Decades later, Betty Lou Oliver still holds the record for surviving a 1,000-foot fall in the Empire State Building: "They thought she had died," her daughter tells PEOPLE Bettmann Archive/Getty Betty ...

Betty Lou Oliver, who just turned 20, had no idea her final day of work would mark the day she earned a Guinness World Record for surviving the longest elevator free fall July 28 marks the 80th ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Frightening moments for a woman in the District — she was riding in an elevator last week that started free-falling. She’s demanding answers about the safety of the ...