Man killed in Manhattan elevator on New Year’s Eve pushed woman to safety before being crushed ...
Source: New York Daily News
A heroic 25-year-old man [Stephen Brown], after shoving a woman to safety from a plunging Lower East Side elevator, was fatally crushed inside the car before 10 horrified witnesses late Thursday.
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Jiminez believes aspiring musician Brown was trying to jump from the car when he tripped and fell about 10 minutes before midnight.
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The 26-story building had three open violations for “failure to correct defects” in the elevator doing back to 2012, according to Department of Buildings records.
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“I tried to help the guy, but he was between the elevator and the building door,” said witness Manuel Coronado, 23. “He was saying ‘I can’t breathe.’ I tried to pull him up, but he said ‘Leave me here, leave me here.’”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/man-killed-nyc-elevator-saved-woman-crushed-article-1.2482728
RIP Stephen Brown. You died a hero.
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Throw the fucking book at them.
RIP, Mr.Brown........you saved a life, and to do that is to save the world entire.
all hail the free market!
your comment would have warrented a snort if this weren't so horrifically tragic 
it will not bring back this fine gentleman, however I hope that they are sued into nonexistence. 
Simply sad...
RIP
The world is a sadder place with your loss.
RIP Stephen Brown. 
Some people are here just to make our lives better. So sad that he's gone before he really got to live.