• Re: Obese "mother" reaches settlement with ICON Park, Orlando FreeFall

    From Bananas@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 16 11:01:22 2023
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    On 26 Feb 2022, "Kim Jong-deux" <alsss@aohell.com> posted some news:sve3p1$1rk3c$43@news.freedyn.de:

    They gave her some bananas in a pickup truck.

    The mother of a 300 pound black hog Missouri teenager who fell to his
    death last year while on the world's tallest tower drop ride has reached a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit with the Florida amusement park and ride's operator, her attorney announced Wednesday.

    Fourteen-year-old Tyre Sampson died after slipping out of his seat while
    on the Orlando FreeFall ride at ICON Park on March 24, 2022, falling more
    than 100 feet to his death, according to the lawsuit. The eighth grader
    was a star football player who was visiting the theme park with his team
    during spring break.

    Last year, Orlando Eagle Drop Slingshot, the ride's operator, decided to
    take down the 430-foot-tall attraction in the wake of Sampson's death.

    "It's a bittersweet moment," Nekia Dodd, the mother of Sampson, said
    during a press conference on Wednesday near ICON Park as the Orlando
    FreeFall ride continues to be dismantled.

    "The ride is coming down, and I'm thankful for that. But my son's not
    coming back," Dodd said.

    <https://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-reaches-settlement-icon-park-orlando- freefall-operator/story?id=97895488>

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