Chicago elevator incident: Lift carrying passengers plunges more than 80 floors as hoist rope breaks

An elevator inside Chicago’s former Hancock building dropped 84 floors before trapping six people inside, local news outlets reported. Rescuers arrived shortly after the fall early Friday morning to cut a hole in the building’s wall and free those inside. The accident unfolded at in the 875 North Michigan Avenue building, formerly known as the John Hancock Center and
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Two construction workers are dead after falling down an elevator shaft in downtown St. Louis. The accident occurred inside the Old Shoe Company building in the 1500 block of Washington Avenue around 11:15 a.m. Monday. City of St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards told reporters at the scene the victims were cutting pipe when
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A male is dead following an industrial accident in the elevator shaft of a downtown building. The incident occurred at a building near St. George and Russell streets just before 10 a.m. Paramedics say that the male was pronounced dead on scene. A second person sustained minor injuries in the accident and was transported to
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A 22-year-old construction worker died after falling 20 feet down an elevator shaft at a Midtown job site Friday, police said. The worker fell two stories to the basement at 281 Fifth Ave. at E. 30th St. about 9:40 a.m. Medics rushed him to Bellevue Hospital, where he later died, officials said.   Source: nydailynews.com

DENVER (AP) — An elderly Colorado man found dead in a parking garage elevator had pushed the emergency button twice but got no response, police said. The decomposing body of 82-year-old Isaak Komisarchik was found last week after multiple residents of a Denver apartment complex reported a terrible stench. Elevator repair workers found the body.
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