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If you were in an elevator free-falling 100 floors, and you jumped up, one inch from when the elevator hit the ground, would you be safe?

Or would the force kill you?
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Heartlander · 80-89, M
If the elevator was in a vacuum I think you be accelerating at 32 feet per second squared. But whatever the resistance, still pretty fast. Whether you would survive would likely depend on what cushions, if any, were at the bottom of the shaft. Jumping would make little difference.