How to survive a falling elevator: Step 1: Don’t take the elevator. Step 2: Take the stairs instead. Step 3: You’ll be more healthy and fit after a while. Step 4: You’ll live a longer life.
most elevator is in more than 5 story building, climb to that high is quite tired( I can't speak english properly at this moment, but definitely i will in the future
@@user-cd3ov1zq5s and sometimes not really that healthy Recently in our country, there were some people died as they tried to run the staircase to a very high floor
This is literally my biggest fear, I even dream about it sometimes. I am really glad I found this video. Thank you so much how to survive, now I have a less fear but still fear :)
They should say on the elevators if they have emergency back ups. I was in a falling elevator in NewYork city. Lucky emergency brakes activated. I don't want to be in one without those brakes.
@@lovep1474 elevator technician told me that for the most part the elevators are pretty safe here. I literally saw this ladies leg get chopped off when she was stepping out of the elevator when the cord snapped. Yeah I'm the Us it's definitely a must but I doubt it's a law... The elevator technician told me to use the stairs in other countries.. . 😳
First tip: Elevator will never free fall. Physically cannot happen. Otis himself designed elevators to have so many anti fail mechanisms so you would NEVER EVER fall. Elevators are not scary, they have too many failsafes. Sleep well tonight y’all :)
Lifts basically never fall down the shaft. The recent times where it has happened it's been lifts on building sites, not open to the public and under construction or temporary. There are far far far more deaths from climbing stairs
Can we talk about how elevators are more likely to fall up because of the counter weight? And most videos in this video are of it falling up but they never mention what to do in that situation?
Hmm... I'd imagine you'd adopt a similar position. Either way when you impact, you're probably going to be thrown pretty hard against the ceiling/floor right? So protecting your head with your hands and laying down would decrease that force either way I think.
This is literally my biggest nightmare.. I beg parents to let me use the stairs but they say no your not going up six flights of stairs. And heres my other fear- im on the highest floor and the building collapses.
Lifts literally never fall down the shaft, it's impossible, and if you're near the bottom of a building and it collapses, you'll just have more rubble on top of you
I got caught in an elevator in a skyscraper many years ago. The electromagnetic breaks saved us. However, we were stuck inside for over 2 hours. I had to pee the entire time. Since then I never go into an elevator without using the bathroom first.
In the 80s My father a 5 foot 4 inches man was calling out to someone from an empty elevator shaft and suddenly the elevator fell on him and he landed the elevator on shoulder while he vomited out a stream of blood gave out a huge cry and passed out with the elevator still on his shoulder, I wonder if there is footage of him somewhere but yes things happen.
This is a case of freely falling elevator.So this will be a case of weightlessness instead of feeling heavier weight coz net acceleration of the system comprising of the elevator with the person inside is in downward direction!
1. Cab falls upwards in 90% of crashes 2. If cab somehow falls down- there is safety gear and speed governor (90% of them works in downward direction ONLY which is just dumb)
I've survived a falling elevator before. Falling from 3rd Floor. The emergency brakes activated at the ground floor before it fell again to the basement. Took 25mins for the maintenance guys to unlock the elevator. Its just seconds before the impact.
Here's my story... there the worst I climb 8 floors to my home everyday than rather go in an elevator a few days ago when I was really tired and I was with a friend the doors had a hard time closing but we thought nothing of it suddenly the outside door closed but the inside was open... and we got stuck WE COULD FREE FALL then the elevator started shaking and open a little keep in mind the bell wasn't working and our elevator aren't the cheap ones anyway so idk how this happened we were screaming for help as loud as we could but no one heard us... the doors opened a bit and I ran our knowing there was a chance I could be pulled up but was my friend was coming out the elevator door slightly got narrow and she got stuck I started pulling her and got her out... we've never used the elevator since BTW: IK yall don't care
This is not true negative gravitational acceleration like plummeting down towards earth makes you weigh less not heavier so actually you can float in there due to the high acceleration and so just grab something on the roof to impact the fall.
