woman saves her two year old son before dying in escalator

Youngblood.III

Note: video is disturbing.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/video-woman-saves-her-two-year-old-son-before-dying-in-escalator-accident-688369.html

Wtf happened here, how could the platform collapse like that?

BrokenArrows

dam. what a horrible way to die.

Saw that video. It's so so sad. The child standing there, not being able to do anything. Also while there's no gore, it's most most definitely NSFW.

Youngblood.III

Worst way to go...EVER

Links234

No way in hell am I watching that video! :eek:

RayCon

I'm not clicking that ....

Sleepy

Don't be too fast to praise the mother. There was a comment on reddit when this was posted there that said she'd knowingly taken the child up the escalator despite being told that it was malfunctioning and the maintenance staff were in the process of trying to turn it off.

Her laziness caused her own death and left her child with a nightmarish last image of his mother.

Samaris

Yeah, just saw that one too in the news. No way was I watching the video. Poor woman.

Ahhh, Reddit, the source of all truth.


"While the cause of the incident is still being investigated, QQ News said that some people have speculated that the floor plates were not locked into place after maintenance works were completed recently." - See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/woman-saves-son-dying-horrific-escalator-accident#sthash.2Pu53brk.dpuf



Maintenance had just been carried out on the escalator at the Anliang department store in Jingzhou in the central province of Hubei, and workers forgot to screw the access cover back into place, the newspaper cited an unnamed source as saying. - See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/china-escalator-swallows-toddlers-mother-report#sthash.wrA4HGsy.dpuf


All a bit speculative, but better than saying "she deserved it" based on some random dude on Reddit.

libelula

What prick video'd the cctv footage and put it online? Seriously.

KKkitty

Must have been awful for the people around who couldn't do anything

For people not willing to watch - she is going up the escalator carrying her child. When she reaches the top, she steps on to the platform at the top, but it collapses under her. She throws the child to someone near her, people run over to try and pull her up, but they can't. The child stands there, unmoving.

Mr. Incognito

There's a limit to what I will watch online.

This is over that threshold.

Hope this story dies asap

Youngblood.III

Some times stories like this need to be published to highlight bad work practices and learn from it.....what are the standards in Ireland to prevent this ever happening?

Youngblood.III

Sleepy wrote: »

Don't be too fast to praise the mother. There was a comment on reddit when this was posted there that said she'd knowingly taken the child up the escalator despite being told that it was malfunctioning and the maintenance staff were in the process of trying to turn it off.

Her laziness caused her own death and left her child with a nightmarish last image of his mother.

I'd say that's bollox, no sign of safety barriers etc up.

Mr. Incognito

Youngblood.III wrote: »

Some times stories like this need to be published to highlight bad work practices and learn fromantic it.....what are the standards in Ireland to prevent this ever happening?

So to make sure our escalators work we need to circulate pictures of a woman dying?

To make sure cancer treatment works should we therefore video links of cancer victims dying?

To make sure cars work do we need to circulate pictures of accident victims?

That's the silliest excuse I have every heard for what is disguisting voyeurism and don't forget the page is saturated with ads.

It's sick. Hey, look at this woman dying. Buy my product.

Samaris

Youngblood.III wrote: »

Some times stories like this need to be published to highlight bad work practices and learn fromantic it.....what are the standards in Ireland to prevent this ever happening?

First, we are not a country that relies on high-rises and while we certainly do have escalators, ofc, we don't rely on them as much as China.

Secondly, we don't fully know what happened yet. Some dude on Reddit says that she disobeyed the maintenance workers and went up before they started work on it (which has given rise to the rather unsympathetic comments above about how she deserved to be killed in an awful way). The online articles so far suggest that the access plate at the top hadn't been resecured properly, and that's what she stood on. So, only other thing i can suggest to do is that it automatically locks into place when closed or at the LEAST when the damned thing is on. I'd be surprised if that wasn't already a thing though, so may be that a catch was faulty on top of someone's inattention.

Youngblood.III

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

So to make sure our escalators work we need to circulate pictures of a woman dying?

To make sure cancer treatment works should we therefore video links of cancer victims dying?

To make sure cars work do we need to circulate pictures of accident victims?

That's the silliest excuse I have every heard for what is disguisting voyeurism and don't forget the page is saturated with ads.

It's sick. Hey, look at this woman dying. Buy my product.

Hide under your bed if the real world upsets you that much...

Youngblood.III

Samaris wrote: »

First, we are not a country that relies on high-rises and while we certainly do have escalators, ofc, we don't rely on them as much as China.

