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The floor of an elevator gave way between the 6th and 9th floor of an apartment building, causing two teenagers to fall down the elevator shaft. [55] Madrid, Spain: 2 0 2002-08-23 A temporary elevator fell 19 floors at an office tower under construction. [56] New York City, New York, U.S. 2 0 1999-05-13
Here’s what Step 1 said: “If the elevator gets stuck between floors, first, DO NOT PANIC! Too late! If you don’t want me to panic, write it in tiny print, OK?
Two minutes into being trapped in an elevator, Garner takes out her phone and presses record. While sitting on the elevator floor, the 52-year-old actress says into the camera, “I could use a ...
Six people, including a pregnant woman, got into the elevator after leaving a restaurant on the 95th floor of the 875 North Michigan Avenue building. Elevator in Chicago skyscraper plunges 84 ...
After entering an express elevator serving floors 39–50 at approximately 11:00 p.m. Friday on October 15, 1999, Nicholas White, a Business Week employee whose office was in the building, became trapped in an elevator after a brief power dip caused it to stop between the 13th and 14th floors. White was not rescued until approximately 4:00 p.m ...
The three main express elevators begin acting strangely, resulting in a guard's flashlight being crushed. The next day, a group of pregnant women are held up between floors 21 and 22; The elevator overheats rapidly, causing two women to give birth and hospitalizing the rest. Reporter Jennifer Evans is called to write a report on the incident.
To rescue the 12 individuals and tour guide still stuck at 1,000 feet, engineers had to repair the elevator stuck at 500 feet, check the cables and then run a test round by sending it down to the ...
The incident turned into a battle for survival, one in which Davis shifted the action in his story from a house to an elevator "since like so many New Yorkers I have a sense of claustrophobia in these little automatic elevators." [2] He later said he was also inspired by the New York blackout of August 17, 1959. He knew a lady who was trapped ...