I use a wheelchair. Would it be safest to stay sitting in it or should you still try to lie on the floor instead? And if there’s another person in there, is there any way you could try to ensure their survival, even at the cost of your own life if necessary? Like, if you lie on the floor and let the other person lie on top of you, would that reduce the impact for them?
Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance- wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..
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He is not like other broker's that will start telling you stories and excuses why they trade didn't go well after collecting your money, doubted it too before until I gave it a try...and it was of no regrets
If the elevator shaft is normal, with all the doors shut (because the elevator is not "at" a particular floor), the elevator will be cushioned a lot by the air trapped underneath it. And if it's a recently made elevator, where particular attention is given to having an elevator "well fitted" to the elevator shaft, that cushion will be incredibly effective in slowing down the max drop speed. But what to do to maximize survival? When you start the drop, whip off your belt, lift the roof door (ALL Elevators have them) enough to trap the buckle above the roof door. Get a good grip on the belt, suspending yourself under the roof door, and hold on for dear life. The force of impact when the elevator hits bottom will almost certainly make you lose your grip on the belt, but NOT before you have expended a considerable amount of your momentum. Possibly even reducing it by half. Possibly changing a fatal accident into an impact that breaks no bones. Also aiding you will be that the elevator roof, on impact, will bend downward with you, at a diminished speed, and improve the effectiveness of your belt-grip deceleration . The object is to survive...not look cool.
@@deanstrachan448 didn't say it was the be-all-and-end-all, but simple physics that the better the air blockage below the elevator the more speed restriction, however slight that might be.
In 2013 I happened to be inside an elevator when it fell down. I didn't do anything but shouting Nooooo!!!! I destabilized, my legs bent, my knees hit each other with mild rupture of the meniscus, my left foot levitated and my right foot absorbed most of the impact. Both the tibia and fibula were broken, as well as the five metatarsals. My back hit one of the walls, one of my thumbs suffered a slight hurt and that was it. I ended sitting on the floor, and a few minutes later the pain started along with bruises everywhere. But I'm here, still alive. There have been consequences, the principal one is the post-traumatc stress disorder. I've never used an elevator again and I suffer from time to time some pain in one of my knees.
It is literally impossible for any modern elevator to free fall. They all have braking systems in them and redundant cabling. My mother was in a free fall when she was a little girl (1920s) before these standards were put in place. She was not hurt but several of the adults were. To her last day, she would not enter an elevator that didn't say "Otis" on the threshold because she had been told that they were the first to put in these braking systems.
If you get two friends to hold a board and have you standing on it. then they let go of the board you will feel no pain. Now repeat but lie flat on the board. when the board hits the ground you will feel significant impact pain even at this modest height. What matters is the magnitude of the change in acceleration and the impact time as in how much time it takes for the change in acceleration to occur. Observe any animal jumping from a height and it will hold its body in such a position to create the longest impact time possible, thus spreading the change in acceleration over a longer time period. this slows down the change in acceleration at any one time for the softest landing possible. Landing on a hard surface in a flat lying position will create a hard bone shattering impact. The same laws of Physics hold true inside a falling elevator.
If elevators plummeted to your death, they probably wouldn’t have been a business. The bar is actually widening is as you fall, so it is impossible for it to happen
1. don’t jump before it hits the bottom
2. don’t brace yourself
3. lay down & protect head with hands
4. don’t stress, stay calm and enjoy the ride 🤪
XD THATS FUNNY I CANT BREATHE 🤣🤣🤣 (Enjoy the ride)
Enjoy tHe Ride...... Hmmm nice tip
5. Die
@@funibikeman6769 that is a best tip lol
Lol
How to survive a falling elevator:
Step 1: Don’t take the elevator.
Step 2: Take the stairs instead.
Step 3: You’ll be more healthy and fit after a while.
