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all the necessary tools in place. we are responding and making sure we meet the needs of the citizens all the way key west and apalachicola bay. ainsley: if there is silver lining you know what you are doing down there. national guard 5500 of them. search and rescue teams already in place. soldiers from the 153rd cavalry regiment equipping the zodiac boats to go out for relief efforts. 25,000 line workers on standby to assist with power r restoration. american airlines added flights to help with the evacuations there too. thank you so much. steve: can i ask a quick question, kevin, before you go. i read this morning in the orlando newspapers that it sounded like, as of late yesterday, places like disney world and sea world and universal florida were actually open today? i talked with the florida
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sampson s mother said she promised her son she would see this ride taken down. as you see behind me, parts of that ride now rest on the street outside of that amusement park where that teenager died and as can you imagine for the family having come out here earlier this week to remember him. this was an incredibly difficult trip. she is making a first and possibly last visit to the amusement ride that killed her 14-year-old son tyrese sampson. workers began taking apart the drop tower ride in orlando as she watched. this place was my son s last breath, last place on earth. i mean, last thought, last everything. he took his last everything on that ride. sampson was on a spring break trip last march when he fell from the ride s operators say was the world s tallest drop tower ride at icon park.
ride according to the ride s manual. they had nothing for weight on a ride that was the most important thing. because the velocity of the ride. they had nothing to warn him. if they re on other rides, why not this one? as an adult, you should have made that call. his feelings would be hurt but he d still be here with me today. the family s attorney reached a settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit with the amusement park and the operators of the ride. a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the ride and the company that designed the seat is pending. and florida s state legislature is considering a bill that would increase safety regulation for rides. the act would require any ride more than 100 feet to have seat belts in addition to other restraints. it would increase training standards for ride attendants and inspections. the attendant who strapped him in the day he was killed had only been on the job three days