{"id":8101,"date":"2024-11-13T08:05:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=8101"},"modified":"2024-11-13T08:05:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:05:49","slug":"take-the-death-stairs-if-you-dare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/11\/13\/take-the-death-stairs-if-you-dare\/","title":{"rendered":"Take the \u2018Death Stairs\u2019 if You Dare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/13\/us\/death-stairs-facebook.html\">NYT<\/a> A Facebook page, which began among a few friends, has grown into a popular photo collection of hazardous stairs. Kevin Reid knew the bright green staircase in his childhood home was a bit bizarre: It was made of pipe fittings and looked more like a ladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The quirky staircase was just a part of his upbringing until it found a global audience in April after it was featured on the Facebook group&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1040870849707443\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Death Stairs<\/a>, a page that has nearly 800,000 members and describes itself as a place \u201cwhere ascension is perilous and descending is deadly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What qualifies for inclusion on the page takes many forms. Among the highlights: narrow,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1040870849707443\/posts\/2001176810343504\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">triangle-shaped steps<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1040870849707443\/posts\/2006596416468210\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a glass spiral staircase<\/a>&nbsp;with mirrored walls and steep wooden stairs carved into&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/paekakariki.nz\/listings\/paekakariki-escarpment-track\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a New Zealand cliff face<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Reid had never thought of the steps at his childhood home as death stairs. His father had built the staircase as part of a two-story addition to the back of the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/13\/us\/death-stairs-facebook.html\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYT A Facebook page, which began among a few friends, has grown into a popular photo collection of hazardous stairs. Kevin Reid knew the bright green staircase in his childhood home was a bit bizarre: It was made of pipe fittings and looked more like a ladder. 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