Thierry attended high school in the St. Louis area, but practiced in his future high school across the river with Gregory and his players at East Saint Louis High School in East St. Louis. Louis, Illinois. Smith’s mother, Victoria, also noticed Samson, who said that he was always respected and well-mannered and that, despite his tall stature, “you had to bend down to listen to him because he spoke so softly.” “As a mother, it hurts. As a football family, it hurts,” he said. “It’s a loss for all of us.” “He had a great future ahead of him, he was so amazing, so respected,” he added. “He was the first to support my son when he was done with a drill or a drill or something, so I was grateful.” Dozens of people watched the vigil under a dark sky Thursday night in a park in Ferguson, Missouri and released colorful balloons into the sky in honor of Tire. “You can see the influence this young man had when he was 14,” Damon Cotton, who said he was the teen’s cousin, told CNN’s KSDK. “He really had the support of the community throughout this area.”
The routes were suspended pending the investigation
Tire died after falling from the FreeFall Falls Tower in ICON Park, Orlando. FreeFall leads riders to the top of a 430-foot tower and drops to speeds of up to 75 mph, according to the park’s website. Operators call it the tallest independent fall tower in the world. The FreeFall route underwent a security inspection in December before being allowed to open, according to a security inspection report received by CNN. After the teen’s death, the park demanded that the Slingshot Group, the owner of the route, suspend FreeFall and the Orlando Slingshot for a second walk, “until the sights prove to be safe from the start”. Slingshot Group CEO Ritchie Armstrong said in a statement that the company had suspended two walks at ICON Park and was “fully cooperating with state and local authorities investigating this tragic incident.” “We plan to provide additional information in the coming days as we learn more,” Armstrong said. Late last week, attorneys Ben Crabb and Bob Hilliard announced that they had been hired separately from the teen’s parents and asked anyone on the road at the time or who witnessed the incident to contact them. “This young man was the kind of son every parent hopes for – an honorary student, an aspiring athlete and a kind person who cared about others,” said Crabb, who was hired by Thierry’s father. statement. “A fun visit to the theme park with his football team should not have ended in tragedy.” Jarnell Samson, the father, described the incident as a “strange situation” and said in an interview that he would have given everything to give his son the opportunity to make his dreams come true: to play professional football. CNN’s Alisha Ebrahimji contributed to this report.
