When the fire broke out at the Ostankino TV Tower, state media published a report of just over 100 words. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Let's take a look at what this official report says.

At around 3 p.m. Moscow time on August 27, a fire broke out at 450 meters from the Ostankino TV Tower, located in the north of the city of Moscow. Moscow firefighters are fighting the fire with all their might, and after the emergency evacuation of people in the TV tower, there is no news of casualties yet. Because of the fire, all major Russian television stations and radio broadcasts were suspended, and the cause of the accident is under further investigation.

It should be added here that in the end, the official changed the report "no casualties yet" and determined the number of casualties to be: 3 dead!

The signals of 11 television stations, 12 radio stations and 17 satellite television programs were interrupted for almost a month. Jing felt very uncomfortable, on the 31st, in a speech in the Samara region, he specifically talked about the fire in the Ostankino TV tower, which can not be said to be ignored, but the pity is that such a big accident allocated 16.78 million rubles for equipment repairs, what is the ulterior "secret" in this?

I happened to flip through the "Russian Architectural Diary" (Editor's note: In order to prevent readers from taking a seat, a pseudonym is used here. I saw a rather treacherous set of records:

The Ostankino TV Tower, built in 1967, is actually a "product" of the struggle for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union. However, the technology at that time did not support such a tall building, so during the construction of the Ostankino TV Tower, many accidents occurred, and records of casualties abounded. One of the accidents was very strange - the elevator. At that time, the safety factor of the elevator was far from the current target, but the face project was killed, and the construction party intervened with administrative intervention to ensure that it only took 58 seconds for an elevator to reach the 337-meter-high observation deck. At this rate, there are still many elevators that can't do it, not to mention the Soviet Union in the sixties. But the administrative requirements are like the law, in order to complete the elevator at this speed, it can be said that the construction party did not hesitate to spend the price of safety, and finally put the so-called sightseeing elevator in place under the premise of causing one death and two injuries!

In the process of commissioning, this sightseeing elevator continued to have problems, until the Ostankino TV Tower was completed and opened, the sightseeing elevator still failed to be substantially solved, but "safety" compared to political tasks, more or less unimportant. It can be said that the sightseeing elevator is "running on the horse" with problems. Fortunately, in the process of operation, although the problem continues, it is still "reluctantly" completed the task: sometimes there are sleepy people, but the problem can always be solved in the first time.

In 1970, the first accident of the sightseeing elevator finally happened, a 67-year-old man was riding the sightseeing elevator, because the elevator trembled and caused the sudden death of the old man. However, this behavior did not attract the attention of the management of the Ostankino TV Tower, which unilaterally believed that it was caused by the poor physical condition of the elderly, and the only "remedy" measure made by the management was to prohibit the elderly over 60 years old and heart patients from taking the sightseeing elevator. By 2007, the policy was changed to prohibit the elderly over 75 years old and people with heart disease from taking the sightseeing elevators.

In 1980, the second accident of the sightseeing elevator also happened, it was a midsummer afternoon, due to the failure of the sightseeing elevator halfway, because the elevator was stuffy (there was no air conditioning in the sightseeing elevator at that time). ), causing a Russian aunt to die of heat stroke. The incident still did not attract the attention of the management of the Ostankino TV Tower, and the "remedial" measures given were: the outdoor temperature exceeded 35 degrees Celsius, the sightseeing elevator stopped running, and those who were obese must present a health certificate to take the sightseeing elevator. Of course, this was repealed in 2002.

In 1990, the third accident of the sightseeing elevator occurred, the sightseeing elevator stopped in the middle of the floor, a 7-year-old girl, unknown to the inside, ready to drill out, halfway through, the sightseeing elevator suddenly started, the little girl was divided into two, died on the spot. Rag dolls with voices were popular in those days. The rag doll in the little girl's hand fell at the elevator entrance, "looking" at the remaining upper body of the little girl, "hahaha......" laughing, listening to it for a long time, the laughter was like a sad cry...... Of course, the accident still did not cause any alarm, and the management of the Ostankino TV Tower only issued a notice: when the elevator is abnormal, do not enter and exit casually, just in case. Children must be accompanied by a parent to ride the sightseeing elevator.

The time of the death of the little girl in 1990 was very fierce at the time, but everyone in this era is familiar with the era of the Soviet Union's "end of life", social turmoil, in the face of a period of great historical change, the death of the little girl is very pale and immediately forgotten.

Have you noticed any patterns? The sightseeing elevator of the Ostankino TV Tower is one of the fatalities that occur almost every 10 years: a striking resemblance in time. Second...... That's even more treacherous. Through some social newspapers of the time, we can see that the three deceased in 70, 80 and 90 all called one person by name at the same time before they died: Hephaestus. This one is extremely terrifying. So what kind of person was Hephaestus?

I consulted some information and found that this Hephaestus was not a person, but a god, one of the twelve main gods of the Olympic Games, the god of masonry, the god of carving art, and the originator of Western blacksmiths. Of course, there is also an important identity - the god of fire. I really don't understand why these three deceased people called this god's name when they were dying, until August 27, 2000, when all the truth was finally revealed to the world!

At 15:01 p.m. on August 27, 2000, the sightseeing elevator of the Ostankino TV Tower operated as usual on weekdays, and according to the regulations, the number of people on the sightseeing elevator could not exceed 10 people at a time. It was the turn of a family of three to enter the sightseeing elevator to visit, but the little girl was unwilling! The little girl's parents didn't understand a little, they were originally very happy to go out to play together, why did their daughter suddenly become restless? (To be continued)