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post 1649924543 10-30-2021, 08:12 PM
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The Falling elevator nightmare

Met a guy last week in a wheelchair. Older gentlemen, super nice. Was an old friend of a friend of mine that I had never met before.

After they chatted, he walked wheeled himself away and she told me that he was in an elevator that broke and fell several stories! Broke both his legs and will never be able to walk well again.

Bros/bras, what in the actual f***? I always thought that chit just doesn’t happen. BRB, legs gonna be tree trunks from taking the stairs regardless how many floors I have to climb now.

What other freak accidents have y’all had experiences with?
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post 1649924763 10-30-2021, 08:17 PM
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It's a much cheaper way to experience zero gravity than paying the tech nerds for a seat.
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post 1649924923 10-30-2021, 08:21 PM
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Wow that's terrible. I thought elevators had emergency brakes or something that prevented free fall if the cable were to snap?
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post 1649925253 10-30-2021, 08:29 PM
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Where was the elevator?

I hear things like this happen almost only in lower class social situations.
post 1649925503 10-30-2021, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted By BraddlesMcGee⏩
It's a much cheaper way to experience zero gravity than paying the tech nerds for a seat.
Lulz
Originally Posted By 1hardgainer⏩
Wow that's terrible. I thought elevators had emergency brakes or something that prevented free fall if the cable were to snap?
Yeah.
Originally Posted By mesobuild⏩
Where was the elevator?

I hear things like this happen almost only in lower class social situations.
Yeah, old ass elevator. Going to get a pay out for it, but what kind of life is it with a couple million and can’t walk? :/
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post 1649925663 10-30-2021, 08:38 PM
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Sounds like a lie. There are many safeguards in place to prevent that from happening in developed countries.
post 1649926013 10-30-2021, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted By TheTwilightZone⏩
Sounds like a lie. There are many safeguards in place to prevent that from happening in developed countries.
That’s what makes it f***** up. Chit should never happen. Freak accidents do though.
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post 1649926373 10-30-2021, 08:53 PM
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happened to me few years ago
was going from 8th to ground floor, and somewhere in the middle the elevator just started falling.. not full gravity speed, but faster than it would normally..
then it hit the bottom (there was only 1 floor below the ground). it was a pretty loud bang, but the impact we felt wasnt that strong and nobody was hurt.. i believe most elevators have a safety spring at the bottom.
post 1649926423 10-30-2021, 08:54 PM
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GOD BLESS competent elevator maintenance men
post 1649926513 10-30-2021, 08:55 PM
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Growing up my family used to live in the 13th floor srs this was back in 1995 I had no idea 13 was a superstitions number.

I thought I would get bullied at school, but my friends thought it was cool as hell. When I was 13 my parents always told me on the weekends "When we are at work do not leave the apartment you hear!"

Of course in my mind I thought ehhh let me go to the elevator. "Whats the worst that could happen??
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post 1649926553 10-30-2021, 08:56 PM
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elevator maintenance is supposedly a sweet gig. but as i've said before, seems like a lot of responsibility. no idea the prevalence of mishaps though

i think they do it in steps. like building the outside shell and the shaft is a different process to the interior portion. then you got motors and electric, etc.

ive seen that one video in ny i think where some dudes head gets chopped off. remember the woman was like walking by or toward it and had to immediately turn away
post 1649927073 10-30-2021, 09:07 PM
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lol just jump up before the elevator hits the ground, like if you're in a crashing plane all you have to do is jump out before it hits the ground.
Would kick em in the nuts
post 1649927273 10-30-2021, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted By Antoine99⏩
lol just jump up before the elevator hits the ground, like if you're in a crashing plane all you have to do is jump out before it hits the ground.
You're still moving at the same speed
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post 1649927523 10-30-2021, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted By blissful88⏩
You're still moving at the same speed
What if there's no roof in the elevator and I fire an RPG up, does the rocket still hit the ground at the same speed?
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post 1649927803 10-30-2021, 09:24 PM
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Very rare and even if it happened to you, chances are it would be so fast you wouldn't be able to process it as it happened and would be dead before you really knew what was going on.
post 1649927863 10-30-2021, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted By Kormo⏩
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post 1649928423 10-30-2021, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted By ___⏩
happened to me few years ago
was going from 8th to ground floor, and somewhere in the middle the elevator just started falling.. not full gravity speed, but faster than it would normally..
then it hit the bottom (there was only 1 floor below the ground). it was a pretty loud bang, but the impact we felt wasnt that strong and nobody was hurt..i believe most elevators have a safety spring at the bottom.
That makes me feel better.
Originally Posted By Kormo⏩
GOD BLESS competent elevator maintenance men
So much this.
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