We’ve all stared at that button in the elevator with the phone icon on it, supremely confident that if the cab came to a screeching halt while rocketing up to the 42nd floor, a simple button press ...

Current and former residents of Minden Hall can testify that getting stuck in an elevator is an unpleasant experience that occurs far too frequently. This summer, the 93-year-old dormitory underwent ...

Can we speak, for a moment, about the humble elevator button? I know, there could hardly be a more seemingly inconsequential design element, yet the elevator button has become the bane of my existence ...

(NEXSTAR) – Perhaps no button on Earth is mashed as furiously as the “door close” button in an elevator. The button, usually denoted by a set of arrows pointing inward, is a favorite of impatient ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The Pittsburgh International Airport is installing touchless "wave to call" elevator buttons. The airport shared photos of the new buttons, saying "it's not 'beam me up, Scotty,'" ...

An elderly man who died in a parking garage elevator pushed the emergency button twice during an 8-minute span on July 6, but got no response despite Denver code requiring elevator operators to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – Perhaps no button on Earth is ...