WILKES-BARRE — Elevators are equipped with hardware that’s supposed to prevent the doors from swinging in and out at the bottom like dog doors, which happened during an incident that led to two ...

(NEXSTAR) – Perhaps no button on Earth is mashed as furiously as the “door close” button in an elevator. The button, usually denoted by a set of arrows pointing inward, is a favorite of impatient ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Do all the buttons in an elevator work? Sometimes it seems like the elevator door stays open forever and there is a "close door" button for just those times, but does the button ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Hold onto your seats, this news is going to shock you. How many times have you pressed the door-close button in an elevator thinking it would help you get to your destination ...

Elevator use on the fireground has become increasingly necessary and more common as our built environment’s challenges continue to grow. Unfortunately, tragic mishaps took place that killed and ...

HOUSTON -- Turns out you're not crazy if the "door close" button on the elevator never seems to work for you. The world's biggest elevator company, Otis, just revealed the button is an optional ...

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We don’t expect enough from elevator doors these days. We want them to open, to close and to stop when we touch the door when someone’s racing to make the car. We don’t ask them to be beautiful — we ...

A young woman's life was tragically cut short in Fasano, Italy, when a seemingly ordinary elevator ride turned fatal. Clelia ...