webfact Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Skyscraper elevator plunges 84 floors — and everyone survives CBC News 'I believed we were going to die,' tourist from Mexico City says Six people, including a pregnant woman, survived an elevator plunge of 84 floors, after a cable in the shaft of one of Chicago's tallest buildings snapped early Friday morning. The group got into an elevator in the North Michigan Avenue skyscraper — formerly the John Hancock Center — after leaving a restaurant on the 95th floor around 12:30 a.m. "At the beginning, I believed we were going to die," Jaime Montemayor, a tourist from Mexico City, told local Chicago TV station, CBS2. "We were going down and then I felt that we were falling down and then I heard a noise — clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack." The group later found out one of the cables that holds up the elevator broke, and the car fell rapidly to the 11th floor. Full story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/elevator-plunge-chicago-1.4913707 -- CBC News 2018-11-21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kotsak Posted November 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) I bet the fall sped up the digestion process. ???? Edited November 21, 2018 by kotsak 2 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThreeEyedRaven Posted November 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2018 Praise God for the braking systems on elevators, meaning that probably nothing more than some clean underwear was required. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted November 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2018 Good job it wasn't an 83 floor building. Seriously, I thought these things were only supposed to drop a few inches on the failure of a cable with multiple redundancy on the cable too. At least that's what the manufacturers tell us ... 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted November 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2018 20 minutes ago, webfact said: "At the beginning, I believed we were going to die," Fortunately, she was wrong on so many levels. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stevkob Posted November 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2018 Oh man the lawyers are going to love this one. But imagine falling from the 95th floor only stopping at 11? Wonder if any of them were getting ready to jump in the air around level 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Yesterday, I was in a two-story elevator at an old folks home. Took about a minute to go up one story. It wouldn't scare the old folks, but I was concerned that I wouldn't get out. A bit like "The Twilight Zone". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Hard to know when to jump up at the right last second before it hits G level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 4 hours ago, Crossy said: Good job it wasn't an 83 floor building. Seriously, I thought these things were only supposed to drop a few inches on the failure of a cable with multiple redundancy on the cable too. At least that's what the manufacturers tell us ... That's all they fell where I worked, and if they fell further, they failed the safety inspection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Six more to join the ranks of 'the little people'........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 6 hours ago, Crossy said: Good job it wasn't an 83 floor building. Seriously, I thought these things were only supposed to drop a few inches on the failure of a cable with multiple redundancy on the cable too. At least that's what the manufacturers tell us ... Isn't that what Mr Otis invented 100 odd years ago. As soon as the tension goes off the supporting cable, the things come out of the sides and connect with a ratchet on the shaft wall https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anecdotes-from-the-archive/hold-the-elevator-how-otis-s-early-systems-worked/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 6 hours ago, kotsak said: I bet the fall sped up the digestion process. ???? I might imagine I'd be hungry again, having lost my lunch on elevator floor.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post attrayant Posted November 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2018 I wonder if they got into another elevator to finish the remaining 11 floors. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 I have always hated the damn things but then again I have also always hated aeroplanes and just about everything else as well, so what can you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YayaManos Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 10 hours ago, kotsak said: I bet the fall sped up the digestion process. ???? Let's hope you are in the same situation, what will be your reactions! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said: Praise God for the braking systems on elevators, meaning that probably nothing more than some clean underwear was required. Yeah that "god" is a helluva brake mechanic, but not so much on good cables. Between sports and elevators...thousands of children die from hunger/malnutrition on a daily basis. Praise god! Edited November 21, 2018 by Skeptic7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Elevators in the USA are extreamly safe I would be way more surprised if someone was killed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex8912 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 3 hours ago, car720 said: I have always hated the damn things but then again I have also always hated aeroplanes and just about everything else as well, so what can you do? They are called airplanes now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex8912 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Tug said: Elevators in the USA are extreamly safe I would be way more surprised if someone was killed Your comment is kind of silly. This happened in one of the most iconic buildings in the USA. THIS is pathetic as far as I’m concerned. Just imagine if it happened in Thailand at least 10 pages of crap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 11 hours ago, alex8912 said: They are called airplanes now. Only by our American cousins. Pray tell what do they call an Aerogram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex8912 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, car720 said: Only by our American cousins. Pray tell what do they call an Aerogram. Snail mail ( I don’t anyone uses this mail anymore). “Pray tell” is pretty ancient English as well. Edited November 22, 2018 by alex8912 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 59 minutes ago, alex8912 said: Snail mail ( I don’t anyone uses this mail anymore). “Pray tell” is pretty ancient English as well. Well someone has to teach English in its correct form rather than as John Longman would have us teach it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 17 hours ago, Tug said: Elevators in the USA are extreamly safe I would be way more surprised if someone was killed Yes, more chance of being a victim of a mass shooting in an elevator these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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