Step 4: You’ll live a longer life.
most elevator is in more than 5 story building, climb to that high is quite tired( I can't speak english properly at this moment, but definitely i will in the future
# tooofftopic
@@Houtarou_Hyouka_Unforgiven aww that's ok and i see your point
@@user-cd3ov1zq5s and sometimes not really that healthy
Recently in our country, there were some people died as they tried to run the staircase to a very high floor
@@Houtarou_Hyouka_Unforgiven I live in USA. Also, what did you mean by not that healthy?
"But if you feel anxious, just take the stairs." - That made my day. xD
Yes
I have a phobia of elevators, whenever my family takes the elevator I’m always like, guys can we take the stairs
Yeah
@@hopnop3781 bro I feel you.
BUT WHAT IF THERE IS NO STAIRS dun dun daa
This is literally my biggest fear, I even dream about it sometimes. I am really glad I found this video. Thank you so much how to survive, now I have a less fear but still fear :)
OK
I subed to you
The Elevator can't fall down there are 6 Safety Brakes and the Elevator is not heavy enough because of the Brake Weight
Same
Me too
His voice sounds quite similar to "What if"....!!!
It's him!
It's his second channel
Its Him :)
It's. Him. Lol it's his second channel
@@venkatlaxmiagir8641 hey
They should say on the elevators if they have emergency back ups. I was in a falling elevator in NewYork city. Lucky emergency brakes activated. I don't want to be in one without those brakes.
That's terrible
I’m sure the emergency brakes are a standard bylaw in North America. It is in Canada.
@@lovep1474 elevator technician told me that for the most part the elevators are pretty safe here. I literally saw this ladies leg get chopped off when she was stepping out of the elevator when the cord snapped. Yeah I'm the Us it's definitely a must but I doubt it's a law... The elevator technician told me to use the stairs in other countries.. . 😳
@@shannonodwyer2353 OMG, that’s my worst fear, elevator dropping while I’m trying to walk out 😣 Did she survive?
Stairs are my new best friend now-
Same
This can't happen.
Unless if you’re an Omori fan
1:14 1:16 1:19
That sounds like a story for another: How to Survive!!
Haha😂
What if .?
Lol
I just woke up from a dream of a falling elevator, so naturally I had to look up how to survive it.
Me to
Same here
Same
First tip:
Elevator will never free fall. Physically cannot happen. Otis himself designed elevators to have so many anti fail mechanisms so you would NEVER EVER fall. Elevators are not scary, they have too many failsafes. Sleep well tonight y’all :)
There is places in the world where the safety of elevators is not a big priority where the chance of falling is much higher...
@@a64738but you realise in most caress elevators/lifts fall UPWARDS not downwards.
Uhhhh this could not be less true
Step 0: never take that elevator
Just take the stairs it's much healthier
But handicapped people have to take elevators, even though stairs are healthier.
@@whoknows7889 true
@@anandprasad4038 yeah. And some people care to say otherwise.
Lol
Je
When I saw this video I never want to go in a elevator again
Lifts basically never fall down the shaft. The recent times where it has happened it's been lifts on building sites, not open to the public and under construction or temporary. There are far far far more deaths from climbing stairs
@@grassytramtracks well at least we can have proper control of our body and we won’t fall many stairs😭😭😭
I thought it was gonna be something more like: Have a tiny bouncy castle in your backpack that opens like a parachute
*PLEASE KEEP YOUR ARMS AND LEGS INSIDE THE RIDE AT ALL TIMES*
LOL
Can we talk about how elevators are more likely to fall up because of the counter weight? And most videos in this video are of it falling up but they never mention what to do in that situation?
Hmm... I'd imagine you'd adopt a similar position. Either way when you impact, you're probably going to be thrown pretty hard against the ceiling/floor right? So protecting your head with your hands and laying down would decrease that force either way I think.
This is literally my biggest nightmare..
I beg parents to let me use the stairs but they say no your not going up six flights of stairs.
