air shaft

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Godot died at age 3 on Dec. 23, 1966, not long after a fall down an air shaft on the roof of Paulekas’ home/studio during a photo shoot with the Los Angeles Free Press.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2022

Atlanta’s fire department has posted a dramatic video showing the rescue of a man who fell around 15 to 20 feet down an air shaft.

From Fox News • Dec. 22, 2021

Although we had booked almost six months in advance and were staying for four nights, we were given a room with a view into an air shaft.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2019

My apartment had a bedroom too small to fit a desk or even a dresser, and its single window faced an air shaft the color of dryer lint.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 16, 2019

Dr. Schultz might even figure out how we had gone and trap us in the air shaft.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien