This week in the New Yorker, Nick Paumgarten writes about the lives of elevators, and tells the story of Nicholas White, who was trapped in an elevator in New York City’s McGraw-Hill building for forty-one hours. Here is a condensed look at White’s ordeal, as captured by the building’s security- Read the article detailing his story here picked by NIMBLEBIMBLE 4 months ago

He was out checking animal traps when he became trapped. He survived his 4-day ordeal by eating the carcases he had collected, even though they had rotted. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

A man who found himself trapped inside a store recently in Malmo, Sweden, eventually escaped by writing messages on the window in his own blood. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

An awesome parody of R-Kelly's Trapped in the closet. picked by Jerry520 12 months ago

Eighteen Ukrainian sailors were trapped underwater Sunday in their capsized tugboat after it collided with a cargo ship in Hong Kong waters, a marine official said. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

A cat that had been missing for three weeks was recovered after its owner in Greeley, Colo., found the animal trapped inside a bathroom wall. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

DUBUQUE, Iowa - A woman delivering the newspaper was treated for hypothermia after falling into a snow-filled storm drain, where she was stuck for more than an hour. picked by bevissimo 6 months ago

The incident occurred before 1 p.m. One witness told TVA he noticed that the road sunk an inch or two when he traveled over the overpass minutes earlier and he called emergency dispatchers. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Firefighters had to tear though a wall to rescue an intoxicated man who became stuck while trying to climb down a chimney into the residence of his former girlfriend. picked by DrNothing 11 months ago

Six pictures showing two Thai kids rescuing a puppy trapped in an aquaduct. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

A grey squirrel had to be rescued from a bird feeder as it had gorged on so many nuts it could not squeeze back out through the bars. picked by proverb 10 months ago

...in a bowling alley toilet.

Keeping himself warm by putting his feet in warm water, and only sleeping for 3 hours a night, David Leggat stayed sane by repeating the mantra "I wish I had a mobile, I wish I had a mobile." picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

Two Chinese brothers who tunnelled their way out of a coal mine collapse after being trapped for nearly six days survived by eating coal and drinking urine. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Rescuers save a 14-year-old dalmatian trapped in a storm drain for four days. The owner's gratitude is so intense, it brought tears to my eyes. picked by misswinkle 12 months ago

Stuck for 3 days. Building concierge, alerted to the possiblility, missed her on the elevator the first day. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

It's not quite as funny as I found the original R Kelly version. picked by em0ney 1 year ago

Two Czech men stuck in a billiard table while searching for a ball had to call firefighters to take the table apart and free them. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A mail carrier was trapped inside her car for nearly two hours after dogs attacked her tires, flattening three of them. picked by cb__ 6 months ago