A man dies after a malfunction of the elevator in New York, who dropped him, trapping him between the car and the tree

A 30-year-old man was killed in an accidental accident when the elevator in which he was leaving his building in New York City suddenly collapsed, reducing it to nothing.

The man, identified as Samuel Charles Waisbren, was living in the building at 344 Third Avenue in the Kips Bay area of ​​New York, police said.

Waisbren was coming out of the elevator located in the lobby of the building after two other passengers had already left Thursday shortly before 8:30, according to ABC New York City's radio station, WABC-TV.

When the doors began to close, the elevator malfunctioned unexpectedly and fell to the basement. Waisbren was found stuck between the elevator and the wall of the well and was declared dead on the scene.

The firefighters had to rescue three other people who were stuck in the elevator and witnessed the horror.

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Waisbren's broken-hearted father, Charles Waisbren, told WABC-TV in a phone interview that the elevators were "still broken".

"He can not be a father, have a family and live the life we ​​all hoped for," he said.

A resident of the building, called Manhattan Promenade, told WABC-TV on Thursday that taking the elevator was scary and that it reminded her of a ride on Halloween.

"They always jump from one floor to the other," said the resident at WABC-TV. "It's really bad."

Anand Sanwal, CEO and co-founder of CB Insights, where Waisbren works, said in a statement: "Sam is a great friend of many CB Insights associates, and we will miss his wit, humor and intellect." We are shocked and stunned by his loss and we will miss him very much.Our thoughts are with his family. "

In May, the City's Buildings Department fined Manhattan Drive $ 1,280 for discovering that a door zone restrictor located in one of the elevators of the 22-story building had been falsified and "rendered inoperative". WABC-TV said the building had two elevators. The elevator where Waisbren was killed was not the one who had been fined, investigators said. In July, a work permit was issued to repair the wiring in both elevators.

"DOB is aggressively investigating this incident and will take all appropriate enforcement action." Lifts are the safest form of travel in New York, due to the stringent requirements for inspection and security In the city, we are determined to determine the average problems of preventing such incidents in the future, "the statement said.

The incident was captured by the building surveillance system and the police were examining this sequence.