Sunday 26 April 2015

GOOGLE EXECUTIVE KILLED AT MOUNT EVEREST FOLLOWING NEPAL EARTHQUAKE

A Google executive, Dan Fredinburg a self-described adventurer was among 10 people killed at a Mount Everest base camp in an avalanche triggered by a major earthquake in Nepal on Saturday.
The avalanche buried parts of the base camp where hundreds of mountaineers had gathered for the start of the climbing season.
Dan was with several colleagues who survived the tragedy.
Lawrence You, Director of Privacy at Google in a blog post wrote,
"Sadly, we lost one of our own in this tragedy. Dan Fredinburg, a long-time member of the Privacy organization....was in Nepal with three other Googlers, hiking Mount Everest. He has passed away"
"The other three Googlers with him are safe and we are working to get them home quickly".
Lawrence You said Google.org was contributing $1 million to response efforts.
Dan Fredinburg's sister, Megan said that Dan died from head trauma.
Megan in a post on Dan's Instagram feed wrote,
"We appreciate all of the love that has been sent our way thus far and know his soul and his spirit will live on in so many of us".
May his gentle soul rest in peace.

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