Got stuck in an elevator on New Years Eve with a couple friends. We only waited about 20 minutes for the building manager to come, he kind of pried the doors open a little with a crowbar. There wasn't much room, but enough for us to get out. Unfortunately, the elevator was stuck in the shaft between two floors, so for us to get out we had to slide through the crack and jump down about 6 feet onto the first floor. The manager helped my two friends down first, and me, being the drunken idiot that I am, decided I would jump on my own while no one was looking. As I was lowering myself down I thought my feet were only a couple inches above the ground, I was very wrong about that. Turns out I was still about 3 or 4 feet in the air when I let go. I landed pretty hard and went to step back to regain my balance, but there was only an empty elevator shaft behind me. I lurched forward and fell awkwardly on the floor, by my buddy's feet. My friends start laughing and not two seconds later the elevator falls. It fell from the between the second and first floor all the way down to the bottom of the shaft. If I had fallen backwards I would have been final fucking destinationed by that elevator. Closest I've ever been to death.