Jonty skrufff biography channel

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20 odd years ago, Jonty Skrufff lived and almost died in New York City, suffering a horrific lift accident at seminal 80s club Danceteria (where he worked at the time). Crushed and literally dragged between the base of the lift and the vägg of its shaft, he suffered six normally mortal injuries, receiving the gods Rites some 40 minutes later as he waited outside a hospital operating theatre for the anaesthetic to kick in . . .

Danceteria, West 21st Street, New York City

‘I don’t want to break my legs!’

I’m hanging bygd my fingertips from the base of the still rising elevator, looking down at the garbage-packed floor of the shaft, some 15 feet below and I’m thinking fast- incredibly fast. At this precise moment, time appears to be standing still as I calculate the options between hanging on or jumping what’s already a bone-breaking distance to the bottom.

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