And heres my other fear- im on the highest floor and the building collapses.
Please don't believe this. Lifts/Elevators cannot fall down.
It doesn’t really matter when you are in a collapsing building
Lifts literally never fall down the shaft, it's impossible, and if you're near the bottom of a building and it collapses, you'll just have more rubble on top of you
Haven't they uploaded this before????
Like... 5 months ago... It's there.
Yess correct even I saw the same thing
My friend actually had an elevator crash to the floor but the thing is he started falling on the second floor and survived standing up
Hey Peter, u should mention this channel on what if, so that way more people would be watching these videos that u make
He does in some of his videos.. That's how I found this channel...
Why will you feel heavy when failing down under the force of gravity?
You should be feeling weightlessness.
I wondered the exact same thing. That sounds contradictory to me
Exactly...the only way one will feel heavy is when they move up with high speed.
@@swarupdas1422 yeah😊
He meant at the time of impact
He’s talking about bracing yourself at the time of impact.
Thank you! I’m taking stairs from now onwards.
Way more people die on stairs than in lifts. Lifts never fall down the shaft. Ever
"lay down and press ur chubbiest part against the floor" yah no shit. i'm either jumping or would take the stairs.
I got caught in an elevator in a skyscraper many years ago. The electromagnetic breaks saved us. However, we were stuck inside for over 2 hours. I had to pee the entire time. Since then I never go into an elevator without using the bathroom first.
Your channel is excellent made. It is fantastic and perfect to subscribe.
Ah, the voice ie here
Gay ?
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@@turfuss1133 I also love his voice
Really you are buly
#stogy cap/zach
The part about laying down is scary!!! A falling Elevator, and you're laying down??!! 🤔
Elevators rarely ever fall
They have a electric brake with the rest position as a clamp and electricity is needed to keep it open
In the 80s My father a 5 foot 4 inches man was calling out to someone from an empty elevator shaft and suddenly the elevator fell on him and he landed the elevator on shoulder while he vomited out a stream of blood gave out a huge cry and passed out with the elevator still on his shoulder, I wonder if there is footage of him somewhere but yes things happen.
They do fall!
What if : you will die like this
How to survive : i know how can i hep you.. 😁😂
*laughs*
Don’t brace yourself is right. Have you ever tied your shoelaces while going down an elevator then try getting up? You’ll fight intense gravity.
Is that Brennan from college humour in the beginning?
I never use an escalator unless I absolutely MUST. I’ll let my thighs burn walking up and down the steps
This is a case of freely falling elevator.So this will be a case of weightlessness instead of feeling heavier weight coz net acceleration of the system comprising of the elevator with the person inside is in downward direction!
I am a physics teacher and I show this video to my students so they learn to be skeptical about what they watch on the internet.
And what I'd it goes through the ceiling instead? This, falling and being crushed in-between doors are the most common elevator related events.
how to survive a falling elevator
1, dont take the elevator
1, take the stairs instead
3, your legs will be exercised
4, live
Bro lifts cannot fall down idiot
Them: *stays calm*
Me: panics like I’ve never before
Omg no the hotdog!
1 do not jump 2 don't brace yourself 3 get down 4 don't stress out. 5 protect yourself with you hands and legs
3:05 got mr
I got stuck one time too in the elevator BUT I ESCAPED BECAUSE THE EMERGENCY PHONE CALL BUTTON WAS WORKING WHEN I WAS IN SINGAPORE 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Same
( true story )When i was small i was with my parents and i pressed the 0 button my parents run fast at the stairs lol
i laughed when he said "noooooooooooo" that was so funny
Just discovered the second channel. You should promote it more often.
1. Cab falls upwards in 90% of crashes
2. If cab somehow falls down- there is safety gear and speed governor (90% of them works in downward direction ONLY which is just dumb)
I've survived a falling elevator before. Falling from 3rd Floor. The emergency brakes activated at the ground floor before it fell again to the basement. Took 25mins for the maintenance guys to unlock the elevator. Its just seconds before the impact.
