The family who took Tyre Sampson to ICON Park the night he died spoke exclusively to FOX 35 News about the tragedy.
Her mother, Kelly Ross, was Facetiming with her as it happened. Kelly spoke to FOX 35 but did not want to show her face on camera. "I said’ Tyre, you go and sit and see if you can fit,’ and that’s what he did, and they said that he could fit," said Ross.
She said from her angle, Tyre appeared secure and didn’t seem squished. "The operators didn’t say that ‘no, we think this is going to be a problem.’ They didn’t question anything. He tapped on it, and I thought that it was okay."
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