Our Texas elevator accident lawyers figure that not many people recall the accident back in 1945 when a plane hit the Empire State Building. It was a foggy day, and a B-25 bomber pilot flying over Manhattan misjudged his turn and lodged his plane in the iconic skyscraper. The accident ripped apart the hoist and safety cables of two elevators for the tall building, sending them plunging to the bottoms of their shafts. A young woman serving as an elevator operator inside one of the cars plunged to a horrifying death along with one of the Empire State Building elevators.
A later accident involving planes hitting tall New York City buildings stands more prominently in recent memory. When two commercial jets hit the twin World Trade Center (WTC) towers on September 11, 2001, at least 200 people died in the buildings’ elevators.
This disaster at the WTC represents the worst elevator disaster in history, but one never really hears of the elevator disaster because it’s overshadowed by the appalling magnitude of the overall WTC disaster. The WTC contained almost 200 of the fastest elevators ever built at that time. The people inside those elevators plummeted to their deaths at the bottoms of the elevator shafts when the planes hit the twin towers and damaged their elevator cables.
Our Texas elevator accident lawyers point out that the vast majority of elevator accidents result from internal causes like poor maintenance, elevator workers’ errors, electrical problems, careless inspections, or even design flaws. Rarely does an elevator accident result from an external cause like a plane crashing into a building. But the two horrifying New York City elevator accidents we mentioned show that elevators are vulnerable to a host of unexpected problems that could result in fatal accidents or debilitating injuries.
If you lose a loved one to an elevator accident in Texas, you aren’t without recourse. You don’t need to suffer silently as a helpless victim of the traumatic incident. Contact our Texas elevator accident lawyers to investigate your accident and identify the parties at fault for causing the fatality.
Those whose negligence caused an elevator accident should be held financially accountable to you for the harm they caused. Don’t let those who hurt you and your loved ones escape liability for their actions. Contact us today through our website or a toll free call to obtain your free legal consultation and sound legal counsel on taking the first steps on your road to recovery after the accident.