If you fall down an escalator going up, do you ever stop falling?

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If you fall down an escalator going up, do you ever stop falling?
 
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Jupiter60 said:
If you fall down an escalator going up, do you ever stop falling?
If you fall down a long flight of stairs, can you stop before hitting bottom?
 
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Normally, people fall faster than the escalator is moving up.
 
Khashishi said:
Normally, people fall faster than the escalator is moving up.

Are you quoting from a database of escalator fall dynamics?

Seriously, have studies been done to establish " normally " for this case?