ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945i.redd.itexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1433arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1427arrow-down1external-linkAftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945i.redd.itProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareoatscooplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-22 months agoEspecially bad when you consider the elevator shouldn’t have fallen in the first place. Elisha Otis invented his automatic elevator brakes in 1853 – designed to instantly stop cars from falling if the cables snap … and the Empire State Building used Otis safety elevators. Given how dead simple and reliable the safety mechanism is something must have gone horrible wrong.
minus-squareWahots@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoA bit more on Betty and the incident: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/10/how-an-elevator-attendant-survived-a-1-000-ft-fall-down-the-empire-state-building-759670 Tldr; she lived till 74 and had a family and children, so it looks like it all worked out after nearly dying two or three times from the crash/burn/elevator crash.
Especially bad when you consider the elevator shouldn’t have fallen in the first place.
Elisha Otis invented his automatic elevator brakes in 1853 – designed to instantly stop cars from falling if the cables snap … and the Empire State Building used Otis safety elevators.
Given how dead simple and reliable the safety mechanism is something must have gone horrible wrong.
A bit more on Betty and the incident:
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/10/how-an-elevator-attendant-survived-a-1-000-ft-fall-down-the-empire-state-building-759670
Tldr; she lived till 74 and had a family and children, so it looks like it all worked out after nearly dying two or three times from the crash/burn/elevator crash.