A teen miraculously survived a five-story plunge inside a broken elevator at a Bronx apartment building last night, authorities and witnesses said.
Kenneth Lacen, 17, had boarded the elevator on the fifth floor of the building on Woodycrest Avenue near Yankee Stadium at around 9 p.m. when it suddenly went into a terrifying free fall and crashed in the basement, authorities and witnesses told The Post.
“We heard a loud gunshot-sounding boom and a loud crash,” said family member Tiffany Chalmers. “Everything just shook. We came out and pressed the elevator button and it didn’t work.”
Chalmers ran down to the first floor where other family members had gathered and were calling ¬police.
Emergency responders found the victim conscious and talking despite the harrowing ordeal and injuries to his head, back and leg.
“I’m so lucky he’s still here, by the grace of God,” said the victim’s godmother, Tashone Glenn.
“He could have died on the way down.”
Officials last night were continuing their investigation into the cause of the near-tragedy.