Nina Bakhshi, an Indian-origin Californian makeup artist, had the most harrowing birthday trip this year as she chose a guided ATV (all-terrain vehicle) tour of Cenote La Noria in Mexico, where she fell from a bridge and suffered several fractures. In a fundraiser set up earlier this month, she shared the harrowing experience and how the park authorities shirked their responsibilities after the tragedy.
Bakhshi said there was no arrangement to pick her up from where she fell and she had to be carried for nearly 30 minutes to the place where they waited for an ambulance that did not come. She was eventually transported by a truck and reached a hospital after an hour. Bakhshi did not have any travel insurance and the local insurance policy of the park did not cover the emergency surgery she needed.
