1981. Big public New Year's Eve party at the Lexington KY Hyatt. After-party scheduled in someone's suite upstairs. 25 of us cram into an elevator and it gets stuck between floor 7 and 8. For four hours, no one could even bend their knees. Already soaked with sweat from dancing, it went hellish in a hurry. Had two bottles of champagne which we passed around. Fire Dept showed up quickly and couldn't get the doors apart. Had to take an ax to the upper part just to get the doors open enough to allow fresh air in. We took turns lifting people up to the opening just to breathe a little. Two people passed out standing up. If someone had puked it would have caused a catastrophic chain reaction, but we dodged that bullet. Finally pried the downs open enough with crowbars that we were able to crawl out. That was the scariest part, thinking that, after all that, the elevator might slip and cut you in half. We just took turns diving out to the lower floor and rolling around in the hallway.