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

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

A bony reptile lay across Mr. Ritter’s toolbox as he worked on a saxophone by the soft light that filtered in from the air shaft through sooty windows.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2018

She led us to the right, then the left, through a corridor of stainless steel like some kind of air shaft, and we arrived back in the Roman tile room with the fountain.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan