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- From: hwt@bcarh11c.BNR.CA (Henry Troup)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Subjective Safety Measure(Re: man-rating)
- Message-ID: <18634@bcars664.bnr.ca>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 15:06:47 GMT
- References: <1993Jan7.204434.16621@blaze.cs.jhu.edu| <1993Jan8.145918.3604@newsgate.sps.mot.com| <1inau4INN524@mirror.digex.com> <33257@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>
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- In article <33257@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>, wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce
- Watson) writes:
- |>Contrary to all the movies we've seen, there has never been an elevator
- |>fatality since Otis designed the safety features of the modern elevator
- |>in the late 19th century.
-
- There have been two in Ottawa, Canada in the last three years. Neither
- involved a falling elevator, however. Both involved door problems,
- people caught in the door and crushed aginst the door frames outside the
- elevator.
-
- I see your "never" and raise you two anecdotes. If you call my bluff,
- I'll have to research and give names and dates. One was in the Lord
- Elgin Hotel, the other an apartment building.
-
- Henry Troup - H.Troup@BNR.CA (Canada) - BNR owns but does not share my opinions
- "I am Salman Rushdie"
-