Man's Legs Crushed in Elevator Shaft From: The Washington Post | Date: July 19, 1993| Author: Michael D. Shear | Copyright 1993 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

A District man's legs and feet were crushed yesterday when a 5,000- pound elevator counterweight pinned him inside an apartment building elevator shaft where he had gone in search of lost keys.

Matthew Joseph Smith, 29, a political consultant, was moving into a one-bedroom apartment on the sixth floor of the 3900 Tunlaw Cooperative in Northwest Washington when he dropped his keys down the elevator shaft, according to resident manager Sylvia Rackett.

Rackett said she unlocked a s...