Father learned son died in fall from ICON Park ride from horrific video on social media

CONTINUES. SANIKA: BBO HAZEN JOINS US LIVE FROM ICON PARK THIS RNMOING. THAT RIDE REMAINS SHUT DOWN TODAY. >> ITS I CLOSED FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND THE TEENS FAMILY WANTS IT TO STAY THAT WAY. HE CONCEAL THESE BALLOONS AND CANDLES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT ALONG WITH ALL AROUND THE PERIMETER OF TSHI SECTION THERE ARE SIGNS REMEMBERINGHE T 14-YEAR-OLD WITH MESSAGES FOR HIS FAMILY. THE FAMILY TOLD US THE 14-YEAR-OLD AT A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD. HE WAS A FOOTBALL RECRUIT TINHE EIGHTH GRADE. HIS FATHER SAYS HE WAS VISITING ORLANDO WITH A FRIEND FROM HIS FOOTBALL TEAM AND LEASRN THAT HIS SON HAD FALLEN OFF THE RIDE WHEN VIDEO OF THE TRAGEDY WAS SPORTING QUILYCK AROUND ETH INTERNET. HIS FATHER SAYS THIS IS LIKE LIVING IN A NIGHTMARE. >> I WANT TO KNOW WHY MY SON ISN’T BACK. HAD TO GET SPHI BACK HOME. HE WALKED THERE. WHY HE CAN’T WALK BACK? I WANT ANSWERS FROM EVERYBODY. WHO ALL WAS INVOLVED IN THAT? >> THE FAMILY IS CALLING FOR THE RIDE SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN PERMANENTLY. THEY SAID IN A STATEMENT THEY PLAN TO GET ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY LED TO T

People from Florida to Missouri are mourning the loss of a 14-year-old who died after falling from a ride at ICON Park. He was visiting Orlando for Spring Break, from his school in St. Louis.WESH 2 is now hearing from some of his family members about this devastating loss.Tyre Sampson's father told us this is all like a nightmare."I wish I was there to tell him I love him. That I’m sorry. For him to lose his life. So young, and I wish it was me," Yarnell Sampson said. "I want to know what happened to my son. I want to know why my son is in a white bag, having to get shipped back home. He walked there. Why he can’t walk back? I want answers from everybody. Who all was involved in that?"He said the 14-year-old was a charismatic young man who was doing well in school and was a people person.Yarnell Sampson told WESH 2 he only found out that his son had died when he saw the video of the fall spreading online. The horrific video shows his son slipping out of the harness on the Free Fall ride at ICON Park and hitting the ground. WESH 2 EXCLUSIVE: Man who filmed teen’s deadly fall from Free Fall describes horrific ICON Park accident"It felt like somebody hit me so hard in my stomach. I just lost, I lost, lost wind. And the pain behind it could never be taken away, and sorry's not gonna take it back and no monies, no nothing in the world to replace the young man. And it's just sad, a young man's bright future was taken away from him over a ride, an amusement park," Yarnell Sampson said.Sampson was a football standout: 6-foot-5, over 300 pounds. His coach said he had an incredibly bright future. RELATED: Deadly ICON Park accident: Investigation into Free Fall reveals ride lacks seatbelts, has unique safety measures"He was a high recruit as an eighth grader. Tyre could have gone to any high school in St. Louis that he wanted to go to. That’s how promising his future was," A.J. Jones said. "I think he was the next big thing coming out of St. Louis. And he was putting in the work."The family does now have a legal team that includes attorney Ben Crump and has called for the ride to be shut down permanently. There is no word on any immediate actions they plan to take, but they said in a statement last night they will fight to get answers. OCSO and the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services are investigating the incident, and no criminal charges have been filed at this time.

ORLANDO, Fla. —

People from Florida to Missouri are mourning the loss of a 14-year-old who died after falling from a ride at ICON Park.

He was visiting Orlando for Spring Break, from his school in St. Louis.

WESH 2 is now hearing from some of his family members about this devastating loss.

Tyre Sampson's father told us this is all like a nightmare.

"I wish I was there to tell him I love him. That I’m sorry. For him to lose his life. So young, and I wish it was me," Yarnell Sampson said. "I want to know what happened to my son. I want to know why my son is in a white bag, having to get shipped back home. He walked there. Why he can’t walk back? I want answers from everybody. Who all was involved in that?"

He said the 14-year-old was a charismatic young man who was doing well in school and was a people person.

Yarnell Sampson told WESH 2 he only found out that his son had died when he saw the video of the fall spreading online. The horrific video shows his son slipping out of the harness on the Free Fall ride at ICON Park and hitting the ground.

WESH 2 EXCLUSIVE: Man who filmed teen’s deadly fall from Free Fall describes horrific ICON Park accident

"It felt like somebody hit me so hard in my stomach. I just lost, I lost, lost wind. And the pain behind it could never be taken away, and sorry's not gonna take it back and no monies, no nothing in the world to replace the young man. And it's just sad, a young man's bright future was taken away from him over a ride, an amusement park," Yarnell Sampson said.

Sampson was a football standout: 6-foot-5, over 300 pounds. His coach said he had an incredibly bright future.

"He was a high recruit as an eighth grader. Tyre could have gone to any high school in St. Louis that he wanted to go to. That’s how promising his future was," A.J. Jones said. "I think he was the next big thing coming out of St. Louis. And he was putting in the work."

The family does now have a legal team that includes attorney Ben Crump and has called for the ride to be shut down permanently. There is no word on any immediate actions they plan to take, but they said in a statement last night they will fight to get answers.

OCSO and the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services are investigating the incident, and no criminal charges have been filed at this time.

Father learned son died in fall from ICON Park ride from horrific video on social media

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