To be clear, this is not a repeat of last month’s Hancock elevator malfunction — which fell 84 floors and got stuck with six people inside. This is a new nightmare.
According to the Chicago Tribune, fifteen people were trapped on the fourth floor of 819 S. State St. this morning. Ten of them got out by climbing up the hatch and then climbed down a ladder placed in the elevator shaft. The Chicago Fire Department had to break through a wall to get the rest. No word on how long they were trapped.
Not a good few months for elevators in the city of Chicago. But I’m still not taking the stairs. — [eric]
