A senior software engineer dies after falling from the 14th floor of Google's NYC headquarters
A 31-year-old senior software engineer has died after falling from the 14th floor of Google's New York City office building,The police responded to a 911 call around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, reporting an unconscious person lying on the ground at 111 Eighth Avenue on West 15th Street in Manhattan, the New York Police Department confirmed to Insider.
The name of the engineer hasn't been released pending family notification, the NYPD said. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. "We are very saddened by this tragic incident involving one of our employees," Google Communications Manager Alex Joseph told Insider in a statement, noting that the company has provided on-site grief counselors for staffers on Friday and will continue to do so over the next several days.
Joseph continued:"Our thoughts are with their family, and out of respect for them and their privacy, we aren't commenting further."
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