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TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR FOR 41 HOURS

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Uploaded on Apr 14, 2008

READ THE STORY: http://tinyurl.com/572u5f

Accompanying video to Nick Paumgarten's piece "Up and Then Down" from the April 21st issue of The New Yorker. Footage of Nicholas White trapped in an elevator in the McGraw-Hill Building.

Music: "The Storm Begins," by Jennifer Haines.

The New Yorker is a weekly magazine with a signature mix of reporting on national and international politics and culture, humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry, and reviews and criticism of books, movies, theatre, classical and popular music, television, art, and fashion.

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  • SkyTigerTV

    SkyTigerTV 3 weeks ago

    I woud go insane if i wer traped in an elevator that long!

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  • darklys9th

    darklys9th 2 weeks ago

    40 hours and did not need to pee?

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  • rtrhhruieo

    rtrhhruieo 4 hours ago

    I think he could get out in 2:40 not that it matters much after all this time but still

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  • oooshitman9

    oooshitman9 5 hours ago

    When I got out someone would have gotten there head smashed in.

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  • RamiroSkt

    RamiroSkt 6 hours ago

    really? when?

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  • kydrice

    kydrice 8 hours ago

    He did take a piss. according to his Tosh.0 interview.

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  • byronwhite80

    byronwhite80 9 hours ago

    Lol hows was ur weekend

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  • NickOloteon

    NickOloteon 9 hours ago

    You have an imagination which is infinite. Learn how to use it.

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  • RamiroSkt

    RamiroSkt 9 hours ago

    41 hours without take a piss?

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  • Jonathan Jansen

    Jonathan Jansen 1 day ago

    So what can we all learn from this? Say no to cigarettes! :)

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  • Thomas Gabriel

    Thomas Gabriel 1 day ago

    Dude, that was the same for me ! =O

    ...But i was 14....

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