Boxed in
by George White
In another life, I worked at Business Week. The second person I ever met there was a guy named Nick White. Shortly after I left BW, Nick was trapped in an elevator for 41 hours. The New Yorker has a piece on elevators that includes details of the ordeal Nick went through. The story includes a time-lapse video of the entire thing. It’s eerie watching.
I once spent thirty minutes trapped in an elevator with several coworkers. Fortunately, we were all good friends with decent senses of humor, and there was no chance of us being stuck for too long. But it was still kinda scary (deep down). I can’t even imagine how Nick managed to make it.