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Here’s a photo, courtesy of Property Shark, of 338 Berry Street, where the widely-loved drummer Jerry Fuchs fell to his death early Sunday morning after a malfunction with the manual elevator. As Gothamist point out, DOB records for the South Williamsburg building show numerous code and safety violations in the loft building over the years. This one in particular for “Failure to Maintain Elevator” looks especially tragic in retrospect.
W’burg Drummer Dies in Elevator Shaft Fall [NY Times] GMAP
More Details On Death Of Drummer Jerry Fuchs [Gothamist]


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  1. noki, easy to envision a piece of clothing getting caught on something and then it swings you into the shaft. Happens rather frequently in my business, unfortunately.

  2. This is just incredibly sad. I cannot picture how this happened either. If standing in the elevator and jumping to a floor one is stuck within feet of, how does one fall into the shaft?