Most people get stuck in only one elevator a day. The ambitious aim higher than that:
This is why we need slides, people. Slides.
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A firefighter went up in another elevator in an adjoining shaft, exited through the ceiling hatch to get to the other elevator's hatch to transfer the trapped man and bring him down.
But after the transfer was made, the second elevator stalled and wouldn't come down, McGregor said.
Firefighters considered breaking through a brick wall to get into the elevator through the shaft and using ropes to bring the trapped men out, but didn't have to after an Otis Elevator Co. engineer was able to reset the elevator switch from the roof, put it in "inspection mode" and operate it manually, McGregor said.
This is why we need slides, people. Slides.
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Well, that and for the exercise.