Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Ah, perspective

"Betty Lou Oliver was the elevator operator for the Empire State Building in the 1940's. She was working her last day on the job on the 80th story of the building on July 28, 1945. What Betty did not know was that a man named Colonel Smith was flying through heavy fog over New York in a B-25 and was heading straight for the building. The plane would crash into the 79th floor of the building. Betty was thrown from her post and badly burned in the accident though she survived while 14 others did not.
When rescuers got to her they decided to lower her via the elevators what the rescuers did not know is that the cables had been weakened to breaking point. Once the elevator doors closed the cables snapped and she plummeted 79 stories. Betty survived but again had to be rescued. She was later treated at the hospital for serious injuries."

5 comments:

  1. Trav. Why are you posting this shite instead of photos of your new house?

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  2. well, I'm stoked I no longer have to see the words "demon sex crimes" on the top of my screen when I check your blog. THANK GOD!

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  3. im waiting on pictures until my Intellectual's Corner is set up by the fireplace so I can pose with a glass of scotch and a robe.

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  4. Final Destination!
    thank god there was no thermite in THAT building!

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