Editing Empire State Building (section)

=== 2000 elevator plunge ===
On January 24, 2000, an elevator in the building suddenly descended 40 stories after a cable that controlled the cabin's maximum speed was severed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/26/nyregion/elevator-cable-failed-at-empire-state-building-city-finds.html |title=Elevator Cable Failed at Empire State Building, City Finds |last=Chivers |first=C. J. |year=2000 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |archive-date=February 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223141709/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/26/nyregion/elevator-cable-failed-at-empire-state-building-city-finds.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The elevator fell from the 44th floor to the fourth floor, where a narrowed elevator shaft provided a second safety system. Despite the 40-floor fall, both of the passengers in the cabin at the time were only slightly injured. After the fall, building inspectors reviewed all of the building's elevators.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/25/nyregion/empire-state-elevator-plummets-40-floors.html |title=Empire State Elevator Plummets 40 Floors |year=2000 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |archive-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527143856/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/25/nyregion/empire-state-elevator-plummets-40-floors.html |url-status=live }}</ref>