Could You Survive a Falling Elevator?

What if your basic at-the-office elevator ride takes a sudden turn for the dark side of gravity—could you survive it? Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Will and Sonja Marple, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.livescience.com/33445-how-survive-falling-elevator.html http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a247/1289266/ http://wpo.st/-wFS2 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-elevators-work/ http://discoverykids.com/articles/how-do-elevators-work/ http://survivor-story.com/betty-lou-oliver-survived-two-major-accidents-day/ http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/jump-in-falling-elevator/ http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/04/21/up-and-then-down Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AElevator_hoist_ropes_on_top_of_Lift_car.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALift_shaft_of_a_hydraulic_elevator.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMRL_elevator_(Ropes_to_the_right).JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AElevator_counterweight_-_Washington_Monument%2C_High_ground_West_of_Fifteenth_Street%2C_Northwest%2C_between_Independence_and_Constitution_Avenues%2C_Washington%2C_District_of_Columbia%2C_DC_HABS_DC%2CWASH%2C2-107.tif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEmpire_State_Building_-_panoramio_(1).jpg