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A seven-year-old boy was hospitalized after being hit by a falling drone during a holiday aerial display in Orlando, Florida. The incident took place on Saturday evening at the Holiday Drone Show in Lake Eola Park. According to reports, several drones from the show collided around 6:45 p.m., causing some to fall into the crowd.
The child, identified as Alexander, was struck in the chest and required heart surgery. His mother, Adriana Edgerton, described the scene to NBC News: "Everyone's natural instinct was to duck and scatter, and before we realized it, my daughter found my son on the floor unconscious. He had blood coming out of his face."
Footage showed drones with red and green lights falling rapidly from the sky toward spectators. Some attendees criticized crowd control measures as inadequate, noting blocked exits and cramped spaces.
