据纽约时报在内的多家媒体报道，美国曼哈顿基普斯湾社区的一座23层公寓发生电梯事故，导致一名30岁的男士死亡。该公寓名为Manhattan Promenade，里边的两台电梯素来有不少问题，最近还因为不安全因素被罚款。住户们称电梯运行时摇摇晃晃的，时而停在两层之间，时而轿门合不拢，非常可怕。此次事故的安全录像显示早上约8：30前电梯稍微停了一下，电梯内的两人准备走出来，然后一人用手扶着电梯门不让它合上。他想走出去但电梯开始下降，“于是他就从还在移动的轿厢里跳出去”，公寓管理人员称。纽约的电梯数量是美国全国最多的，超过70000台，但电梯致死事故十分少见。此次事故警示了立法部门须对电梯采取更严格的安全措施。今年6月，州议会通过了一项法案，等待纽约州州长古莫的签字。该法案将提高机械设备的许可标准，并成立电梯安全与标准委员会。

　　MAN DIES IN RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR MISHAP IN MANHATTAN

　　A 30-year-old man died on August 22 in an elevator incident at the 23-story tower where he lived in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood, various news outlets, including the New York Times, report. The two elevators serving Manhattan Promenade had a history of problems, and the property was fined recently for unsafe elevator conditions. Residents described “scary” conditions with cars wobbling and stopping between floors, and doors failing to close properly. Security footage of the fatal incident shows two people stepping out of the elevator when it stopped shortly before 8:30 a.m., then the man putting out his hand to try to stop the door from closing. He then tried to exit the door as the elevator kept going down, “like jumping out of a car if it’s still moving,” a building employee said. NYC has the most elevators in the country — more than 70,000 — and fatal accidents are rare. But the incident prompted lawmakers to call for greater elevator safety measures. A bill passed by the state legislature in June that would raise licensing standards for mechanics and create a state Elevator Safety and Standards Boards, which is awaiting Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature.