Posted on 01/01/2016 1:07:41 PM PST by BenLurkin
Stephen Hewett-Brown was trying to escape a stalled elevator in the apartment building on Broome St. near Pitt St. in Manhattan, police said.
He was trapped around 11:30 p.m. when the lift started moving.
"She started going in, but the elevator started going down and he pushed her out,†Coronado said, translating for the Spanish-speaking woman. "He said 'Happy New Year' and pushed her out."
It was sheer chance that the man was even in the elevator to aid Sanchez, Coronado said. He was told the hero didn't live in the 26-story building but had come from the Bronx to attend a New Year's Eve party.
Coronado said he and other residents desperately dialed 911, but help didn't come for 20 to 30 minutes.
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good, brave kid. saved a life.
Elevator hero wished woman 'Happy New Year' before being crushed to death
A 25-year-old man wished 'Happy New Year' to a woman just before he saved her life by shoving her from a faulty elevator that suddenly took a plunge - but the brave act cost him his own life, witnesses said.
Tragedy. With a sense of heroism on the victim’s part. Someone’s gonna get sued big time for wrongful death.
Circuit Breakers on Automatic Reset, I’ll bet.
Apparently he saved this woman - what a selfless act. Well done, sir - please more of these men.
RIP.
Too bad the MSM doesn’t hail our heroes, civilian and military. You just never know when you’re going to encounter honor and courage, but there’s a lot more of it in the U.S. than the elites want us to know about.
Just damn.
Coronado said he and other residents desperately dialed 911, but help didn't come for 20 to 30 minutes.When seconds count, help is minutes away.*
More and more I read something in a news story and STILL have no idea what actually happened. The mechanics of all of this isn’t at all plain to me.
Near as I can tell they were both stuck on the elevator (possibly between floors) and somehow got the door open.
She exited safely, but as he was crawling out the elevator moved and crushed him.
But then, I have a very active imagination.
That’s as good as any because I’m with TalBlack in it not making sense.
Elevator systems are designed for safety, but the very fact an elevator is stuck between floors indicates something is wrong with one or several of these systems...Or a brief power outage...No matter which, an intermitent fault or outage may allow the car to resume operation at any second...You will have no warning the car is about to move...
Pickup the emergency phone in the car and talk to security, they will call the FD, or use a cell phone to call 9-1-1 if you have reception...
Once help is contacted, DO NOT attempt to self rescue by opening the elevator door from your side, or attempt to crawl thru the opening onto the floor above or jump out to the floor below...
If the car resumes operation you will be crushed as this young man was...
Sit down and wait for FD...Firefighters will locate the car, make contact with you thru the doors, send a FF to the elevator penthouse to shut off power to your car, open doors from their side, and use a folding ladder to bring you up or take you down thru the opening...
Power to the car must be shut off before anyone crosses the threshold of an elevator door to avoid this kind of mishap...
What’s a 20-30 min wait compared to this outcome?
Sad end for a heroic effort! RIP, hero!
Years ago, when I was a teenager, I worked in a restaurant that had a rickety old service elevator that was probably built in the late 1800s. My job was to take the trash to the dumpster at the ground level or bring supplies up from ground level. This elevator was the kind where you had to open the door yourself to get in and out. Often it did not line up with the floor and I had to step or crawl out of it often. I guess I am very lucky to still be here today.
Other skills besides literacy are required to get through journalism school these days.
Instantly to heaven!!
This is an incredibly poorly written story.
I cannot make heads or tails out of it.
Words to live by.
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