Your Squeamish Story For The Day

danniemcq · 16-12-2011 9:48am #1

New York advertising executive crushed to death in office lift horror
Advertising executive Suzanne Hart has been crushed to death after getting trapped in a rising lift.
The scene where advertising executive Suzanne Hart was killed after she stepped into an elevator and it started moving by itself (Picture: Splash)
Hart stepped into the elevator on the first floor of her office in New York’s exclusive Madison Avenue – the scene of cult TV show Mad Men.
Her foot caught in the gap between the lift and the lobby floor before it rose rapidly with its doors still open.
The screaming 41-year-old was dragged upward while two other people inside the lift watched in horror.
They were trapped between the first and second floors for an hour before being released and taken to hospital for psychological checks.
The accident happened at 10am local time on Wednesday but Ms Hart’s body was not removed until 7pm. The office near Manhattan’s Grand Central station was evacuated, and employees told to work from home yesterday.
Investigators from New York’s buildings department were trying to determine what went wrong.
Safety mechanisms are supposed to prevent lifts from moving while their doors are open.
The building has been the longtime home of Ms Hart’s company, Y&R. It represents brands including Campbell’s Soup, Land Rover and Xerox.
Ms Hart was a director of business development at Y&R and lived in Brooklyn.
Her father, Alex, told The New York Times from his home in Florida that she was ‘the most marvellous daughter imaginable’.
He added: ‘No father could have ever been more proud of her.’
The advertising firm announced earlier this month that it planned to vacate the building for a new headquarters.
There are about 60,000 elevators in New York city, which saw 53 accidents last year

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/885040-new-york-advertising-executive-crushed-to-death-in-office-lift-horror#ixzz1gglPK4NZ

how many horror movies have scenes like this you just laugh off as crazy

pebbles21 · 16-12-2011 9:51am

Thats not right on so many levels...

Duggy747 · 16-12-2011 9:58am

Those 2 in the lift would've heard brutal sounds like the life being squeezed out of her and bones cracking.

Final Destination.

jonnyfingers · 16-12-2011 10:04am

Should have taken the stairway to heaven instead. Much nicer way to go.

chin_grin · 16-12-2011 10:05am

Can't trust those Schindler Lifts. RIPieces.

Corvo · 16-12-2011 10:06am

Aaaaannnd there goes my breakfast...

chin_grin · 16-12-2011 10:07am

Griffin1988 wrote: »

Aaaaannnd there goes my breakfast...

I'll have it! Once it's not coming back up and it's still on the plate or in the bowl. Y'know, cos I'm classy like that.

smash · 16-12-2011 10:08am

No pics?

danniemcq · 16-12-2011 10:15am

smash wrote: »

No pics?

yeah but its not great usual crime scene with everything covered etc

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/15/article-1323977096253-0F2F1AA800000578-81379_636x423.jpg

btw handy username for your post

foxyboxer · 16-12-2011 10:37am

This will be an uplifting thread.

stovelid · 16-12-2011 10:48am

Don't really understand how she was crushed or am I just dumb?

If her foot was caught between the inside of the lift and the floor, would it not have just been severed?

CardBordWindow · 16-12-2011 10:50am

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/elevator.asp
Not the first time people have been killed by a lift. Decapitations happen too!

Maybe take the stairs next time!

Sykk · 16-12-2011 10:57am

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lojul1hoB91qgzuxc.jpg

longshanks · 16-12-2011 11:03am

It's ok to make jokes about dead people as long as they're not famous?

DrumSteve · 16-12-2011 11:10am

*Fails to see point in this thread*

danniemcq · 16-12-2011 11:19am

longshanks wrote: »

It's ok to make jokes about dead people as long as they're not famous?

its usually better if they are famous

DrumSteve wrote: »

*Fails to see point in this thread*

fails to see point in your reply

Bruthal · 16-12-2011 11:26am

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Not the first time people have been killed by a lift. Decapitations happen too!

Maybe take the stairs next time!

Even the stairs are not safe, i seen my own leg completely snap on stairs last sunday (while sober:eek:), although they were my own stairs, so i had no lift option available. Thats my squeamish story of the day, or week anyway.

danniemcq · 16-12-2011 11:49am

robbie7730 wrote: »

Even the stairs are not safe, i seen my own leg completely snap on stairs last sunday (while sober:eek:), although they were my own stairs, so i had no lift option available. Thats my squeamish story of the day, or week anyway.

f*ck

i've winced more at this than the original story.

dunno why!

were you wearing trousers or bare skin? could you see the bulge? or did anything pop through?

smash · 16-12-2011 11:53am

danniemcq wrote: »

were you wearing trousers or bare skin? could you see the bulge? or did anything pop through?

Sounds like a porno....

Duggy747 · 16-12-2011 11:56am

danniemcq wrote: »

were you wearing trousers or bare skin? could you see the bulge? or did anything pop through?

Ooooh, matron!

Bruthal · 16-12-2011 11:59am

danniemcq wrote: »

f*ck

i've winced more at this than the original story.

dunno why!

were you wearing trousers or bare skin? could you see the bulge? or did anything pop through?

Had jeans on, could still clearly see leg bent at abnormal angle. Knew instantly it was a complete snap, tibia and fibula both completely broken. Lyin on floor getting mobile out of pocket i was then able to feel the bone ends grating, and see foot flopping a bit. Didnt break through skin, but a seperate fragment shard of the tibia was pressing against skin which i only seen in the hospital. Didnt fancy looking when lying on the hall floor:D

Im more shocked at how it could of happened so easily on stairs at home.