Just heard this one today, I'll share it, then take a break!
The fire department rescued someone from a hydro, and blew the doors off the cab. One of the door panels was resting on the hall sill. While the elevator was shut off, waiting for the elevator company to repair it, it drifted downward, wedging that wayward car door panel in between the cab header, and the hall sill.
The piston was not bolted to the platen, and it drifted nearly all the way down. The car was now hanging in space only by virtue of that one car door panel, precariously wedged between the car and shaft, like a jackstand.
An elevator man got on top of the car, and jostled the cab enough to disturb the car door panel. The car fell, and the guy broke some bones, if I heard it right. But he lived.