Thank-you sir. 🙏🙏🙏
I'm officially traumatized of elevators ty very much
This is why i HATE AND FEAR elevators
U are so close to 1 million subs
Here's my story... there the worst I climb 8 floors to my home everyday than rather go in an elevator a few days ago when I was really tired and I was with a friend the doors had a hard time closing but we thought nothing of it suddenly the outside door closed but the inside was open... and we got stuck WE COULD FREE FALL then the elevator started shaking and open a little keep in mind the bell wasn't working and our elevator aren't the cheap ones anyway so idk how this happened we were screaming for help as loud as we could but no one heard us... the doors opened a bit and I ran our knowing there was a chance I could be pulled up but was my friend was coming out the elevator door slightly got narrow and she got stuck I started pulling her and got her out... we've never used the elevator since
BTW: IK yall don't care
I will never go in a elevator again
Now I can survive a cop or an armed criminal chase with this (when I'm in elevator, they might shoot in one of its ropes)
Here’s a topic:how to survive a black hole
This is not true negative gravitational acceleration like plummeting down towards earth makes you weigh less not heavier so actually you can float in there due to the high acceleration and so just grab something on the roof to impact the fall.
The mans no at the start didn’t sound like a no from a man who’s about to die
He sounds so bored and sarcastic... 🤣🤭😏
I use a wheelchair. Would it be safest to stay sitting in it or should you still try to lie on the floor instead? And if there’s another person in there, is there any way you could try to ensure their survival, even at the cost of your own life if necessary? Like, if you lie on the floor and let the other person lie on top of you, would that reduce the impact for them?
What about the emergency bell button?
Fun fact: When most commercial elevators "fall", they fall up.
Imagen watching this while falling down
Just survived a elevator which was stuck today feeling good but i cried with my frend
how to survive is the best chanle❤❤❤
Legend says that people are still searching for the answer that this video was supposed to provide.
Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance- wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..
@Peter Girard I totally agree with you, the crypto currency market is the most profitable venture I ever invested in, I reached my goal of $200k yearly trade earnings. Setting realistic goals is an essential part of trading
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@Agus Wahyuni I've never heard or seen any of he's clients complain of lost....I think he is just too perfect.
@@randiaune5219 I doubted it too before until I gave it a try... and it was of no regret,
He is not like other broker's that will start telling you stories and excuses why they trade didn't go well after collecting your money, doubted it too before until I gave it a try...and it was of no regrets
I like the part that the bear eats the old mans face
The bear was gonna eat him, like is scary.
thats so DAnngerous
I love it how he said nooooooooooooooo
1.lay on the floor
2.stay calm
3.do not jump
4.wait for help
Imagine someone was in a falling elevator and opened this video to find out what to do.....
I could see that happening! 😱🤔
0:07 what was that part of the elevator???
I don't want my elevator to fall, that doesn't seem like it would be fun
why am I watching this in a elevator...
lol you made me wheeze
XD
@@mishaljaved8602 Lol
SAME LMAOOOO
If the elevator shaft is normal, with all the doors shut (because the elevator is not "at" a particular floor), the elevator will be cushioned a lot by the air trapped underneath it. And if it's a recently made elevator, where particular attention is given to having an elevator "well fitted" to the elevator shaft, that cushion will be incredibly effective in slowing down the max drop speed.
But what to do to maximize survival?
When you start the drop, whip off your belt, lift the roof door (ALL Elevators have them) enough to trap the buckle above the roof door. Get a good grip on the belt, suspending yourself under the roof door, and hold on for dear life. The force of impact when the elevator hits bottom will almost certainly make you lose your grip on the belt, but NOT before you have expended a considerable amount of your momentum. Possibly even reducing it by half. Possibly changing a fatal accident into an impact that breaks no bones. Also aiding you will be that the elevator roof, on impact, will bend downward with you, at a diminished speed, and improve the effectiveness of your belt-grip deceleration . The object is to survive...not look cool.
