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China aghast as woman crushed by escalator at shopping mall
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-woman-eaten-escalator-20150727-story.html ^

Posted on 07/27/2015 8:09:16 PM PDT by MNDude

The scene can only be described as horrific: On an otherwise unremarkable morning, a woman is riding up a shopping center escalator in central China with her son. When she reaches the top and begins to disembark, she steps onto a metal footplate covering the machinery. The plate collapses, dropping the woman into the gears. She shoves her child into the arms of two mall employees, and is crushed to death.

Security-camera video of the incident (Note: The video contains disturbing images.) hit Chinese social media late Sunday, hours after it occurred, with local media identifying the woman as Xiang Liujuan, 30. In a rapidly urbanizing country still plagued by shoddy construction standards and poor building maintenance, the news spread like wildfire.

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To: tumblindice; All

“It just ate her up. What kind of civil engineer would make a death trap like that?”

I suppose all escalators have that big plate at the top that covers the machinery. I had not realized that. If it gives way, you are swallowed fast, no way to get yourself out, nothing to grab to stop the fall into the machinery.

You don’t see gore and blood, but you do see her falling in. If you don’t look at it to see what happened, there is a very large metal plate, maybe four feet by four feet, it’s large, at the top of the escalator, and the whole plate fell in. Look at the top of an escalator the next time you are on one, and see how big that plate is.


41 posted on 07/27/2015 9:54:26 PM PDT by Marcella (TED CRUZ ; Prepping can save your life today.)
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To: tumblindice

This tragedy may be the result of China’s building boom.
Too much construction is being slapped together too fast, and often without thorough inspection before usage.


42 posted on 07/27/2015 9:55:43 PM PDT by lee martell (The sag)
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To: MNDude
I was just watching Telemundo and they played the entire thing without warning!

Glad I switched from Telemundo after the Gran Final of Tierra de Reyes.

43 posted on 07/27/2015 10:09:15 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: roadcat

In the 70s, the Sears escalator caught my gramma’s shoe and nearly pulled her foot in.

I’ve hated those infernal contraptions ever since.

When I have no other choice and *must* use one, I jump off before the steps ever reach the top.


44 posted on 07/27/2015 10:13:41 PM PDT by Salamander (We're ALL Dixie, now.)
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To: sockmonkey

I was just waiting to watch the weather!


45 posted on 07/27/2015 10:14:04 PM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: Jonty30

That’s funny right there.


46 posted on 07/27/2015 10:49:15 PM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Have you seen the vid of Obama trapped on an escalator?

http://youtu.be/ZYexOlC0CXw


47 posted on 07/27/2015 10:52:34 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: MNDude

Ever seen the video of the Chinese car crash test?

It’s horrific even with dummies inside instead of people.


48 posted on 07/28/2015 12:59:18 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: MNDude

I too will take your word for it that it is horrific.
I can’t stand to watch Obama, Boehner, Pelosi, etc on TV, much less this.


49 posted on 07/28/2015 7:41:11 AM PDT by Verbosus (/* No Comment */)
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