Editing John Hancock Center (section)

=== Incidents ===
On November 11, 1981, [[Veterans Day (United States)|Veterans Day]], high-rise firefighting and rescue advocate [[Dan Goodwin]], for the purpose of calling attention to the inability to rescue people trapped in the upper floors of skyscrapers, successfully climbed the building's exterior wall. Wearing a wetsuit and using a climbing device that enabled him to ascend the I-beams on the building's side, Goodwin battled repeated attempts by the [[Chicago Fire Department]] to knock him off. Fire Commissioner William Blair ordered Chicago firemen to stop Goodwin by directing a fully engaged fire hose at him and by blasting fire axes through nearby glass from the inside. Fearing for Goodwin's life, Mayor [[Jane Byrne]] intervened and allowed him to continue to the top.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9502EEDC1F39F936A25752C1A967948260 Headliners Higher and Higher Published: 15 November 1981, New York Times]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Willis Tower |url=http://www.justonebadcentury.com/chicago_cubs_history_47.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320062017/http://www.justonebadcentury.com/chicago_cubs_history_47.asp |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |access-date=July 4, 2011}}</ref>

On December 18, 1997, comedian [[Chris Farley]] was found dead in his apartment on the 60th floor of the building.<ref name="farley">{{cite web |title=Chris Farley: Trivia |url=http://www.tv.com/chris-farley/person/50825/trivia.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114111957/http://www.tv.com/chris-farley/person/50825/trivia.html |archive-date=January 14, 2009 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |work=TV.com |publisher=CNET Networks}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chicago Ghosts |url=http://www.chicagohauntings.com/hancock.html |access-date=April 17, 2008 |publisher=Chicago Hauntings Tours |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727113706/http://www.chicagohauntings.com/hancock.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On March 9, 2002, part of a scaffold fell 43 stories after being torn loose by wind gusts around {{convert|60|mph|km/h|-1|abbr=on}} crushing several cars, killing three people in two of them. The remaining part of the stage swung back-and-forth in the gusts repeatedly slamming against the building, damaging cladding panels, breaking windows, and sending pieces onto the street below.

On November 21, 2015, a fire broke out in an apartment on the 50th floor of the building. The [[Chicago Fire Department]] was able to extinguish the fire after an hour and a half; five people suffered minor injuries.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 21, 2015 |title=5 Injured in 2-Alarm Fire at John Hancock Building |url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Fire-Reported-at-John-Hancock-Building-352707061.html |access-date=November 21, 2015 |website=[[WMAQ-TV]] |publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] Media, LLC}}</ref>

On February 11, 2018, a fire in a car on the seventh floor required approximately 150 firefighters to extinguish.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Malagon |first1=Elvia |date=February 11, 2018 |title=Car fire at John Hancock Center extinguished without injuries |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-car-fire-hancock-20180211-story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120055146/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-car-fire-hancock-20180211-story.html |archive-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref>

On November 16, 2018, an express elevator cable broke. Initial reports stated that an elevator with six passengers plunged 84 stories from the 95th to 11th floor. Since express elevators are not accessible from floors within the express zone, a team of firefighters had to break through a brick wall from the parking garage to extricate the passengers, none of whom suffered injuries. Elevators to the 95th/96th floor were closed thereafter pending investigation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Elevator in former Hancock building fell 84 floors before rescue |url=https://wgntv.com/2018/11/19/elevator-in-former-hancock-building-fell-84-floors-before-rescue/ |access-date=November 19, 2018 |work=WGNTV |publisher=Associated Press |date=November 19, 2018 |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119214626/https://wgntv.com/2018/11/19/elevator-in-former-hancock-building-fell-84-floors-before-rescue/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Subsequent investigation documented only a controlled descent from the 20th floor to the 11th floor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Hancock building broken elevator cable never caused 'freefall,' 3rd party inspection report says |url=https://abc7chicago.com/former-hancock-building-broken-elevator-cable-never-caused-freefall-inspection-report-says/5264740/ |access-date=January 3, 2020 |work=ABC7 |date=April 23, 2019}}</ref>

On January 5, 2022, a piece of [[Cladding (construction)|cladding]] fell from the building.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liederman |first1=Mack |title=A Piece Of The Hancock Building Fell Off In 'Freak Incident,' Terrifying Neighbors |url=https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/01/07/a-piece-of-the-hancock-center-fell-off-amid-high-winds-frightening-neighbors-it-terrified-me/ |access-date=12 January 2022 |work=Block Club Chicago |date=7 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>