Have you ever had a fear of Clautophobia? Being stuck for hours. Feeling helpless. This one man was stuck for 41 hours in New York.

Want to know what Clautophobia is? It’s the fear of elevators.

Check out The New Yorker’s article about his 41 hours entrapment.

This week in the magazine, 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 cameras.

Video… lick here

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