Welcome to CRWE Newswire News Update, I'm Christina Collins
--- Stepping onto an elevator at her Madison Avenue office building, an advertising executive became caught as its doors were closing and was dragged as it shot upward, crushing her to death between floors ---Two others were also on the elavator had to view the death of Suzanne Hart in this horrific accident --- They were rescued from the elevator with no physical injuries, and were taken to a hospital to be evaluated for psychological trauma --- Officials said Hart was stepping onto the elevator when her foot became caught in the gap between the elevator car and the lobby floor -- The car then rose abruptly with its doors still open, pulling her along --- The accident occured Wednesday morning in a 26-story midtown Manhattan office tower near Grand Central Terminal --- Investigators were trying to determine what went wrong, as safety mechanisms are supposed to prevent elevators from moving while their doors are open ---Also in the news --- The United Sates military has declared and end to the war in Iraq --- a war that was started to rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction it did not have --- In a ceremony called "Casing the Colors held in Baghdad today, Defense secreatry Leon Panetta thanked more than one million American Service members, who have served in Iraq, and made it clear that Iraq will be tested in the days ahead by terrorism, and that the US will stand by them as they navigate such challenges --- A few hundred military personnel and Pentagon civilians will remain, working within the American Embassy as part of an Office of Security Cooperation to assist in arms sales and training --- The war in Iraq had claimed 4,487 American lives, with 32,226 Americans wounded in action, as of last Friday --- Thank you for joining me for and stay with us for all your latest in News for CRWENewswire NewsUpdate, I'm Christina Collins
