ASME

The lone dissenter, Commissioner Robert Adler, said he wanted to wait for more information about the effect of the ASME’s code change.

The ASME’s five-inch rule for residential elevators actually resulted in an even bigger gap with the introduction of accordion-style elevator doors in the early 1990s.

But he is "far from that", says Asme, explaining "he is deeply spiritual but also deeply committed to the idea that one's relationship with God is very personal".

Perhaps unusually for a Libyan man, he never learned to drive - but he also never let that stop him from commenting on other people's driving, according to Asme, one of his six daughters.

Asme says she has asked him several times whether he regretted joining the opposition.