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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:08 PM Original message |
Elevator Falls 26 Floors at Las Vegas Hotel |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. No way that elevator shouldn't have been able to handle that load. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Perhaps there are only three now. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Their fall was cushioned by the unfortunate three? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Doesn't matter.. The safety brake should have kicked in the split-second it started falling |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. If not a lawsuit, at least some comped nights and meals! |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Aren't some limited to 1500 pounds? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Checked a few sites. average weight limit is 2500 pounds. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:17 PM Original message |
I will refrain from buffet jokes... |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yeah, Tower of Tower. I rode that, it was a blast. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. "and a cart full of luggage" |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. "elevator may have been overloaded when the accident happened" |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. In Las Vegas? Probably |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. The elevator had just picked them up on the buffet floor. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 02:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. LMAO!! |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Was the elevator cable made in China? (nt) |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. No, but it was headed there! nt |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. LOL! Best post of the week! |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. What difference would that make? n/t |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Considering their pet food and toothpaste track record...? (nt) |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. I wouldn't want to be the one to clean the floor. n/t |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. Holy shiite! |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Holy Cow! That would have sucked! On the plus side, I bet they're getting comped like a son of a gun |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. i bet they're not |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. So you're not really a "humour" kinda person are you? |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. Holy crap ... that is my phobia (one of them) |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. God, me too. |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. Twenty six floors and still alive |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. well 3 of them are still alive of the 9 who were in the elevator at the time |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. Everybody should read Colson Whitehead's *The Intuitionist* |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. Oh holy shit! I've stayed at Fitzgeralds before... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. 6 people died. They didn't report that except imply it. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. no |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Got a link on that? The article doesn't even "imply" that anyone died. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Well, the article in the OP was only this long: |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Probably they didn't report fatalities because there were none. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Update: " Three injured in downtown Las Vegas casino elevator plunge" |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Now that's a better reporting of the incident than the other link in the OP. Thanks. n/t |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Nine people and a bellman? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Good catch! nt |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. What was the action on that? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. :) |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. They should gamble if they have that kind of luck |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Yeah, really. |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. No kidding. 6 to 3 is better than keno. nt |
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pointblank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. Doesn't surprise me |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. Elevator Riders |
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