A boy from Florida is permanently injured after a falling drone hit him during a holiday drone show. According to PEOPLE, the mother of this 7-year-old boy revealed he had to undergo emergency open-heart surgery after the accident in December 2024.

Drone Hits 7-Year-Old Boy During Holiday Show, Permanently Injuring Him

Now, she is suing the city of Orlando, as well as the companies involved in the drone show. The complaint from his parents, Jessica Lumedge and Adriana Edgerton, alleges that “multiple drones malfunctioned, causing these drones to leave formation, deviate from the coordinated flight path and breach the designated geofenced perimeter.”

At one point during the show on December 21 at Lake Eola, the drones got dangerously close to them. These devices allegedly “entered the sp

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