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submitted 5 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

One person was killed and 12 people were rescued after being trapped for about six hours at the bottom of a former Colorado gold mine when an elevator malfunctioned at the tourist site, authorities said.

The elevator was descending into the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near the town of Cripple Creek when it had a mechanical problem around 500 feet (152 meters) beneath the surface, creating a “severe danger for the participants,” Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell said.

The 12 adults who were trapped about 1,000 feet (305 meters) below ground had access to water and used radios to communicate with authorities, who told them there was an elevator issue, Mikesell said.

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[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 29 points 5 months ago

The cause of the visitor’s death was not immediately provided.

[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 26 points 5 months ago

There's always one in the group that jumps right to cannibalism in an emergency.

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Please. This is Colorado. All cannibal references should be about Alfred Packer.

[-] mark3748@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Do you think I can accept that his name is a typo just because he was a cannibal?

[-] Samvega 5 points 5 months ago

They're called doner kebabs for a reason.

[-] tiefling 2 points 4 months ago

I mean, how often do you get the opportunity? /s

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Do you think it might be due to being stuck in a room that crashes after falling from a great height?

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's possible, but it's the least likely scenario. Modern elevators rarely crash down. They actually tend to crash up when there is a failure, which is very, very rare. There are a lot of safety mechanisms in place to prevent an elevator freefall. It's occurred less than ten times in like 80 years, and several of those were during construction.

It's not impossible, but that scenario is exceedingly rare.

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

We're talking about an old elevator in a mineshaft, not some fancy hotel elevator.

I wouldn't call it modern.

Edit: That rusty orange box on a hook is the elevator

Nothing would get me into this thing, and I'm not even claustrophobic. It just looks unsafe.

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Lol nevermind I'm shocked this doesn't happen weekly Jesus christ

[-] Samvega 4 points 5 months ago

I think it was probably God's will, and that all we can do is pray.

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Elevators don't just drop out of the sky when the cables snap like in the matrix.

They skip from having a malfunction at 500ft to being stuck at 1000..My guess is the person either died of a heart attack/malaise, electrocution or of some sort of smoke/chemical inhalation.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I read it as 'the elevator was going for them to return them to the surface, but failed, so they stayed in the mine'. The article is a bit scarce, not sure what really happened.

Edit: another user found more details: https://lemmy.world/comment/12841678

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