A few people boarded the elevator on 94 th floor.

On the 84 floor a Plung to ground floor. It happened at Handcock blg. Chicago.

People were all safe, two cables broke. Even though there was a good inspectiont last June. ABC News reported Today




Do you have a phobia of Riding Elevators. ?

I wouldn't call it a phobia, but I don't like them.

No, elevators don't bother me.

That's a miracle they survived that long of a drop.

I guess it didn't Fall full force are they maybe not been alive.

A survivor was on the news he said he heard a loud noise then they

Started dropping. He looked ok I think there were only three people there.

That's good, I don't think they would have survived if it fell full force.

Such a blessing

The elevator brake was working. It engages just as quick as the cable snaps. The weight of the elevator is what holds it back.

Just two cables broke. The counterweight cables did not. An elevator car weighs about 3 tons. Those, make the car easier for the motors to lift it. There's a lot of redundant systems within an elevator that have to fail, in order for the car to freefall.

In 1890 Elisha Otis invented the safety brake for elevators. How did he demonstrate it to the public? Got into the elevator car, and had assistants cut the car cable. It fell about six feet before the brakes engaged and stopped the car.

The odds in dying in a freefalling elevator? Go buy a MegaMillions ticket- the odds are better.

Interesting! Glad that worked!

If my legs are working and I'm not carrying a lot, I'll do stairs.

Are you talking about Midwest GRAIN elevators?? :)

I love elevators the higher and faster ...the better

Here's a play on numbers.

There's 1632 steps in the Hancock Building.(That's 94 floors)

1088 feet vertically.

With each step, your leg is lifting your body weight. Based on 150 pounds, you're lifting that weight 8 inches with each step. By the time you walk to the top, you have lifted the equivalent, of 122 tons, 8 inches off the floor.(Of course, a little at a time)

Take the elevator down. You earned it.

I never use elevators, unless I have someone in a wheelchair with me. Walking up the stairs is a good excercise anyway.

I worked and use to do stairs all the time and I worked on 5th floor.

Good exercise.

No :

I have taken elevator at times but I prefer an escalator.

@Redrider

I like silently farting in crowded elevators and looking at everyone's reaction.

I only use elevators after Mexican food.

Wasn't there something on the news recently about an escalator that sped up unexpectedly and people were injured?