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1 posted on 03/26/2017 11:01:48 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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YouTube Video: 18 injured in Hong Kong mall after escalator reverses direction at high speed
2 posted on 03/26/2017 11:02:38 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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This happened in DC about five years ago at one of the METRO exits. I think it happens more often than people think.


3 posted on 03/26/2017 11:13:07 PM PDT by pepsionice
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Stuxnet?


4 posted on 03/26/2017 11:13:44 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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5 posted on 03/26/2017 11:15:28 PM PDT by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen)
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They were celebrating Beijing puppet, Carrie Lam’s election.


8 posted on 03/26/2017 11:55:24 PM PDT by mindburglar (When Superman and Batman fight, the only winner is crime.)
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Local media outlet Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) quoted an injured passenger as saying that the escalator was going “twice as fast.”

No. It reversed direction going MANY times faster, maybe five times as fast!

9 posted on 03/27/2017 12:09:57 AM PDT by roadcat
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Since it was the UP escalator, the drive appears to have broken and gravity caused it to reverse. As the weight came off it slowed then stopped moving.


11 posted on 03/27/2017 3:36:15 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
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Aiiiiiiii. I was scared of escalators as a child, then an attorney I know has made a lot of money fighting for victims of escalators so I know all the horror stories. I think my fear is coming back. Where are the stairs??


16 posted on 03/27/2017 11:31:29 AM PDT by Yaelle
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It could have been worse.
18 posted on 03/27/2017 4:31:11 PM PDT by Trillian
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