Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Tragic Loss

This just happened in my building about 30 minutes ago:

BREAKING NEWS from KFDM.....

Beaumont police are investigating the death of a man who fell down an elevator shaft. Officer Crystal Holmes tells KFDM News the 32 year old man fell down the elevator shaft at the Bank of America building at 2615 Calder Avenue near 10th Street. It happened at about 11 a.m. Wednesday. Holmes says the man worked for an elevator inspection company, Schindler Elevator Incorporated. Holmes says the elevator was above the man on the tenth floor, and he apparently slipped and fell while he was inspecting it. Another man was working with him and saw what happened. The man fell to the base of the shaft and died.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh, Laurie, Ethan Shaw was just talking about this accident. It's just so tragic and so horrible. Bless his heart.

Aisha said...

His poor family...
Life is fragile.

Laurie said...

Poodles - It's so sad.

Aisha - We've been talking about how fragile life is all day. Something like this really makes you stop and think.

Tim said...

So sad.

Lorna said...

It's chilling, isn't it?

Anonymous said...

That's terrible. I'm so sorry.

OldHorsetailSnake said...

So NOW they will install safety procedures, right? So senseless...

Laurie said...

Tim - It really is.

Lorna - Very.

Tara - I'm sorry about your friend.

Sophmom - Me, too.

Old Horsetail - Something must have gone terribly wrong.

Gothic Princess - Before the hurricane, we went 2 or 3 times a year. We're going back in March of this year. I'm on my way out but will definitely be checking out your blog. Thanks for popping in.