Tragic, but also makes one wonder what the hell they were thinking, lowering the CEO and Company President in an iron cage over 20 feet into the air onto a concrete dais, apparently because it looked cool, when one of the cables snapped and the two men fell, with the CEO dying and the Company President still in critical condition. I'm still amazed nobody ever got hurt at our annual departmental summer BBQs and Holiday parties, each of which was offsite with alcohol flowing.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/tec...ompany-party/ar-BB1h5UEW?ocid=nl_article_link
During a celebration for Vistex's 25th anniversary, Shah and the company's president Vishwanath Raju Datla were suspended in an iron cage more than 20 feet in the air. "Shah and Raju being lowered from the cage onto the dais," a company official told The Times of India Jan. 20, "was a planned event to kickstart the celebrations."
However, as the duo were being lowered, one of the two wires attached to the cage snapped, causing both men to fall 15 feet and land onto the concrete stage in front of the party's reported 700 guests. Local authorities said, per the outlet, "At the time of the accident, music was being played and Shah and Raju were waving to their staff while being lowered." Shah died of his injuries at the hospital following the accident, The Times of India reported, while Datla, 52, who sustained a severe head injury, remains in critical condition.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/tec...ompany-party/ar-BB1h5UEW?ocid=nl_article_link
During a celebration for Vistex's 25th anniversary, Shah and the company's president Vishwanath Raju Datla were suspended in an iron cage more than 20 feet in the air. "Shah and Raju being lowered from the cage onto the dais," a company official told The Times of India Jan. 20, "was a planned event to kickstart the celebrations."
However, as the duo were being lowered, one of the two wires attached to the cage snapped, causing both men to fall 15 feet and land onto the concrete stage in front of the party's reported 700 guests. Local authorities said, per the outlet, "At the time of the accident, music was being played and Shah and Raju were waving to their staff while being lowered." Shah died of his injuries at the hospital following the accident, The Times of India reported, while Datla, 52, who sustained a severe head injury, remains in critical condition.
