[Westside]

This must have been a bit scary for those involved.

CHICAGO - Three hours after plunging 84 floors, six people were freed from a broken elevator in the former John Hancock Center, WBBM reported.

A hoist rope broke just after midnight Friday morning, sending the express elevator filled with guests from the 95th floor Signature Room, to the lobby. It finally stopped on the 11th floor. It stopped because several other hoist ropes remained connected and were able to bring the falling lift to a stop, WBBM reported.

WLS reported that two hoist ropes broke and that the rescue took two hours.

Now the elevator and two others are closed as crews repair the mechanics and investigators try to figure out what caused the rope to snap.

https://www.boston25news.com/news/nation...mWg01IhgiA

[Westside]

I lived on the 14th floor of a dorm at EKU. I had a friend who was scared of riding on the elevator. Anytime we would get on it, I would start jumping up and down and it would scare him to death. I always got a kick out of scaring him.

[RunItUpTheGut]

It seems there should be better fail safes on elevators