1945 Empire State Building B-25 crash - Wikipedia
网页[11] [12] Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver was thrown from her elevator car on the 80th floor and suffered severe burns. First aid workers placed her on another elevator car to transport her to the ground floor, but the cables supporting that elevator had been damaged in the incident, and it fell 75 stories, ending up in the basement. [ 13 ]
This Woman Cheated Death Twice on the Same Day After a …
网页At the moment that Captain Smith crashed the plane into the Empire State Building, Betty Lou Oliver was working on the 80 th floor as an elevator attendant. The crash caused her to be thrown out of her vehicle, and as well as suffering from severe burns, Betty had a broken pelvis, back, and neck.
How an elevator attendant survived a 1,000-ft fall down the …
网页2023年10月13日 · On 28 July 1945, 20-year-old Betty Lou Oliver plunged 75 storeys (around 300 m or 1,000 ft) in an elevator down New York City’s Empire State Building, after an American B-25 bomber plane crashed into it.
Betty Lou Gower Oliver (1925-1999) - Find a Grave Memorial
网页1999年11月24日 · As a young 20 year old bride, Betty Lou Oliver was the elevator operator of elevator #6 in the Empire State Building when Lt. Col. Willian F. Smith's B-25 hit the north side of the building between the 79th and 80th floor on July 28th, 1945. Seriously injured, she was put in an elevator for evacuation to medical help....
Longest fall survived in a lift (elevator) - Guinness World Records
网页Betty Lou Oliver (USA) survived a plunge of 75 stories (over 300 m or 1,000 ft) in a lift in the Empire State Building in New York, USA, on 28 July 1945, after an American B-25 bomber crashed into the building in thick fog. The plunge ended in the basement, and Oliver had to be cut out of the mangled elevator.
Betty Lou Oliver: The "Elevator Girl" Who Defied Fate Twice
网页Betty Lou Oliver, often referred to as the “Elevator Girl,” is known for her miraculous survival story that unfolded on July 28, 1945. On this fateful day, Oliver survived not just one, but two life-threatening accidents involving the Empire State Building and its …
The Empire State Plane Crash, July 28, 1945 — NYC Department of …
网页2019年10月18日 · Miraculously, elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver survived the 75-story elevator shaft plunge, in what the Guinness Book of Records would later proclaim “The Longest Fall Survived in an Elevator.”
She survived the longest elevator free fall - YouTube
网页2017年8月3日 · In this #TBT, meet elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver, who holds the record for surviving the longest elevator free fall in 1945.
The Empire State Building Plane Crash and Betty Lou Oliver's …
网页Luke Miller tells the incredible story of Betty Lou Oliver and The Empire State Building plane crash in 1945.
THE DAY THE ELEVATOR FELL - The Washington Post
网页1995年3月8日 · A sole occupant, the 20-year-old operator, Betty Lou Oliver, survived for three reasons, according to a contemporaneous account. First, a buildup of pressure in the shaft as the car fell provided...