air shaft

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Godot died at age 3 on Dec. 23, 1966, not long after a fall down an air shaft on the roof of Paulekas’ home/studio during a photo shoot with the Los Angeles Free Press.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2022

Video footage released by the department showed a firefighter rappelling down an air shaft before the victim was lifted out in a stretcher.

From Fox News • Dec. 22, 2021

A hotel might call this “a courtyard view,” but air ducts and other visible infrastructure made this just a large air shaft.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2019

My apartment had a bedroom too small to fit a desk or even a dresser, and its single window faced an air shaft the color of dryer lint.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 16, 2019

The building had central air conditioning; what we had to do was find the main air shaft and explore it.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien