it sure do yeah that was a little bit too much right there and when you get on the airplane it also tell you not to get on there I think with too much weight and I think some big peoples have gotten on the airplane took up two seats and they had to pay for the seats because they took up two seats and they were mad about that too disagree with that they should have paid for those two seats cuz you are taking up two seats and should pay for both of those seats
And 100% of ALL responsibility fell in the hands of the ride operators there that day.
@@kpalms9959 absolutely, assuming they were trained properly. If they didn't know also then whoever trained them has a real problem
I seen that video when that young man had fell off of the ride! I can’t get that vision out of my mind R.I.P. to him
I can't get the sound out your mind.
Mean while I seen a girl get shot in the face in UKRAINE 🇺🇦 but oh wait this is America I forgot 😆😅
@@Netta0712 what?
@@feartheghostinme675 dang this is my first time hearing about that
@@feartheghostinme675 What does that have to do with this particular situation? Is it not possible to feel sympathy for both? Sheesh.
There should be multiple attendants on this ride to check riders harnesses and safety belts. To put it lightly, people with more girth to their bodies may not be secured properly. Until you see and hear click, then you’ll know when it’s locked. In all park rides. Safety first and more training implemented into beginning of hire. Deepest sympathies to young man’s Family. You sent him to enjoy himself on trip and it’s devastating to receive your child back home in a casket. Prayers to Family to give you strength during your time of loss.
The fact that the witness said the operator didn’t physically check each restraint says it all! Call that kid to testify in the lawsuit!!
@@mamag5201 he was turned away from the same ride earlier
@@bunnyfinn2 Really? I hadn't heard that yet. But I heard he was turned away for other rides in the park. His Dad said so in an interview.
As I remember, at places like Six flags after pulling restraint down then another person or two will come along a tug on each of the restraints to make sure it is locked. Doesn't look like that happened in the video.
@@bunnyfinn2 where did you read this information?
My prayers are with the family. What a tragedy
May Tyre RIP.
Good stop making your kid 500 pounds.
God Bless his family and bring some comfort to their hearts💜💗💝
I hope the employees are ok as well as the friends and family of the boy who died..
I hope they all take the safety of the future passengers of any ride, more seriously. Chatting and not checking seats wasn’t in the riders best interest.
My heartfelt condolences and prayers to the family during this very difficult time. Words can't express how heartbreaking this preventable accident has taken the life of a young, handsome, caring young teen who had dreams and hopes for his future. May God wrap his arms around his family to comfort them in their time of need. 💔🙏🏾
The staff never checked each person, if they had, they would have seen his harness not down due to his size and done something about it. He was previously denied to ride 3 previous rides! The staff are lying!
WORST NIGHTMARE!!! 😭 I can't imagine the bystanders and other passengers NOT being traumatized after witnessing such a tragedy! 😱 I send my prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Tyre Sampson. 🙏❤💐
Just sad 😢 poor baby had to go through all that pain seeing himself fall like that knowing he will die just breaks my heart. Sue the park also because they did not check that boy at all.
Okay as a person who has been on both sides of the weight spectrum the rides will click if pushed down on hard enough but like I an other patrons have done when we feel its not comfortable we yell out and others will too to stop the ride b4 take off. I believe the top came down and latched maybe once instead of the few clicks we all hear but it was too much pressure and something popped as he was coming down. Think of the force his shoulders going against the wind put on an already distressed latch. The boys friend even said he said something wasn't right. He just should've yelled out. Sure the park attendant should've told him he was to big but in todays world that could get you a discrimination lawsuit too..just saying people need to really use logic on this one. Very unfortunate..
Liability for that ride falls on the owners and operators
God is responsible, tax the Church, for it's lies. God doesn't save, prayers are BS.
When I've watched the video, I actually screamed out loud. I thought I was going to see all being killed, not him flying out of the ride and landing to his death. My condolences to his family
Prayers for you. I’m so so sorry. I can’t even imagine. There’s nothing I can say to make it better. Just praying. And sending love.
I feel pretty bad for that kid who’s likely getting charged with manslaughter.. culpable negligence. He had a supervisor there too, no? Who is the man in blue we see run in when he should be letting everyone off?
Hes not going to be charge with anything the company will pay
It doesn’t sound like he’s being charged (tho I’d argue maybe he should be judging by the witness’ account!!). The family is just talking about a lawsuit against the ride company. That will be in civil court and will likely end in a settlement, not criminal court
The family has every right to sue the individual for wrongful death in civil court.
Does the harness click on tighter the smaller the rider is? I ask because I was on a ride once where I was pulling the harness toward my chest out of fear/anxiety and it got so tight I couldn’t breath. So I’m curious if that was how this one worked.
What difference does it make?
@@Black0bsidian I’ve since seen pics of him and clearly that is how it works and the harness was sitting up too high and he wasn’t secured in the seat. It left a huge space at the bottom and that’s how he fell out. I was trying to figure out how this could happen is all.
If you saw the video, when the ride was going up the light wasnt on. That should have been a red flag right there. But going don it was on, that maybe could have been Tyre trying to click it down or make sure he is safe by pushing it down. This wil forever haunt me. Forever. RIP.
My heart breaks for his family no amount of money will ever bring their son back but a lawsuit should be done 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
lol ok
Sadly this was about shame and lack of assertiveness, not wanting to be a bother or bring attention to himself. I hate the world we live in
You're right, he knew something was wrong but didnt shout out no, get me off. Maybe he felt embarrassed especially since it was the only ride he was allowed to take all day. 14 yr old kid, so sad😪.
Are employees ever held accountable if its human error, i wonder?
Or he trusted their judgement allowing him to ride. Either scenario is sad.
My friend talked into riding a similar ride at 6 flags. I hated it, I was terrified. They took us way up, then tilted the seats facing down before dropping us. I kept thinking the restraint was going to fail!
when the employees said "the light is green" i immediately thought that was all they were taught in training.
SENDING PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY
In personal injury/wrongful death cases it must be proved that the injured person took reasonable action to maintain their safety. I believe this case will reach a settlement rather than being a full win for the family for these reasons: 1) Tyree was declined from this ride earlier in the day for his size but went back to ride it later when different people were operating it. He bares SOME responsibility in bypassing safety measures. 2) The ride operators more than likely were TRAINED to take certain precautions before starting rides & agreed to take those precautions when they accepted employment at the theme park. The video shows they NEVER went to check the harnesses of the people on the end of the ride where Tyree & his friends were seated. The operators failed to do their due diligence to the passengers they didn’t check so they also BARE RESPONSIBILITY in the tragedy.
The trauma his parents must be going through with this incident replaying in their minds all day🥺💔😭
Thats why I don't ride roller coasters
This is so heartbreaking for the 14 year old child Tyree and his family and horrifying for any parents and family with children. I hope Tyree gets justice for his wrongful death. As a parent I want this to never happen again to any child ❤
Either he wasn't properly restrained or he was too big/tall for the ride and they let him on anyways. I've seen it so many times. Children who are too short/small being let on rides and people who are probably too big being let on rides. It does seem to defy common sense that teenagers are being entrusted with making the decisions on enforcing safety standards. For certain rides, these amusement parks need to bite the bullet and pay more to employ people who are trained properly so that rides like these are being operated by someone who has better judgement than a teenager. No one should have to die because they got on an amusement park ride.
There are photos of him before he went up and his harness was not latched. This is 100% on the park!
Lawyers are hired before the funeral???? RIP Tyree.
Sue the Manufacturer of the ride too 🤯
Honestly-! It obviously went UP without the harness secured- the owner said it won’t go down..!? Seems like the UP is the biggest danger.
Ride manufacturer had nothing to do with this
This is INSANE. Absolutely heart breaking and unnecessary. Prayers and blessings to your family ❤️
He already got refused off two rides because of his size. I bet he was scared falling to his death.
Condolences to the family but they new that boy was to dame big to get on the ride they need to be sued they should told him he to heavy
I watched the video and a boy on the ride said 'my harness didn't click. My harness didn't click.' The teen running the ride ignored him.
If rides tell you , you have to be a certain height to ride, there should also be limits. He said before the ride went up it didn't snap. Someone didn't do their job. This is why I don't like going to amusement parks as much because their are kids running the rides alot of times with no adult supervision.
Sacrifice. Freak accidents is is all that is.
Why was young man’s seat dislodged and hanging forward at top. Did a screw or bolt let go and tilt victim forward and fall from seat ?
The ride seats tilt facing the riders towards the ground before the free fall that's how the ride operates
No I think he was too big for the ride
@Jason Worth You own YT? People are allowed yo reply to comments, so no reason to be rude. Also, Tyree WAS too big for the ride, and they should've told him "no" or AT LEAST noticed that the harness wasn't locked in completely.
It goes forward there's someone on you tube that explains that which also explains why his feet was red and he landed face forward. It's the ride not the workers fault.
Ride similar to other new drop towers that seat tilts before drop to make for better ride ….. he was too big for ride even his dad said in earlier interview that he has been turned away from rides before I mean 6’4 over 300 pounds ……. Seems like no brainer
My thoughts and prayers go out to this boy and his family!! Such a horrific tragedy!
I saw several videos about this particular freefall ride and it is not equipped with a seat belt that straps the harness down to the seat. That definitely would have helped keep him or anyone inside the seat. I am very surprised that that ride was manufactured without ONE!! Definitely a liability issue for Icon.
This is what I've been saying. If a seatbelt was fastened between his legs, this could have been a much better outcome. Why wouldn't they add a seatbelt to this ride?
@@dianecelento4974 I think that's going to be the bare minimum that they're going to have to do in order to possibly/someday re-open it and attempt to restore people's faith that "it's a safe ride"
Oh, and massive training w/staff and better safety monitoring standards!!
They say this kid was 6´6¨, which is enormous for his age.
If he were one inch taller, there are popular roller coasters which he could never ever ride in his life, unless he were to shrink, which humans usually cannot do.
Think about it.
They should of rejected him from being too big. Hurt feelings is better than death for trying not to offend someone.
These kids need to be aware if the lock don’t lock get off. Now this is about money now but where is the awareness of the size of a child, adult should know if the seat bucket fits. One thing for sure it will keep popping open but as kids u not going to say anything but try to keep making it click. Unfortunately accidentally death. Now this is unbelievable that u want to accuse the owner 🤦♀️ I know those ride have size on there. Just a mere accident period
Justice for boy!🙏
I feel sorry for his friends having to witness that, praying for healing for his friends and family during this difficult time
There are some rides that people cannot go on because they’re not tall enough, not old enough, because of medical reasons or too big. The owner of the ride should’ve known better than that. It’s the owner’s responsibility to tell the person that he or she can’t go on the rides because of safety precautions.
My condolences to the family.
RIP, SENDING PRAYERS AND HEALING HUGS TO THE FAMILY🕊🕊🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💔💔🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
That didn’t take long! I would think grieving would still be the priority right now!
How dare you!!! This family is grieving. You would file also if it was your family member, that's what lawsuits are for. RIP TO THIS YOUNG ONE🙏
@@Yesthatsforsure no, how dare you! This family should be grieving right now and comforting each other. Money talks lady! That’s not what lawsuits are for either. This is the most litigious country on the planet because there’s ALWAYS money to be had somewhere.
@@Yesthatsforsure "That's what lawsuits are for" Lawsuits are there for people to make money off their loved ones death?? That's all your sons death would mean to you? Payday? Wow....
@@kathryncampbell3302 no amount of money can help this family they lost a child , making sure this company is responsible and take responsibility, yes by suing that will make the change in cases like this so it doesn't happen again !!
@@klf20 lawsuits are for people who have been done wrong like this poor child who just wanted to take a ride and his family. Hopefully it doesn't happen to your family because you wouldn't seek justice how ever the form may be.
This family needs justice to the fullest.
Sounds like negligence played apart
if you look at the video from the beginning you can see the boy keep trying to pull the bracket down that didnt look like it was down enough pressed against the chest so he slipped out. the workers standing right beside it not correcting you can see from mile away it didnt lock.
Even when sitting upright in a vehicle, one can slide forward when it suddenly braked, let alone a ride which is tilted and at such speed....
Alright it's clearly the ride operators fault - I've worked as one and if he didn't go around to each individual harness to check then he himself is fully responsible. That's your job - and THEN you check the light and your lazy as* couldn't be bothered to do it leading to the death of a kid. Congrats. The blood is now on your hands.
I don't understand people I would be griving not contacting a lawyer at least not now..
So what if the kid is responsible for his own death?
I’m so sorry for your loss but the other rides wouldn’t let him on and why would that one the person that let him on is the one that should be in trouble
It should be closed indefinitely, it's not a safe ride,taking you up 400,plus ft.coming down at 75 miles per hour, that's a dangerous ride.
I hope his family gets 29 million dollars 🙏🙏🙏
It won't bring that sweet Angel back but they deserve every dime. The owner of the park the manufacturer of the ride, the private owner of the ride should all be held responsible because the attendant they hired failed to do his job.
Stay higher kids to operate the rides so they can pay them minimum wage. Things need to change to protect our children. Laws need to be passed where they hire adults and train them to operate these rides. It's a matter of life and death we need to protect our children
It wasn't fully locked,that's why that baby came out that seat and that pressure from the wind blew him out 😭😭😭😭😭Rip
Aren't the workers suppose to double check to make sure everyone is properly restrained before take off. That's a responsibility
The issue is when they do inspections, they're only considering is this ride safe for a "standard" sized person? And "standard" to them means mannequin-sized.
Bs on blaming victim
That's a big 14 year old!
My condolences to the family. I think the two workers didn’t check Tyree’s chair because the light was on. If you see that kid who is larger than other kids go up to his seat and double check. They didn’t.
At what point do adults step in ? you can't tell me no one had a thought about maybe?
No s*** he was still on a slab and they had the damn lawyers
16 yr. Old staff DID NOT CHECK HARNESSES ON ALL PEOPLE! ACTUALLY ITS RECORDED ON VIDEO THAT RIDERS WERE ASKING AND TOLD ALL WAS OK! THEY WOULD HAVE SEEN TYREE WHO DIDNT FIT UNDER HARNESS! LYING!
That’s very sad young man never got to enjoy his life I’m praying for the parents I can’t imagine losing my child I have a son at same age
it should be the right job that gets sued because he was the one that was supposed to check through strength system
In one video I saw riders asking a staff about the safety belts...the worker never approached or checked.
This makes my stomach drop . This never should of happened
Damn so sad R.I.P. young king 👑
put the ride instructor in jail that let him on ride and shouldnt of so the kid would be alive today ty 😇🙏😢
You only have to look at the harness it doesn't look like it was even close to been locked the only reason the green light was on is because it glitched the the system should have been someone checking it one at a time
YALL GET OVER IT ...DUHHHHHHHHH
Yes!
I don’t know about you guys but every time I got on a ride, I make sure the shoulder hardness and seat belt is locked. Everyone does that from what I see. I’m sure the he did the same.
Hell yes. I hope they get alot...this is soo negligent and tragic.....what a Nightmare..those young kids should not have let him on there and he wasn't safely locked in.. quit hiring young kids who aren't doing what they are supposed to do...
Plus my condolences to the family of tyrees but the owners should be responsible as long as the ride manufacturers too that made adult ride like that. I worked on a drop tower we had underlayment seat belts plus the control box said that the ride clear to go it shouldn't work on that ride it shouldn't never started to go up. Thank u
He was too overweight there was a weight limit and they should of asked the kids age or had a weight limit sign or SOMETHING
I'm sure the attorneys were bidding on this one ...
It should be gone for ever
SUE SUE SUE.. we already know there was a Weight limit that they IGNORED..& he came out the bottom!! My 3 boys are Big and at Cedar Point..my big guys couldn’t RIDe!!