Ewwww

[litch]

Good Gods this is just ugly.

Hitoshi Nikaidoh, 35, was stepping into a second-floor elevator at Christus St. Joseph Hospital Saturday morning when the doors suddenly closed, pinning his shoulders. His head was severed when the elevator car moved upward.

A hospital employee witnessed the accident and spent about 20 minutes trapped inside the elevator before firefighters rescued her.

Can you imagine?! This poor woman standing in the elevator, doors start to close and this guy rushes to try and make it, he gets stuck, there's an initial moment of humor at the rediculous situation then the danger starts to sink in and this horrible slow decapitation with the guy screaming right at her feet. And then being stuck in the closed little room with his severed head rolling around on the floor.

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[trav23.livejournal.com]

i've had a bit of background elevatorphobia the last couple years that i've been unable to account for other than the really sad apparent state of the elevators in some of the buildings i've been working in. this bit of the article kinda scares me tho:
Elevators and escalators kill about 30 and injure about 17,100 people each year in the United States, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

now someone tell me why revolving doors have started to freak me out. i never used to worry about things like this, but now i'll avoid revolving doors if there's the option..