A four-year-old boy has died after riding Mission: Space, a centrifuge-based thrill ride in Disney World's Epcot Center.
Daudi Bamuwamye passed out Monday afternoon while on the attraction, which simulates a rocket launch and trip to Mars. The Orange County Sheriff's Office said his mother carried him off the ride and employees helped her place him on a bench.
Paramedics tried to revive him, but he died about 5 p.m. at Celebration Hospital.
(Thanks, John, Bryan, and Mark!)
Update: Bill K, an MD, sez, "The only thing that I can think of is a congenital heart defect that worsens with the exertion cause by this ride, something like idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis."
