ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- A 16-year-old British girl is in critical condition at a central Florida hospital this evening after suffering a cardiac arrest following a Disney World thrill ride. Leanne Deacon is at Florida's "Celebration Health" hospital. She felt strange but told her mother she'd quickly recover after exiting Disney World-MGM Studios' "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror." The ride depicts a haunted elevator ride. The Orange County Sheriff's Office says the girl's condition deteriorated so rapidly that her heart stopped beating and she had to be resuscitated by emergency workers. Two people have died at Disney World this year. A 4-year-old Pennsylvania boy died June 13 after riding Epcot's "Mission: Space." A 77-year-old Minnesota woman died in February after riding the Magic Kingdom's "Pirates of the Caribbean." A medical examiner's report said she was in poor health from diabetes and several ministrokes and her death "was not unexpected." The cause of the boy's death remains under investigation.
TOWER OF TERROR: Teen has heart attack after Disney World ride
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