Ivana Trump fell on a spiral staircase.

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Spiral staircases may look beautiful and save on space. But I've never been comfortable using them and I certainly won't be depending on one at age 73.

[Walleye]

1. I'm 73 too. I have one staircase carpeted up to my apartment and I hold the handrail

I’ve fallen down too many times throughout my life to be overconfident. Born klutz.I’m also betting they were high heels and liquor involved

[milestogo]

4. She was having leg pains for two weeks

so it may be that she just fell. But high heels on a spiral staircase - that would be difficult at any age.

[GoCubsGo]

11. I heard multiple people say she needed a hip replacement,

but refused to get one. A bad hip, alone, is bad enough, but that and any sort of staircase, spiral or otherwise, is asking for trouble.

[badhair77]

2. We rented a beach house with one and

I almost fell while I carried a laundry basket. From that day I used the outside deck stairs to get to that level. I would never have a spiral staircase in my home. Not the safest option.

[milestogo]

6. I once looked at a loft apartment which had a spiral staircase up to the bedroom.

How do you get bedroom furniture upstairs on a spiral staircase?!

[rownesheck]

7. Oh, I know.

PIVOT!

[ZonkerHarris]

18. Well played

[phylny]

38. Thank you for the best laugh of the day!

[TheBlackAdder]

8. Ikea? 🤣

[milestogo]

20. One piece at a time.

Too many trips.

[TheBlackAdder]

36. And possibly one or two falls.

[badhair77]

28. That would be a nightmare.

We never rented that cottage again. I made sure there were no spiral staircases in our future.

[malaise]

3. I was wondering if there's one at Bedminster

I remain hopeful.

[GoCubsGo]

12. Yeah, like he ever uses the stairs.

It's either an elevator or escalator for that lazy slob.

[Mr.Bill]

27. He has trouble with a ramp. n/t

[Danmel]

41. Maybe he has an extra wide stairlift

[ProfessorGAC]

5. I Always Saw Them As...

...a great space saving emergency tool.
But, I'd never have a house where the only floor to floor path was a spiral.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. You think that's bad ...

From one of Wikipedia's featured items, yesterday, I think.

I'm staying to the left, thanks.



Wells Cathedral Stairs to Chapter House, Somerset, UK

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Cathedral

[BannonsLiver]

14. I've been up those stairs

And your instincts are correct.

[ornotna]

22. The path on the left seems well trodden

Compared to the right. History agrees.

[mindfulNJ]

10. They've always seemed

dangerous to me. Kids, dogs, old people...seems like an accident waiting to happen. Regular stairs are bad enough!

[FelineOverlord]

13. From 2004

The infamous staircase

[Liberal In Texas]

24. That doesn't look like a spiral staircase. It's just curved and very wide.

THAT'S a spiral staircase...

?size=pdhism

[ornotna]

32. Yep

Looks nice but man they are a pain to use.

[badhair77]

29. She sounds winded.

[FelineOverlord]

15. Another video

[ecstatic]

19. Where's the boyfriend now?

Did they break up?

[emulatorloo]

34. Cancer took him.

Ivana Trump’s fourth husband Rossano Rubicondi dead at 49
By Conor Skelding
October 30, 2021 12:24pm Updated

https://nypost.com/2021/10/30/ivana-trumps-fourth-husband-rossano-rubicondi-dead-at-49/

[Blue Owl]

16. They're more like a ladder IMO...

[milestogo]

17. I guess it depends how wide they are.

The ones in these clips aren't as bad as some of the ones I've seen when looking for an apartment. You're right, they are more like a ladder, but you don't normally carry stuff up a ladder.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. They're hell on weak knees.

As I discovered walking up the spiral staircase of the Notre Dame Cathedral. I must have been in my thirties and one of my knees caps suffered its first case of carpal tunnel syndrome. But, it's a birth issue and my knees aren't properly aligned.

Ivana either had one of her knees give in, or she slipped.

[FakeNoose]

25. I'm sure she could have installed one of those Stairmaster chair riders

They can be put in for a few thousand $. My dad and stepmother needed a Stairmaster and I think they put one in for about $2,000.

Or for a little more investment, a standard elevator shaft could have gone in where the spiral staircase was currently standing. It's not always about looks, it's also about function and physical safety.

[milestogo]

26. She lived a glamorous life.

But in the end, safety has to take priority.

[badhair77]

30. In one of the videos she mentioned an elevator.

Wonder why she used the stairs.

[former9thward]

35. The home has an elevator.

It is 5 stories. No need for a stairmaster.

[Vinca]

31. We have an addition to the house that has a spiral staircase. It was there when we bought

the place and I'd remove it (and the addition) if I could afford to. They're dangerous. Maybe great for a tight space, but otherwise broken hip traps.

[former9thward]

33. Her home had five stories.

In this video she comments that "lazy people use the elevator, I like to exercise so I use the stairs".

https://extratv.com/2022/07/21/inside-ivana-trump-s-manhattan-home-take-a-tour/

[BlackSkimmer]

37. We had one in the house where I grew up.

I fell both down and up it many times as a fast-moving teen lol. Wooden steps and a cast iron railing. I bounced pretty well in those days.

I don't think I'd be nearly as comfortable on it nowadays.

[Silent3]

39. Can't a fall down a straight staircase be more dangerous?

At least with a spiral the sides would be slowing you down and give you more places to grab onto (or simply get caught up in) rather than your body heading straight down a slope almost unimpeded.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

40. Well, whadda know, she fell down the stairs,

maybe now we can dismiss all the recent conspiracy theories that the Mango Menace had her knocked off for ????.

It really got ridiculous a few days ago, and I mean right here on DU.