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Elevator Kills Doctor

911paramedic

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Doctor decapitated by faulty elevator at St. Joseph Hospital

An aspiring missionary doctor, who was voted by medical school classmates as the epitome of a good physician, was killed Saturday at Christus St. Joseph Hospital when an elevator malfunctioned, decapitating him, authorities said.

Hitoshi Nikaidoh, 35, of Dallas, a surgical resident at the hospital at 1919 La Branch, was stepping onto a second-floor elevator in the main building around 9:30 a.m. when the doors closed, pinning his shoulders, said Harold Jordan, an investigator with the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office. The elevator car then moved upward, severing the doctor's head, Jordan said.

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God damn, what a horrible way to die. Could you imagine how the woman in the elevator must have felt?

Anyone see Final Destination 2?
 
wow. would have really sucked if he were only going up one floor.

wtf with the people in the elevator, no one knows how to use the stop button?
 
Originally posted by: PipBoy
wow. would have really sucked if he were only going up one floor.

wtf with the people in the elevator, no one knows how to use the stop button?

:|

People are diots....they are driven by emotions...


Person in danger = Let me screen until I piss myself instead of thinking about how to help them out.


Poor guy🙁
 
my question is..was she stuck on the elevator with his head or his body? they didn't really say which side was in. i'm not sure which one i'd rather be stuck with either
 
How the hell do you get stuck in elevator doors? Do they not have an elevator with any kind of safety features on it?
 
Originally posted by: yakko
How the hell do you get stuck in elevator doors? Do they not have an elevator with any kind of safety features on it?

Yeah, I didn't think the doors could close that easily. I know I've held elevators for people just be pulling the door back and they came open with great ease. This elevator have major problems?
 
Originally posted by: moonshinemadness
One word...malfunction

No kidding. Instead of blaming the victim and the woman stuck in the elevator, lets wait and see what was wrong with the elevator.
 
Originally posted by: d33pt
my question is..was she stuck on the elevator with his head or his body? they didn't really say which side was in. i'm not sure which one i'd rather be stuck with either

on the news last night they said it was his head
 
I used to fix the elevator in our building all the time. The elevators used by doctors are different than the elevators you and I use. They have larger doors and much stronger motors than the hotel types. Once the door goes past a certain point you can easily be smashed by the doors because the sensors cannot see you in time to react. The only way I can see this happening is if someone tried to squeeze through the doors just as they closed. Otherwise this doctor wasn't very bright in my opinion. You can have all the education in the world and still be a complete and total idiot having zero common sense.
 
Jeeeeeeeeeeeezuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus! What a painful and terrible way to die. 🙁

Well, yeah, what's up with that woman? I have experienced something similar where a bunch of people are in the elevator. They are so selfish pressing their floors even though they know the elevator is not completely loaded. If they press what floor they want to go to, then the door starts to close and anyone trying to enter could get trapped. Or they have no courtesy to press the button to keep the door open for those trying to enter. It's pathetic to see how selfish people are even in very simple matters.
 
Originally posted by: incallisto
I used to fix the elevator in our building all the time. The elevators used by doctors are different than the elevators you and I use. They have larger doors and much stronger motors than the hotel types. Once the door goes past a certain point you can easily be smashed by the doors because the sensors cannot see you in time to react. The only way I can see this happening is if someone tried to squeeze through the doors just as they closed. Otherwise this doctor wasn't very bright in my opinion. You can have all the education in the world and still be a complete and total idiot having zero common sense.

"One worker at the hospital said there had been problems in the past with these particular elevators and that maintenance crews had been trying to service them in the past week, Perkins said."

still be a complete and total idiot

Yes, you've proven that.

Bill
 
Word of advice - if your trying to slip into an elevator as the doors close, put your arm in to retract the door, not your head.

The lady could have at least kicked him in the head or chest pushing him out before the ceiling cut him off.
 
Originally posted by: istallion
Word of advice - if your trying to slip into an elevator as the doors close, put your arm in to retract the door, not your head. The lady could have at least kicked him in the head or chest pushing him out before the ceiling cut him off.

LMFAO at the mental picture 😀

between this and the dude who got scalped trying to fix the rollercoaster adn the drug dealer who go decapitated on a fence.......

there have been lots of people losing their heads lately 😉
 
He became a devout Christian while in medical school, his father said. He became a youth group leader and decided to become a missionary doctor.

I thought god looked after his children. Wonder what he could have done to piss him off?
 
Originally posted by: Stratum9
He became a devout Christian while in medical school, his father said. He became a youth group leader and decided to become a missionary doctor.

I thought god looked after his children. Wonder what he could have done to piss him off?

Maybe God needed a headless angel to round out the set.
 
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