Engineering firm ThyssenKrup has created a Maglev elevator that operates horizontally as well as vertically, and without cables. The firm has completed the first public tests of the technology in a ...

CHICAGO, Illinois -- Six people who were rescued from an elevator in the former John Hancock Center, one of Chicago's tallest skyscrapers, later learned they had dropped 84 floors after two elevator ...

Six people who were rescued from an elevator in the former John Hancock Center, one of Chicago's tallest skyscrapers, later learned they had dropped 84 floors after two elevator cables snapped early ...

CHICAGO -- Six people who were rescued from an elevator in the former John Hancock building, one of Chicago's tallest skyscrapers, later learned the fall lasted 84 floors after two elevator cables ...

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CHICAGO -- Six people who were rescued from an elevator in the former John Hancock building, one of Chicago's tallest skyscrapers, later learned the fall lasted 84 floors after two elevator cables ...

A ride down from the top of Chicago's fourth-tallest building turned into a terrifying drop early Friday for a group of people, including a pregnant woman, who plunged 84 floors when a cable broke.

Chicago (CBS) --Six people, including a pregnant woman, became trapped on an elevator early Friday morning after dining at the Signature Room in the building formerly known as the John Hancock Center.

Elevators are absolutely vital in tall buildings, but they have their limits -- they can only move so quickly, and they can't usually move sideways to fetch you from the far side of a building. Both ...

CHICAGO -- Six people who were rescued from an elevator in the former John Hancock building, one of Chicago's tallest skyscrapers, later learned the fall lasted 84 floors after two elevator cables ...