OH my god, this actually happened? Elevator accident

[Zeze]

her foot or leg became caught in the closing doors. The car then rose abruptly, dragging her body into the shaft and killing her, officials said.

How did that exactly kill her?

 

[irishScott]

her foot or leg became caught in the closing doors. The car then rose abruptly, dragging her body into the shaft and killing her, officials said.

How did that exactly kill her?

Sheer off a leg? Pull her into the shaft?

 

[mizzou]

lol

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

Sheer off a leg? Pull her into the shaft?

It would have been better had her leg came off.

 

[Zorander]

her foot or leg became caught in the closing doors. The car then rose abruptly, dragging her body into the shaft and killing her, officials said.

How did that exactly kill her?

I'm thinking 'literally crushed from head to toe' at the door...

 

[Zeze]

I'm thinking 'literally crushed from head to toe' at the door...

I would think that'd would detach her leg.

 

[irishScott]

It would have been better had her leg came off.

I thought it did. Not sure where all you guys are getting the ketchup packet stuff from. Bones will not physically fit through a crack that small without breaking.

 

[Farang]

I thought it did. Not sure where all you guys are getting the ketchup packet stuff from. Bones will not physically fit through a crack that small without breaking.

That's what makes this description sort of confusing. I also imagined her to be mostly in the elevator (as opposed to outside, as in the MS Paint depiction), with the people inside looking on in horror as she is sucked into a small crack. But knowing how slim that gap usually is, I can't imagine something didn't break off (i.e. leg, foot, whatever) instead of her being sucked into that gap and flattened.

 

[Baptismbyfire]

You'd die in a few minutes if any of your major arteries are severed, so yeah.

Oh, elevator doors are surprisingly weak, and you shouldn't lean against them. Especially the bottom part.

 

[bfdd]

That's what makes this description sort of confusing. I also imagined her to be mostly in the elevator (as opposed to outside, as in the MS Paint depiction), with the people inside looking on in horror as she is sucked into a small crack. But knowing how slim that gap usually is, I can't imagine something didn't break off (i.e. leg, foot, whatever) instead of her being sucked into that gap and flattened.

She broke apart of course, but she got squeezed through a gap and probably ruptured. Not a pretty sight. Similar to being crushed.

 

[irishScott]

That's what makes this description sort of confusing. I also imagined her to be mostly in the elevator (as opposed to outside, as in the MS Paint depiction), with the people inside looking on in horror as she is sucked into a small crack. But knowing how slim that gap usually is, I can't imagine something didn't break off (i.e. leg, foot, whatever) instead of her being sucked into that gap and flattened.

Way I pictured it was her getting caught, swinging into the shaft, leg eventually gets sliced and she falls down said shaft. *shrug*

 

[Farang]

Way I pictured it was her getting caught, swinging into the shaft, leg eventually gets sliced and she falls down said shaft. *shrug*

This is less gruesome, but I don't think it is what happened. I thought she got her foot/leg caught in the doors? If so that is not enough room for her to swing into the shaft.

 

[Farang]

She broke apart of course, but she got squeezed through a gap and probably ruptured. Not a pretty sight. Similar to being crushed.

If my foot is caught on something and the force of an elevator is trying to pull me through a half inch gap, I don't see that being able to pull my body through. I think it would get to the shin or the knee and just sever off at that point--eventually that thin, crushed piece of leg would be too weak to pull the rest of my frame into the gap, and it would rip.

 

[mizzou]

"Officials said the woman was stepping onto the elevator on the first floor when either her foot or leg became caught in the closing doors. The car then rose abruptly, dragging her body into the shaft and killing her, officials said."

 

[Quiksilver]

*whistles*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTFyb9_qxh8#t=1m45s

 

[Ns1]

"Officials said the woman was stepping onto the elevator on the first floor when either her foot or leg became caught in the closing doors. The car then rose abruptly, dragging her body into the shaft and killing her, officials said."

lol isn't quite appropriate, but I'm not sure what else is.

 

[cronos]

Sometimes you take the elevator down, othertimes the elevator takes you down...

classic! :thumbsup:

 

[slayer202]

"Officials said the woman was stepping onto the elevator on the first floor when either her foot or leg became caught in the closing doors. The car then rose abruptly, dragging her body into the shaft and killing her, officials said."

hmm, we are forgetting there are two sets of doors. one on the lift, another at each floor. I don't think she could have fell down into the shaft like that, unless the outer door didn't close. and if the outer door didn't close, I would assume the elevator shouldn't have started to move

 

[Wyndru]

The car then rose abruptly, dragging her body into the shaft and killing her, officials said.

We really need the video surveillance tapes, this makes no sense.

Was she just pulled through the doors behind the car as it went up?

 

[ghost recon88]

Man, that elevator sure shafted her.

 

[halik]

Disturbing. From the article it sounds like her foot got wedged in the door, and then she was pulled through whatever gap there is between the elevator and the shaft wall. I can't imagine it is a very large gap so she must have been pulled with a lot of force and crushed quite gruesomely. The two people in the elevator no doubt watched on in horror.

You'd think that amount of face would crush your foot, rather than pull you down thru the gap.

 

[Imp]

hmm, we are forgetting there are two sets of doors. one on the lift, another at each floor. I don't think she could have fell down into the shaft like that, unless the outer door didn't close. and if the outer door didn't close, I would assume the elevator shouldn't have started to move

Sounds more like the outer set opened, but the inner set dragged her, so she got dragged "into the shaft", then her foot got sheared off, and down to the basement?

How well do those emergency stop buttons work on elevators? I know people panic and can't do shit (anything) properly in panic situations though, and if someone did hit stop, we wouldn't be seeing this story, so...

Note to self: Never try to keep elevator doors open as they're closing.

 

[feralkid]

Better description here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074166/New-York-elevator-accident-Madison-Avenue-ad-exec-Suzanne-Hart-crushed-death.html

 

[Wyndru]

Better description here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...venue-ad-exec-Suzanne-Hart-crushed-death.html

Wow, it still sounds like it was pretty bad. Poor woman.

See, this is why you shouldn't press the close door button when you see someone running for the elevator

 

[mizzou]

Better description here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074166/New-York-elevator-accident-Madison-Avenue-ad-exec-Suzanne-Hart-crushed-death.html

FUCK! that is awful way to go, nobody deserves that, I can't imagine the pain

People do that All the time, throw their arm in the elevator as it closes, their body, hoping to catch the door on an automatic opening.

I frequently throw my hand in to stop it but never the full arm. the open/close buttons on our elevators are disabled