Today I learned, from my father, that if a elevator for some reason loses it's lock and begins to drop.. it's not going to. According to dad, who worked at a hospital with the guys who worked on the elevators, the damn thing is going no where but up! Up and through the roof.
I couldn't find anything explaining how that would all go down, but I did find that there are mechanisms in place that would try to absorb the momentum if it some how did drop.
I also found that if it did fall, jumping at the last second ain't gunna save yo ass. See the Myth Busters clip below!
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/elevator-of-death-minimyth.htm
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