Originally Posted by BV

I was in an elevator on the 60th floor and the cable snapped.

Was in free fall for about 20 seconds it seemed before impact.

I just kept my eye on the floor indicator display and as soon as it got to about the 3rd floor I just jumped up as hard as I could.

I didn't feel feel any impact at all when it hit the bottom.

Everyone else did though but there are huge giant coil springs at the bottom of the shaft so it's not such a "sudden stop".

I read about this technique in one of the Anal Hobbit threads here on GFY.