We’ve all stared at that button in the elevator with the phone icon on it, supremely confident that if the cab came to a screeching halt while rocketing up to the 42nd floor, a simple button press ...

An elderly man who died in a parking garage elevator pushed the emergency button twice during an 8-minute span on July 6, but got no response despite Denver code requiring elevator operators to ...

DENVER --An elderly Colorado man found dead in a parking garage elevator had pushed the emergency button twice but got no response, police said. The decomposing body of 82-year-old Isaak Komisarchik ...

An LSU Hospital employee who is both deaf and mute spent the night stuck in an elevator that also had a malfunctioning emergency call button.The man -- who had no food, water or toilet facility -- was ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Officials have begun the process of covering up the "RIOT" buttons in state building elevators. The buttons are set to be swapped out by the end of the week with indicator lights ...