Luke Farley says when he took office last year one out of every five elevators in the state was not inspected each year.
A Florida doctor immediately threw his food to the ground when he saw a dog whose leash was stuck in an elevator.
He said there was an electrical power problem in the Vatican, which left him stuck in the elevator until he was rescued by firefighters.
Authorities say the victim was getting off in the lobby of the apartment building just before 8:30 a.m. when the elevator malfunctioned.
Six people who were rescued from an elevator in the former John Hancock building, one of Chicago's tallest skyscrapers, later learned the fall lasted 84 floors after two elevator cables broke early Friday morning.
A couple spent the first hour of their wedding apart.
