How to (Possibly) Survive an Elevator in Free Fall! #shorts #elevator

[ikaris]

"How to survive elevator fall"
"Lay down and pray"
Thank you my man

[ori]

This is a horrifying piece of information that I hope I never use.
But thank you.

[MyGoatFloats]

I heard that elevators are more likely to malfunction and break when people arent in it because they are designed to work better with weight inside. So that gives me some comfort

[mysteretsym]

Actually you want to perfectly time your roll as you hit the floor to activate iframes and take 0 damage

[evelyn_r]

And be as floppy as possible, so that the impact doesn’t find resistance ( drunk people have survived greater heights than they’re “supposed” to)

[rowdybliss]

True story - this happened to me. It wasn’t entirely a free fall because the friction of the cables helped slow the descent, but the elevator definitely lost power and went down fourteen floors. I am proud to say that I did make the decision in the moment to lay down. Big bump and I was fine! 👍

[gracehowell.]

Feelin' sorry for all the people who are too tall to lie down in literally any elevator.

[anna-fleurfarnsworth]

as someone who works on elevators, I promise that the odds of something like this happening to you are astronomically small. a free fall downwards to the ground would only happen if every single cable was cut (each cable is strong enough to support the weight of the car on its own, and there's very rarely only one) and there are so many safety mechanisms preventing this from happening. fun fact: if the brakes fail on an elevator, the car will actually fall upwards, because the counterweight on the other side of the cables is heavier than the car fully loaded. just to emphasize the low likelihood of plummeting to the ground.

I'm not an expert (yet but I'm working on it lol) but I'm behind the scenes enough to hopefully be able to calm your nerves a bit. :)

[SpicyPog]

I never knew that when I’m falling in an elevator the first thing I’d notice is a falling sensation. Thank god he clarified that

[nydajk]

"Don't test this out"

Cam Casey: "Does that actually work?"

[gordoncronkjr.]

How does one lay flat on the ground to pray while "enjoying 0 gravity?"

[Maria.art_and_soul]

there was an accident in my country last year, a doctor was in hurry so he opened the elevator and entered, unfortunately there was no elevator insides due to some problems, he passed away
I just wanted to say this to give props to all the doctors who are risking their lives to get to the patient for their treatment, I hope these doctors are in heaven now

[kendallt]

the only problem is, I don’t think I have the iq to feel the elevator falling then immediately be like, “I saw a tiktok that if I lay on my back I will survive!” by the time I process it I will probably be dead.

[burgoschristopher]

I've been a elevator mechanic for over 10 years and elevators do not free fall down, there are normally 4 to 6 hoist cables that hold up the elevator while running (one cable alone can hold it up, magine 6 cables). Also there is a safety device called a governor that's design to activate the under car brakes located under the elevator if the elevator surpasses contract speed. The best way to stay safe while riding the elevator is your either your in or out (no standing in-between the doors while there open, very dangerous). Stay safe guys 🙏😎

[gimmemoremusic]

I experienced a very brief elevator fall, didn't have time to react, thankfully the emergency brake kicked in. While I called my dad to call the elevator company, the men who were also inside with me broke the elevator panel wall out of panic. I still can't believe this happened to me.

[andimarie]

My husband fell down the elevator shaft in the coalmine and broke his leg, ribs and had a heart attack. He's doing great now, back underground and 1 of our sons are underground with him. They love their careers!

[HolocronStudios]

“The first thing you’ll notice is a falling sensation”

Sherlock Holmes everybody

[milk]

The laying flat method is actually so you die immediately instead of in agony I believe

[JessicaFEREM]

Elevators are the safest things around. You aren't likely to have a free falling elevator. They literally crash test each elevator every few years.
Imagine deleting all your hard drives every other year to test your backups.
Before you even have a free falling elevator They also have brakes that will grab the elevator shaft if the steel rope breaks.

[purpleocean]

Love this dude he is smart, army, uplifts girls