Man, 25, killed while trying to get out of stuck elevator in NYC

NY Daily News ^ | 01/01/2016 | Anthony Izaguirre, Denis Slattery, Sam Costanza, John Annese /

[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.

[TChad]

I guess that’s Elevator Safety 101, but I didn’t know it.

[Graybeard58]

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.

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Happy to know that, I thought I was the only one.