Woman crushed to death stepping onto an elevator. Horrified onlookers treated at hospital for "psych - Polidicks

[release]Updated 3:31 p.m. | A 41-year-old advertising executive at Y&R was crushed to death Wednesday by an elevator at the company’s Madison Avenue headquarters when the door closed on her leg and the car shot up, pinning her between the floor of the elevator and the ceiling of the elevator entrance, the authorities said. “She was stepping in and the elevator shot up,” a law enforcement official said. A man and a woman already in the elevator could only watch helplessly. The woman, Suzanne Hart, a director of new business content and experience at Y&R, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which happened around 10 a.m. at 285 Madison Avenue, a 28-story building at the corner of 40th Street. A Fire Department official described the accident as follows: Her foot or her leg are heading into the elevator while the door is open. Her one foot is in the car; but then, the doors close on her leg and the elevator shoots upward. And she is just kind of yanked up with it. Then, the elevator car becomes pinned between the first and second floor. It seems like her body is what stops the elevator’s movement. The official said that it took about an hour just to remove the two other passengers, who were not hurt but were taken to New York University Langone Medical Center. “I don’t think any physical injuries,” he said. “It is just what they saw, traumas.” Ms. Hart’s body remained jammed in the elevator for considerably longer, stuck in what is called the blind shaft between the first and second floors, the official said. Ms. Hart’s father, Alex Hart, was beside himself with grief. “She was the most marvelous daughter imaginable,” he said by phone from his home in Florida, weeping as he spoke. “No father could have ever been more proud of her.” At 285 Madison Avenue, as firefighters and emergency medical technicians swarmed the mosaic-tiled lobby of the 85-year-old building, a stream of employees emerged into the street, many of them distraught. A woman who said she had worked in the building for 15 years said she had never heard of any serious problems with the elevator that shot up suddenly, which serves the second through 12th floors. But elevators at the building received four “unsatisfactory” inspections in the last two years and one where a defect was found, according to the Department of Buildings records. It was not immediately clear if the the elevator that malfunctioned was one of the ones that received a bad inspection. There are 13 elevators at the building. Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, who pointed out the bad inspections, called on the Buildings Department to “mount a full investigation.” The building is also home to several other agencies, including Kang & Lee, Blast Radius, BrandBuzz and Bravo. All of them, including Y&R, formerly known as Young & Rubicam, announced this month that they were moving out of the building. Y&R’s C.E.O., David Sable, sent out a statement to employees, The New York Observer reported. “I am deeply saddened to tell you that our beloved Suzanne Hart was killed,” it read in part. “Suzanne was, in fact, a member of my team and someone I worked closely with, truly respected and, quite simply, adored. Yesterday, I sat at lunch with her and I know this news will be shocking to all of you, as it is to me.” At 285 Madison Avenue Wednesday afternoon, the mood was one of shock. A worker in the building said that none of the elevators were running. A few months ago, Ms. Hart and her boyfriend moved from their apartment on Carmine Street in Greenwich Village to a townhouse in Brooklyn Heights. At her old building on Carmine Street where Ms. Hart lived for almost 10 years described her as an affable, straightforward person who seemed to have little to hide. “A very, very nice gal,” said Jack Whelan, a 61 year old hairdresser who invited Ms. Hart up for his Christmas parties. Andrea Meyer who lives on the fourth floor, said that she and Ms. Hart frequently joked and commiserated about their mutual desire to shed a few pounds. One day, Ms. Meyer saw Ms. Hart and commented on how great she looked. Ms. Hart beamed, and replied that she had finally lost the weight. “She was always trying to lose ten pounds like me, and when she did, she was so excited,” Ms. Meyer said. A few years ago, Ms. Hart’s boyfriend moved in with her, and then about a year ago they began talking about their plan to move into an apartment in Brooklyn with a garden. “That was exciting for her,” Ms. Meyer said, “They were really looking forward to having a backyard.” Stuart Elliott, Cara Buckley and Tim Stelloh contributed reporting.[/release] [url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/three-hurt-in-midtown-elevator-plunge-one-critically/?hp]Source: The New York Times[/url] [release](CBS/AP) NEW YORK - An advertising executive was killed in a freak elevator mishap Wednesday at a Madison Avenue office building, police and fire officials said. The accident happened at around 10 a.m. in a 26-story office tower near Grand Central Terminal that has been the longtime home of advertising agency Y&R, formerly known as Young & Rubicam. The New York Times identified the victim as 41-year-old Y&R executive Suzanne Hart. Officials said Hart was stepping onto the elevator on the first floor when either her foot or leg became caught in the closing doors. The car then rose abruptly, dragging her body into the shaft and killing her, officials said. The elevator then became stuck between the first and second floors. Two people who were on the elevator were taken to a hospital to be evaluated for psychological trauma but weren't physically injured, Fire Department officials said. Investigators with the fire department, the police department and the city's buildings department were on the scene in midtown Manhattan. A spokeswoman for Y&R, which announced just days ago that it planned to vacate the building for a new headquarters, confirmed that there had been a fatality but said she couldn't yet provide additional information. According to her LinkedIn profile, Hart was the Director of New Business, Content and Experience at Y&R, where she has worked since 2007. She was a 1988 graduate of Palos Verdes High School in Calif. and she earned a BA in Fine Art and International Relations from Knox College. There have reportedly been elevator violations in the building, but it's unclear from when or from which of the building's elevators, CBS New York reports. The company is among a number of tenants in the building. Officials initially said they thought the elevator had fallen two floors.[/release] [url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57342949/woman-killed-in-freak-nyc-elevator-accident/]Source: CBS News[/url] It sounds like she had one foot in the elevator, and one foot still on the floor, when the elevator moved. What a way to go. :saddowns:

