Betty Lou Oliver, who holds the Guinness World Record for Longest Fall Survived in an Elevator, lived through falling 75 stories (more than 1,000 feet) in an Empire State Building elevator in 1945.

How to Survive an Elevator Free Fall. News. By Nicholas Gerbis published 12 August 2011 ... More likely, you'd hit your head on the ceiling and land badly, exacerbating your injuries.

Carrajat has been in the elevator industry for 50 years, working various jobs including starting both Century Elevator and Certified Elevator Products. He retired from the latter in 2008.

A woman who survived a terrifying 40-story plunge in an Empire State Building elevator recounted her harrowing ordeal yesterday. “We were on our way down when, all of the sudden, the elevator… ...

Then came the dust and dirt, floating into the elevator from the ceiling. And then came the panic. The group started “freaking out,” the law student, who declined to be identified, ...

If you fall seven storeys: sorry, but you’ve probably got about 2 seconds to prepare to meet your maker. ... and you might hit your head on the ceiling of the elevator and lose your jump speed.

Say you're in an elevator in a high-rise office building, and the car begins to free-fall from the 65th floor. What do you do? Flatten your body against the car floor. While there is disagreement ...

A series of metal plates covers one of the four interior walls of the Elevator Historical Society’s newly opened museum in Long Island City. Placed in the center of the leftmost panel is founder ...