Secondly, we don't fully know what happened yet. Some dude on Reddit says that she disobeyed the maintenance workers and went up before they started work on it (which has given rise to the rather unsympathetic comments above about how she deserved to be killed in an awful way). The online articles so far suggest that the access plate at the top hadn't been resecured properly, and that's what she stood on. So, only other thing i can suggest to do is that it automatically locks into place when closed or at the LEAST when the damned thing is on. I'd be surprised if that wasn't already a thing though, so may be that a catch was faulty on top of someone's inattention.

Yes, you would thing there would be electrical interlocks on the floor plate.

fatherted1969

Horrible stuff alright, it looked like the two at the top were waiting for something so if as someone said earlier that it was malfunctioning then that would make sense to see them at the top waiting. Terrible to look at. See its already on social media. Very little respect being shown as seems to be the norm nowadays

NachoBusiness

I watched it. It's horrifying. Haven't felt that feeling in the pit of my stomach since watching some images of Heysel. When she felt herself in trouble her attention was then solely on the child. Even if it does turn out that she ignored a sign, or warnings, the price she paid was disproportionate to her mistake. Your heart would have to go out to her. What an awful way to die.

fatknacker

Sleepy wrote: »

Don't be too fast to praise the mother. There was a comment on reddit when this was posted there that said she'd knowingly taken the child up the escalator despite being told that it was malfunctioning and the maintenance staff were in the process of trying to turn it off.

Her laziness caused her own death and left her child with a nightmarish last image of his mother.

Bit of a cold thing to say. If it was so dangerous, a sign wouldn't be enough of a deterrent. Signs are easy to not register properly when your mind is elsewhere. Which easily happens in malls.

IvyTheTerrible

Sickening the jokes people are making about a horrible death. If this happened to a J1 student in San Fran, they'd all be sobbing over their computer screens.

Youngblood.III

I Googled escalators, there are emergency stops switches at both ends, so if it was true she went up it despite been told not to, anyone top or bottom could have hit the emergency stop before she got to the top.

So I'd say that story about been told not to travel on it is bull...

Samaris

Youngblood.III wrote: »

I Googled escalators, there are emergency stops switches at both ends, so if it was true she went up it despite been told not to, anyone top or bottom could have hit the emergency stop before she got to the top.

The ONLY mention of "being told not to" is some random internet guy on Reddit. I don't really think we should speculate on stuff at -least- not in print media.

The Backwards Man

Kinda looks like they were waiting for something to happen rather than making sure that something didn't happen alright.

KKkitty

Why weren't barriers put up so no one could use it?

Captain Chaos

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Kinda looks like they were waiting for something to happen rather than making sure that something didn't happen alright.

Pity that the woman that tried to pull her out didn't hit the e stop button instead. Only seconds to think and it's easy to say sitting behind a screen. She may still have been trapped and bled out though. Awful death.

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Youngblood.III

Samaris wrote: »

The ONLY mention of "being told not to" is some random internet guy on Reddit. I don't really think we should speculate on stuff at -least- not in print media.

Don't speculate on speculation of speculators...imo

Streetwalker

Poor woman and child as well as the people who witnessed it. Didn't watch it as avoid those sort of videos.

Paramite Pie

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Pity that the woman that tried to pull her out didn't hit the e stop button instead. Only seconds to think and it's easy to say sitting behind a screen. She may still have been trapped and bled out though. Awful death.

Are there simple 'stop' buttons on escalators? I'd imagine there'd be some sort of key required -- which she may not have had.

I don't want to read the Reddit for this incident -- People who die are not above criticism but there was no barrier, and I don't think anyone could have predicted the floor panel giving way like that. Horrific accident.

GLaDOS

Paramite Pie wrote: »

Are there simple 'stop' buttons on escalators? I'd imagine there'd be some sort of key required -- which she may not have had.

AFAIK all escalators have an emergency stop button.

May not be the case in China and it may not have been possible for her to hit it (I haven't watched the video and I don't think I want to)

retro:electro

I really wish I didn't click on that video. It's not gory but it's shocking. Jesus Christ. Horrible way to die. It would have been too late to hit any emergency button, she was effectively off the escalator. It was the panel you stand on once you come off it that gave way.

ScumLord

Paramite Pie wrote: »

Are there simple 'stop' buttons on escalators? I'd imagine there'd be some sort of key required -- which she may not have had.

No, anyone should be able to stop the escalator, that's the whole point of the button, in many cases there are fines for hitting it without reason.

The two standing at the top are strange, you'd think if they're there to stop people from using the escalator they'd be at the bottom.

