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An elderly man who died in a parking-garage elevator had pushed the emergency button twice during an 8-minute span July 6 but got no response despite Denver code requiring elevator operators to monitor emergency notifications around the clock.
Unable to escape the elevator car — possibly because of dementia — 82-year-old Isaak Komisarchik died between the morning of July 6 and Aug. 2, when elevator repair workers finally discovered the body after multiple residents of the apartment complex reported a terrible stench.
A criminal investigation confirmed the number of times the emergency button was pushed, Denver Fire Department spokesman Capt. Greg Pixley said. Now detectives are trying to determine why no one responded.
“Something is not right,” Pixley said
MEI Total Elevator Solutions monitors the elevator for Woodstream. [apartment complex] MEI did not reply to several phone messages left by The Denver Post seeking comment.
These two stories are really old. This forum is for "Current Events".
No, I was just sharing these stories haunt me...now I have a current one to add to my elevator fear. I still ride on them...but always think of these stories when I do
Maybe no one was watching for elevator distress signals, because they thought that elevator wasn't generally in use, due to the construction going on all around it. The parking lot was closed, I think the article said, so how would an elevator passenger have got in there? Maybe he forgot the parking lot was being re-done, and got in from inside the residential unit. It's not clear if the elevator only served the parking garage, or if it also served different residential floors.
^ That's probably exactly what happened regarding the elevator, however I feel like they should shut the elevator down entirely if there's construction and it's not in use. Why risk someone being able to get inside? I haven't read the article in the OP but another I read on the topic said that the man suffered from dementia or some other condition affecting his memory and behavior in his old age. He may not have fully known what he was doing when he got on the elevator, may have been confused or something. It's so sad.
Elevators are always dangerous. Dependence on them is a death lottery ticket.
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