Employee Found Dead In Phantom Manor:

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/disneyland-paris-employee-found-dead_us_57025453e4b0a06d58060dbc

Why, oh why, did it have to be in the haunted house? I can't bear to read the comments.

 

Really tragic. And he'd been there 14 years. 

Yeah, don't read the comments. Everyone thinks they're a real clever comedian.

 

I'm so sad for his family.

This is so horrible and tragic. This is the first time anyone has ever died on any Haunted Mansion attraction. My thoughts and prayers go out to the man's family. R.I.P.

And to be clear, he didn't really die on a Haunted Mansion attraction. The ride, to our current understanding, didn't specifically have anything to do with it. He was apparently working on lighting backstage and might've been electrocuted. People have died on Disney attractions before – typically due to rider error, recklessness, or unknown pre-existing conditions – but it seems in this case that it was a freak accident not at all related to the ride's operation. Made all the more tragic by the kind of ride it is – a haunted house.

The poor man. My heart aches for his family, friends, and coworkers. 

I've had to stop reading comments on a lot of stories, especially ones where someone has died. The heartless comments are infuriating to me. There is so little compassion. It is one thing to have a morbid sense of humor for situations that deal directly with you...but for someone you don't know? That person had people that loved them and who are now grieving. It's just not necessary. 

It's good to see the good-hearted ones offering thoughts and prayers, rather than throwing juvenile, tasteless quips. May the employee's family and friends find comfort in this time of loss.