ORLANDO, Fla. — ICON Park's Orlando Free Fall ride is one of the newest additions to the area on International Drive, where it now stands as the tallest drop tower in the world.

When opened, Orlando Free Fall will be the world’s tallest free-standing drop tower, its owner says. It will stand next to Orlando Slingshot, which has towers that are 300 feet tall.

The Orlando Free Fall, a drop tower from which 14-year-old tourist Tyre Sampson fell to his death in March, will be taken down, the attraction’s operators said Thursday.. But exactly when that ...

Dollywood has temporarily closed its drop tower ride following the death of a 14-year-old on a similar-style ride in Orlando, Florida, from the same manufacturer.. Tyre Sampson of Missouri died ...

The Orlando Slingshot will be right next to the Orlando Free Fall, the tallest free fall drop in the world. The drop tower will send up to 30 Higuests plummeting 400 feet, 70 miles an hour.

In this March 29 photo, family and supporters of Tyre Sampson march and hold signs outside the Orlando Free Fall drop tower ride at ICON Park in Orlando.

Orlando Free Fall Drop Tower Ride Will Be Taken Down After Teen's Death The decision to remove the more than 400-foot ride which opened last December in Orlando's International Drive district was ...

When Shay Johnson last spoke with her cousin Tyre Sampson, the 14-year-old killed after falling from a drop tower at ICON Park Thursday, he was about to board the ride after he was turned away from… ...

Ten days before the first anniversary of 14-year-old tourist Tyre Sampson’s death on the Orlando Free Fall drop tower at ICON Park, cranes began arriving at the ride to start taking it down.On ...

Standing in front of the Orlando Free Fall drop tower where her 14-year-old son Tyre Sampson lost his life nearly a year ago, Nekia Dodd and her lawyer announced Wednesday they had reached a ...

An in-depth "what we know so far" of the Icon Park's Drop Tower Accident in Orlando on March 24, 2022. Tyre Sampson was feeling uncomfortable in his seat. The vehicle ascended and reached the top ...