A boy will undergo heart surgery after a drone crash at a Christmas show in Florida, parents say

ORLANDO, Fla. – One person was taken to an area hospital with injuries after drones glowing red and green collided and crashed into a crowd during a holiday drone show Saturday at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando, authorities said.

FOX 35 News spoke with the family of Alezander, a seven-year-old boy who was injured in the incident.

His parents, Adriana Edgerton and Jessica Lumsden, said one of the drones knocked him out on impact and caused a chest injury.

Alezander, 7, underwent open-heart surgery after suffering an injury during the city of Orlando’s holiday drone show at Lake Eola Park on Saturday, his parents told FOX 35 News. (Image credit: Adriana Edgerton)

According to his family, Alezander underwent open-heart surgery the following day.

Lumsden told FOX 35 News on Tuesday that her son was stable after surgery. Alezander is “still being monitored, but he has not given up and is determined to walk again,” she said in a statement. You will spend the Christmas holidays in the intensive care unit.

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A video shared with FOX 35 News showed drones crashing into the lake and approaching viewers. Shortly thereafter, the city of Orlando canceled the second show, citing technical difficulties Statement about X.

A spokesman for the city of Orlando confirmed that the FAA is leading the investigation. “We are in contact with the seller to find out what happened,” the spokesman said.

Typically, the drones are connected to each other via GPS during a synchronized drone show. Experts suspected various possible causes for the disruption.

The drone expert Dr. Vivek Sharma of the Florida Institute of Technology speculated that the error could be due to GPS glitches, programming errors or drone collisions.

It is not yet clear what caused the drone to malfunction.

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