3 injured, one with life-threatening injuries, and Google isn't cancelling the event..? Wow.
Google's statement:
> "We’re thankful to the fire department for putting it out and ensuring everyone’s safety."
Seems a poor way to phrase it given that 3 people were injured and one might die from their injuries.
> "No attendees were hurt but regretfully, 3 event staff were injured"
Focusing on how no attendees were injured sends the message that the staff don't matter. "No one was hurt, everything's fine. Oh, but 3 event staff were injured, one critically." This is terribly insensitive.
> The press release additionally said that the Google developers conference would continue as scheduled.
Overall this looks like a hasty and not thought out reaction to a crisis. Very poorly handled.
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> "We’re thankful to the fire department for putting it out and ensuring everyone’s safety."
Seems a poor way to phrase it given that 3 people were injured and one might die from their injuries.
> "No attendees were hurt but regretfully, 3 event staff were injured"
Focusing on how no attendees were injured sends the message that the staff don't matter. "No one was hurt, everything's fine. Oh, but 3 event staff were injured, one critically." This is terribly insensitive.
> The press release additionally said that the Google developers conference would continue as scheduled.
Overall this looks like a hasty and not thought out reaction to a crisis. Very poorly handled.