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Originally Posted by speeder
...the doors open and there is no car and people step in anyway and fall to their death.
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Originally Posted by DRONE
Ask Sterling Moss
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Originally Posted by speeder
Why?
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In March 2010, 80-year old Sir Stirling Moss, the legendary former racer,
fell three stories down an elevator shaft at his London home, suffering two broken ankles, four broken bones in his foot, and four chipped vertebrae. Somehow, he managed to survive, and went on to live another 10 years, passing away at age 90.
Back in the late 1950s, there was a TV series called 'The Man and the Challenge' in which scientist/adventurer Dr. Glenn Barton (played by George Nader) is recruited by the govt. for high-risk missions. In one episode that I remember, Barton was in an elevator that suddenly starts to free fall. In order to absorb some of the impact from the sudden stop, he grabs onto a light fixture and holds himself up close to the ceiling. Of course, this being TV, he comes away unscathed, but I doubt this would work in the real world.