36 yrs working on elevators...there is no air cushion..
@@deanstrachan448 didn't say it was the be-all-and-end-all, but simple physics that the better the air blockage below the elevator the more speed restriction, however slight that might be.
i need to know where all the crazy realistic footage of freefalling elevators they got comes from? moies, tv shows, real life news ???
In 2013 I happened to be inside an elevator when it fell down. I didn't do anything but shouting Nooooo!!!! I destabilized, my legs bent, my knees hit each other with mild rupture of the meniscus, my left foot levitated and my right foot absorbed most of the impact. Both the tibia and fibula were broken, as well as the five metatarsals. My back hit one of the walls, one of my thumbs suffered a slight hurt and that was it. I ended sitting on the floor, and a few minutes later the pain started along with bruises everywhere. But I'm here, still alive. There have been consequences, the principal one is the post-traumatc stress disorder. I've never used an elevator again and I suffer from time to time some pain in one of my knees.
It must be painful and a horror experience. Hope you are well
I got into a million elevators and no elevator fall down
It is literally impossible for any modern elevator to free fall. They all have braking systems in them and redundant cabling. My mother was in a free fall when she was a little girl (1920s) before these standards were put in place. She was not hurt but several of the adults were. To her last day, she would not enter an elevator that didn't say "Otis" on the threshold because she had been told that they were the first to put in these braking systems.
darn how can i walk 56 floors if i take the stairs
Came here after the Noida lift free fall incident. It's scary
Elevator : falling
Me : doesn't look down
Elevator : UNDERSTANDABLE , HAVE A GREAT DAY
If you get two friends to hold a board and have you standing on it. then they let go of the board you will feel no pain. Now repeat but lie flat on the board. when the board hits the ground you will feel significant impact pain even at this modest height.
What matters is the magnitude of the change in acceleration and the impact time as in how much time it takes for the change in acceleration to occur.
Observe any animal jumping from a height and it will hold its body in such a position to create the longest impact time possible, thus spreading the change in acceleration over a longer time period. this slows down the change in acceleration at any one time for the softest landing possible. Landing on a hard surface in a flat lying position will create a hard bone shattering impact.
The same laws of Physics hold true inside a falling elevator.
thats so DangeRous
I'm taking stairs from now onwards 😀
What happes it breaks?
How to survive a fart apocalypse ?
Like , so he can see
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
i find this video funny because this is recomended whileni am currently stuck in an elevator at 7 floors
And I thought you just step off at the last moment like the Pink Panther.
Thank you, it worked I am now safe!
1 don’t jump
2 don’t brace
3 get down
4 don’t stress out
⚠FLASH WARNING⚠1. don’t jump before it hits the bottom
2. don’t brace yourself
3. lay down & protect head with hands⚠FLASH WARNING⚠
Nice video of the day.
Just a question,
So wouldn’t you fly up due to gravity when you lay on the floor? 😮
I don’t think I’m going to an elevator anymore
How to survive an falling elevator
Equip diamond armor
Eat golden apple
Take a haybale
And use slow falling
Ok thanks
Take the stairs?
HATE the stairs!
"In 1945, when a bomber accidentally flew into the Empire State Building..."
Man, New York must have some bad luck with airplanes.
If elevators plummeted to your death, they probably wouldn’t have been a business. The bar is actually widening is as you fall, so it is impossible for it to happen
I have gotten stuck in an elevator but I got out super safe!
This would be scary
This would be scary
me on a mall that doesn't have stairs:how do i survive if a random guy attacks me
I say hug the floor and try to stay limp while you're doing it.
maybe if a person hangs on a rope attached to the ceiling of the elevator. if you're in the air you can't hit the ground.
If I watch all of his videos I will be immortal.
First and a love this video
Who cares if you're first