Overview
- Emergency responders taped off an outdoor area at Bay Lake Tower on October 23 as police, fire, and EMS converged on the scene, with guests reporting privacy screens and requests not to look from balconies; the area was cleared around 1 p.m.
- The Orange County Medical Examiner confirmed the identity of the deceased as Matthew Cohn and said the examination is not yet complete, so no cause or manner of death has been determined.
- Local officials have not released additional details and Disney has offered limited public comment, as the investigation into the incident continues.
- Earlier this month, 31-year-old Summer Equitz died at the Contemporary in an apparent suicide, and authorities later corrected social-media claims by confirming the monorail was not involved.
- On October 21 at Fort Wilderness, a man in his 60s suffered a medical episode, was taken to a hospital, and was pronounced dead, with the sheriff’s office noting no signs of foul play.