People around the world utilize the elevator 19 billion times a year. Sadly there are accidents which rarely but surely do occur. Some of them could have been prevented, especially due to horseplay. Here are 10 elevator tragedies that will have your heart skip.
1. Suzanne Hart:
Hart was a midtown Manhattan office dweller who was crushed to death due to an elevator malfunction. Other elevator occupants, unable to do anything, looked on as the tragedy struck. Interestingly enough, an unlicensed repairman serviced the elevator hours before the incident.
2. Clyde Ortiz:
This 21 year old was horsing around with his friends performing wrestling moves. When push came to shove, Ortiz fell through the shaft of the elevator, 6 stories down. He died at Harlem Hospital shortly after.
3. Doloris Gillespie:
In 2011, this senior entered an elevator in her building. A man proceeded after her and sprayed her with flammable liquid. After spraying flammable liquid on Gillespie, he set her on fire. The motive for the actions was $2000 Gillespie owed the suspect.
4. Brent McEnroe & Roy Powell:
In February of 2011, the two construction workers died after falling down a broken elevator shaft in West Side New York. The cause of the accident was a beam which rolled out of place. Both workers lost their balance and plummeted 65 feet.
5. Gloria Rodriguez:
Rodriguez worked at the Crockett Hotel in downtown San Antonio for 12 years. On December 30, 2011, she fell 6 stories down the service elevator shaft. The hotel manager was uncooperative and refused to explain the origins of the incident.
6. Sherwood & Caroline Wadsworth:
This couple was married for 60 years. He was 90 and she was 89. They both got stuck in an elevator at their home and had no means of communication. The couple died of heat exhaustion and was discovered 4 days later. Temperatures reached 95 degrees Fahrenheit or 35 degrees Celsius inside.
7. Wilfred Gingrich:
This 11 year old sustained serious head injuries and died in Hamilton, Ontario hospital after a makeshift elevator accident at the Winroe Gardens Country Market. The probable cause was a mast from an old forklift.
8. James Neely:
On April 13, 2006, Neely stuck his head into the door opening of an elevator when an elevator operator was bringing down the car. Neely was struck and killed instantly.
9. Minato Ward:
The 2006 accident occurred in Minato, Tokyo, Japan in June of 2006. A 16 year old high school student was killed by an elevator as he was backing out of it with his bicycle. The elevator rose suddenly with the doors open. This caused asphyxiation.
10. Natasha Hopkins:
A 5 year old girl was crushed by an elevator at a west side women's shelter. She was on the third floor of Bethel New Life Centre at the time. She was caught between a metal gate.
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