re: Elevator or Escalator Accidents

Not an escalator or elevator issue but back in the early 90s was doing the Royal Gorge gondola ride with my kids when a lightning strike hit the main tower and the car we were in (packed like sardines) abruptly stopped and swung like a pendulum for what seemed like an eternity. Every person in the car went slamming towards the front of the car and started screaming like banshees. There was a couple of kids/parents screaming about dying and the very young but savvy park employee on the ride started yelling back at them to shut up!

I must say it is unnerving to be swinging freestyle above 1000+ feet of empty space. We were closer to the other side as people begged the operator to go back after power was restored. But the car only goes one way. So off we went. Haven’t done that outing since.