Although it's hard to know what kind of corners may have been cut manufacturing and installing the escalator. It's probably not fair on Chinese manufacturers but whenever something fails sub standard Chinese manufacturing is always one of the first things to come to mind.

jobbridge4life

She was gone in a matter of seconds. The two at the top may not have known about the stop button or may have been too shocked/busy trying to physically save her to think of it in the few seconds. The horror of the situation is hard to fathom. RIP.

DakarVert

I'v noticed an emergency stop on some elevators. (I know Dunnes ones have them)

Little Red button on the bottom.


They do work.

Two Sheds

People who go to shopping centres think about .... shopping.:eek: They don't consider whether or not an escalator, lift or light fitting is about to malfunction and kill them. Why should they?

That's why those in charge of such equipment bear full responsibility - no excuses.

SEPT 23 1989

better off dead than being half way through and someone pressing a button

Youngblood.III

No, if the floor panel covers moving parts there should be an interlock of some sort, if the panel fails... instant stopping of the machine.

My name is URL

A Chinese commentator on Reddit said that the escalator had just undergone maintenance and was being tested before the panels were secured, there were warnings not to use the elevator and staff were stopping people from doing so but the woman in the video ignored the warning and got on. Those are mall staff members at the top waiting to help her get off safely because they knew the panel wasn't secure. You can see her husband at the bottom who didn't choose to ignore the warnings.

I don't know if any of that is actually true, but it makes sense imo. They were definitely staff at the top and what other reason would they have for waiting there unless they know that the person shouldn't have been on the escalator

Also you can see by how she was holding the kid prior to the panel giving way that obviously even she knew what to expect.

kupus

There seems to be something off on this story. Why for example did the phone camera pick out this particular woman on an escalator on a bank of screens that he had to choose from.

jamesbere

Not watching it. Don't fancy watching someone's death.

ScumLord

kupus wrote: »

There seems to be something off on this story. Why for example did the phone camera pick out this particular woman on an escalator on a bank of screens that he had to choose from.

They were playing it back. I doubt he had a premonition that it was about to happen.

pmasterson95

jamesbere wrote: »

Not watching it. Don't fancy watching someone's death.

Its blurred out. Not as dramatic a video as some are making it sound. Zero gore tbh.

Still a horrible death she had mind.

Dial Hard

pmasterson95 wrote: »

Its blurred out. Not as dramatic a video as some are making it sound. Zero gore tbh.

Still a horrible death she had mind.

And this is how inured to every aspect of life and death being played out online we've become - 2/10, not enough spatter.

Jesus Christ, people are utter, utter ghouls.

kupus

ScumLord wrote: »

They were playing it back. I doubt he had a premonition that it was about to happen.

I don't know, surely if they were playing it back there would be a lot more chatter and raised voices in the background while it was playing. Now I don't know Chinese but that sounds to me like everyday speech tones and not the tone of conversation you'd have before watching someone mangled on a stairs.

ScumLord

kupus wrote: »

I don't know, surely if they were playing it back there would be a lot more chatter and raised voices in the background while it was playing. Now I don't know Chinese but that sounds to me like everyday speech tones and not the tone of conversation you'd have before watching someone mangled on a stairs.

You're making assumptions about how people would react to watching the video for the second or third time. What are you guessing happened instead of the likely scenario that they just replayed the video?

Supercell

My wife is from the town this happened in.
She found out the backstory to this today - Workers were working on the escalator about 5 minutes before the accident happened. They were not finished and put the cover back on the floor without screws. The girls you see in the video were supposed to warn people coming up the escalator not to step on the panel that wasn't secured. The girl coming up the escalator was distracted by her son and they think she may have misheard and stepped on it with her full weight instead and the rest is history. Apparently all over the city now people are terrified of using the escalators and are taking the stairs.
I'm sorry to say but this is typical of safety standards in China that i have personally witnessed many times, i have seen escalators being worked on in china with no safety barriers around them a lot of times, this was an accident waiting to happen, hopefully this will prevent something like this happening again.

kupus

ScumLord wrote: »

You're making assumptions about how people would react to watching the video for the second or third time. What are you guessing happened instead of the likely scenario that they just replayed the video?

No I'm asking questions. It's what I do. This is the first place I saw this story...
It could be an ad for stair safety for all I know.

biggebruv

Supercell wrote: »

The girls you see in the video were supposed to warn people coming up the escalator not to step on the panel that wasn't secured. The girl coming up the escalator was distracted by her son and they think she may have misheard and stepped on it with her full weight instead and the rest is history.

wouldn't it have made more sense to have one girl at the bottom and one girl at the top to stop entry completely or simple no entry signs this story is horrific

Faith+1

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