Posted on 03/07/2016 2:57:17 PM PST by nickcarraway
A 43-year-old woman was found dead in an elevator in China after possibly being trapped for a month.
A maintenance crew was called to inspect a malfunctioning elevator in a residential building in the Gaoling district of Xi’an on Jan. 30, according to a local government statement.
The elevator had stopped between the 10th and 11th floors, so workers yelled from the 11th floor to see if anyone was inside instead of opening the doors to check. They did not hear an answer, and then cut off the power supply leaving the elevator stuck midway.
When they returned on March 1 to fix it — after the Lunar New Year holiday — they discovered the body.
The woman, who lived in the building, may have died more than 30 days ago.
According to neighbors, the woman had a history of mental illness and lived alone.
Local authorities said they had arrested two of the elevator maintenance crew and were investigating the companies responsible for the building’s management and elevator maintenance.
An autopsy ruled out the possibility of homicide.
We'd have to ask your wife that question. :o)
So much for GOOGLE. Lol.
Of course not! I KNOW they can’t put anything on the Internet that isn’t true.
Now that I think about it, I probably drink while I’m sleeping.
You can make it about 3 DAYS without water. Miserable, but survivable. The limit for how long you can go without food depends on body mass and fat content, but about 3 weeks is a decent estimate.
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Good guessimating.
So much for GOOGLE as a source.
Sex? WAY too personal...and people DO lie.
Three minutes without air
Three hours without heat (in subzero temps, without the right gear).
Three days without water
Three weeks without food. (some of us have a little more reserve than that).
Neighbors didn’t seem to think so I guess
I was trapped once, too. Apparently that’s not too uncommon.
I pride the doors open after about half an hour. Climbed out. Did have a flashback of all those movie scenes where the elevator becomes a guillotine as I was crawling out. Shudder.
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My husband was a sleep walker until he married ... and that would be with ME. After that...he never moved.
Seven days without sex makes one weak.
Sounds right.
Sex?
Well then I’m a zombie. Lol.
Pried*
Aw, that's sad.
Ick!
I got the gold mine, she got the shaft...
I would say that she was trapped until she was dead. After that she was dead.
Three hours????? Surely you mean three days.
Well, we don’t really know how long we suffered.
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