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I can't be the only one that imagined that these people were in a free fall at terminal velocity and screaming. But from the sound of it, there were many extra
by atonse 8y ago
I can't be the only one that imagined that these people were in a free fall at terminal velocity and screaming.
But from the sound of it, there were many extra cables, nobody was in danger, and it seems like even the people didn't even fully realize that the elevator was going much faster.
This is as much a story about amazing elevator safety as it is about cables snapping. But hey, I don't write the headlines.
- jameskegel 8y agoI am confused why this story was posted here
- avhon1 8y agoI concur. > the group had just left the Signature Room restaurant on the 95th floor when they heard noises and experienced a faster and bumpier ride than expected > fire officials said it wasn't an unsafe situation, even though two cables broke, since there were many other cables still attached
- wenc 8y agoElevators are actually safer than people think, with multiple redundant fallback mechanisms. Free-falling elevators aren't really a thing these days.
- tinus_hn 8y agoIf all the cables break the automatic brake kicks in.