Holiday drone show crashes into crowd, injures boy

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A holiday drone show in Orlando turned disastrous when multiple drones malfunctioned and plummeted into the crowd of 25,000 spectators, with one severely injuring a young boy who required immediate heart surgery.

The event, which was meant to showcase synchronized drones creating festive patterns in the night sky, went terribly wrong when several UAVs collided and crashed. Some of the devices behaved like projectiles as they fell, endangering the gathered crowds below.

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ABC News reported:

“The boy and his family were watching the holiday drone show when something went haywire and several small drones collided and fell into a crowd, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.”

The incident took a particularly tragic turn when one of the falling drones struck a seven-year-old spectator in the chest.

WFTV Orlando reported:

“7-year-old boy Alezander Edgerton is recovering from heart surgery after his mother said a drone hit him during a holiday show at Lake Eola.

Adriana Edgerton told Channel 9 that her son Alezander had to undergo open heart surgery after he was hit by a falling drone Saturday evening.”

The impact caused severe trauma to the young boy’s heart, including damage to one of his heart valves and electrical disruption to the organ. Medical professionals were able to stabilize his condition following the emergency surgery.

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Drones Fall From Sky at Holiday Show and Injure 7-year-old Boy

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“She told Channel 9 the injuries ‘Worse than expected. It was said the impact was like a bomb went off’.

As Alezander continues to recover, the National Transportation Safety Board announced that it is joining the Federal Aviation Administration in investigating the drone malfunction.”

The incident has prompted both the FAA and NTSB to launch investigations into the cause of the drone malfunction that transformed a festive holiday celebration into a frightening ordeal.