Woman Killed After Hair and Scarf Caught in Escalator

WKRB ^ | Jan 31st, 2014

[nickcarraway]

I saw this on a TV show, but it seemed preposterous.

[DBrow]

Not a scarf, a hijab, in other less PC reports.

It’s rare but I have heard of other strangulation deaths on escalators when something gets caught.

http://www.king5.com/news/cities/seattle/Man-dies-of-strangulation-after-shirt-gets-caught-in-escalator-202607781.html

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/newswatch/2012/03/elderly-woman-strangled-when-clothes-catch-in-escalator/

I’ll wager that more people are strangled by escalators than are shot with assault weapons.

[P-Marlowe]

An engineer that has worked on the system’s escalators for over nine years said they have safety mechanisms that should prevent such accidents.

Perhaps this was a case of using a suicide Burkha without the explosives.

[PGR88]

Exactly how long was her hair???

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Was Benny Hill fast music playing while this was going on?

[oblomov]

Isadore Duncan, you’re wanted on the white courtesy phone...

[Michael.SF.]

Shades of Isadora Duncan.

[FredZarguna]

It only took six posts to get to Isadora. Not bad.

[skinndogNN]

I took my then 5 year old son to a Cowboy at Texas Stadium quite a few years back. We were riding the escalator and he tripped. My heart sunk because it looked like his foot was going to get trapped. Luckily he was fine.

[diamond6]

A muslim woman was caught?

[miss marmelstein]

Poor Isadora. What a way to go. I always make sure my fringe scarves are held flat agaist my chest when getting on the subway. Horrible death.

[radiohead]

Years ago, a grandmother was taking her twin grandkids on the Metro in DC. The coat of one of the kids got caught in the treads and the child died. Dying by strangulation on an escalator is uncommon, but not impossible.

http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1985/Child-Dies-When-Her-Coat-Catches-in-Escalator/id-d91ebc1a67dc8110bf88006b99d8b70a

[Jack Hydrazine]

That’s a long coat.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Was the Muzzie doing handstands on the escalator as she rode it???

[Jack Hydrazine]

Escalator scene from Elf.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXzUu8LkmI

[nickcarraway]

Yes, because all Muslims are evil, deserve to be treated rudely, and don’t deserve sympathy.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Only the good, observant Muslims.

[elkfersupper]

Anyone who works or moves around on anything moving or burning needs to keep it high and tight.

I once saw a co-worker whose pants were caught up in a farm tractor PTO shaft.

Too hideous to describe here.

[DJ MacWoW]

It's not preposterous. Hubby is an elevator guy and has helped friends work on escalators. He saw sneakers and packages in the escalator pit. If the teeth on the plate catch something, it's gone.

As the article said, there are emergency stop buttons but you can't reach them if you're caught.

[aomagrat]

I had my shoe pulled off by an escalator. It grabbed my shoestring and sucked my shoe off my foot before I could respond. I got the shoe back but the shoestring was toast