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January 1, 2012
Man Freed After Being Trapped in Times Building Elevator
The New York Times
by Cara Buckley
Happy New Year, faithful NoLandGrab readers! Today begins the 10th calendar year of the Atlantic Yards project.
Our resolution: to always take the stairs in any building built by Bruce Ratner.
A man was stuck in an elevator at The New York Times Building in Midtown Manhattan for an hour and a half on Friday morning, and firefighters had to break through the wall of the elevator shaft to free him. The man, who works at BT Americas Inc., an information technology company that leases office space on the 46th floor, was not injured and refused medical attention, the Fire Department and witnesses said.
The elevator, an express car that skips lower floors, became stuck between the 10th and 11th floors of the Times Building at 620 Eighth Avenue about 10:20 a.m. Because the elevator was in a so-called blind shaft, and had no openings on those floors, firefighters went through the ceiling of an 11th-floor men’s room to reach the elevator shaft. They broke through a wall and retrieved the man through a side hatch in the elevator car, according to Jim Long, a spokesman for the department. The man was rescued around 11:45 a.m.
...The building, which opened in 2007, was developed by a partnership of The New York Times Company and Forest City Ratner. The elevator belongs to the section of the building managed by a subsidiary of Forest City Ratner. Neither company would comment on the incident.
Posted by eric at January 1, 2012 6:16 PM