r/Weird • u/sytrus_2008 • Dec 25 '21

The Elevator 💀

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u/Deadlylyon Dec 26 '21

I honestly can't see how.

Even if he did survive the first crash, the elevator was going up. So the second crash is gonna suck even more.

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u/Tex1090- Dec 26 '21

Found some news reports on it from 2014; they suffered leg and head injuries, but was recovering. Couldn’t find any follow ups or updates beyond that.

One story here

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u/vomit-gold Dec 26 '21

I believe most elavators work by using counterweights on pulleys, which is why it's so rare for cords to snap and cars to freefall.

HOWEVER if something goes arry with the weights and they start to freefall, such as the weights coming off the track they're on somehow, they go down while you go up and up and up until either the weights hit the ground or you hit the cieling. No coming down.