Video captures moments man crushed by elevator at Manhattan Promenade building.

NY Post: Graphic video shows moment man crushed by elevator at Manhattan Promenade building.

One of every New Yorker’s worst nightmares played out Thursday morning when a Kips Bay man was crushed to death by an elevator in his luxury high-rise as his horrified neighbors looked on, authorities said.

Sam Waisbren, 30, clawed desperately to escape the packed lift as it plunged from the lobby into the darkness of the shaft below, but he was crushed between the elevator car and the shaft wall, according to officials.

“The guy literally was trying to climb out onto the floor while the elevator was still [moving down],” said a building worker, who witnessed the death and asked not to be identified. “It’s awful.”

The horrific scene, which played out at the 23-story Manhattan Promenade tower on Third Avenue near East 25th Street just after 8:15 a.m., was captured on building surveillance footage exclusively obtained by The Post.

As one woman stands waiting, the elevator door opens into the lobby and a man wearing a backpack emerges, then wheels around as the lift gives way and Waisbren and five others go rocketing downward, the clip shows.

Waisbren instinctively shot out his right hand to grab the frame of the elevator door and tried to plant his right leg onto a sliver of lobby floor, but was immediately overpowered.

“His initial reaction was to put his arm out . . . so he could get off,” the building worker said. “At that point, the elevator took him down. Jumping out [of] the car while it’s still moving, you just don’t want to do it.”

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Jerry Nadler caught up in NYC Blackout Power Outage.

From an unknown source...

NYC Blackout; 42nd anniversary to the day of the same. (There are no coincidences.) (UPDATE) Power slowly returning. Conspiracy theories abound.

 10:32PM EST power slowly returning

NY Daily News: 1977 blackout also on July 13.

Saturday night’s power outage in New York City took place on the 42nd anniversary of a devastating blackout that affected most of the city and led to widespread looting.

 Penn Station; FOX News.

NY Post: Manhattan in darkness.

BBC: Electrical transformer fire is blamed as cause.

Curbed: Manhole fire initial cause.

- @NYCEmergencyMgt is working with the NYPD, FDNY and city agencies to respond to power outages in Manhattan due to a manhole fire earlier this evening. Disruption is significant.

We’ll have further updates soon — please follow @NotifyNYC.

Hit your favorite Chan(s), BBS and discussion sites for the conspiracy theories. Far too many for me to list. Me? This can only be the work of Teh Russians. Or...this guy.

FOX News; power slowly returning.

Return Manhattan to the Lenape Natives.Governor Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio, "Tear down the White Imperialsim."

White guys New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio should return Manhattan to the Native Americans. I mean...if they're really serious about equality and fairness.

Image: Brian Altonen

And return to its original name, Manna-Hata.

Manhattan? That's just White Liberal Privilege.