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Elevator Shaft

Mount Vernon Elevator Rescue

Boy Recovering After Falling Down Elevator Shaft In Mount Vernon

A 12-year-old boy was recovering Monday, after falling into an elevator shaft several floors up in a Mount Vernon building over the weekend.

2012/12/10

Firefighters remove the vehicle that plunged down an elevator shaft at 355 East 76 Street in Manhattan on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

SUV Plunges Down Elevator Shaft In UES Parking Garage

A parking attendant at the garage drove the 4,500-pound Lexus SUV into a vehicle elevator on the fifth floor, but the elevator’s car wasn’t there.That’s when he and the car fell five stories to the ground floor.

2012/07/17

230 West 38th Street, where the incident took place. (credit: CBS 2)

Worker Dies In 10-Story Fall Down Elevator Shaft In Midtown Office Building

An unidentified man in his 50s fell 10 stories down an elevator shaft just after 10 a.m., while he was apparently working inside a 18-story building located at 230 West 38th St.

2011/09/23

150 W 83rd Street - site where two iron workers died (Photo: Juliet Papa)

2 Construction Workers Killed At Upper West Side Site

Two iron workers were killed this morning after they fell five stories while working on the Redeemer Presbyterian Church at 150 W. 83rd Street.

2011/02/08

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