Holy fuck

Jesus Christ Even more horrible than that one death by an escalator.

Never trust an elevator.

Oh god

Death by elevator is probably one of my greatest fears, especially as they're so common

imagine being in the elevator like those two people were :o

The reason i used to be afraid of elevators

Ugh her leg being torn off her body as the elevator goes up :pwn:

man something in my mind really wishes i saw it ugh i just cant picture this

[QUOTE=mankind_me;33722381]Death by elevator is probably one of my greatest fears, especially as they're so common[/QUOTE] I don't think they're actually all that common.

[QUOTE=Benlecyborg;33722392]I don't know about you guys, but I can not stand going in elevators. If there is a stairs alternative I always take that.[/QUOTE] I totally agree my brothers love going into an elevator but me? NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

My expression while reading this was one of pure horror.

I dont get how this happened, unless its a really old elevator. There's safeties in place to stop things like this happening.

any pictures?

As a little kid I feared elevators, I sort of still do if I get in a really crowded one or small one. Now I'm back to fearing them a bit more.

I prefer stairs Generally more safer, and if you fall the only one you can blame is yourself

[QUOTE=Mmrnmhrm;33722430]I don't think they're actually all that common.[/QUOTE] They are getting more common though

I wonder how long the two people were in the elevator with this woman's mangled body. That's fucking terrifying.

[QUOTE=gRuKz;33722459]any pictures?[/QUOTE] Dont even fucking ask.

Jesus Christ how horrifying.

This reminded me of Final Destination 2. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBM97HG8gmY[/media]

Yeah, I would need to be treated for psychological trauma too if an elevator fucking ATE SOMEBODY right in front of me. Christ, you get up and go to work like a normal day, and out of nowhere the elevator rips you apart. Insane.

[QUOTE=gRuKz;33722459]any pictures?[/QUOTE] The fuck is wrong with you?

fuuck this, what a horrible way to die and what an even worse sight for the people in the elevator

wasn't there a final destination scene close to something like this [editline]14th December 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Stockers678;33722565]This reminded me of Final Destination 2. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBM97HG8gmY[/media][/QUOTE] that's the one

Fear of elevators initiated.

Okay that's it let's just design new elevators that don't do fucked up shit like this no matter what.

I don't get how this killed her, could someone explain it to me?

Did anyone get reminded of that scene in The Nun where the elevator gets stuck between two floors and the fat chick tries to climb out but the elevator falls down while her arms were out of it?