Tips inför 4 dagar i Chicago
- Thread starter Voyageur
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palmen
Moderator
Verkar ju inte varit fritt fall direkt, då hade det nog slutat betydligt sämre för personerna i hissen.
Homer
Medlem
Lite mer info här, det var en av hissarna från baren med utsikt...
Guests entered the elevator after leaving building's Signature Room — a bar with stunning views of downtown from the 95th floor — before at least one cables holding the car broke.
A sudden "clack clack clack" noise occurred, passenger Jaime Montemayor, 50, told the Tribune, before dust began seeping into the car. Those aboard screamed, prayed and cried, the newspaper reported.
Firefighters arrived to make a rescue, eventually locating the car near the 11th floor and cutting an opening in a concrete wall, the station reported. Those inside were pulled to safety, leaving cables hanging next to the elevator's cracked door.
The whole process took nearly three hours.
"It was a pretty precarious situation where we had the cables that were broke were on top of the elevator," said Chicago Fire Department Battalion Chief Patrick Maloney, per ABC 7 Chicago.
"We couldn't do an elevator-to-elevator rescue. We had to breach a wall on the 11th floor of the parking garage in order to open up the elevator doors."
Guests entered the elevator after leaving building's Signature Room — a bar with stunning views of downtown from the 95th floor — before at least one cables holding the car broke.
A sudden "clack clack clack" noise occurred, passenger Jaime Montemayor, 50, told the Tribune, before dust began seeping into the car. Those aboard screamed, prayed and cried, the newspaper reported.
Firefighters arrived to make a rescue, eventually locating the car near the 11th floor and cutting an opening in a concrete wall, the station reported. Those inside were pulled to safety, leaving cables hanging next to the elevator's cracked door.
The whole process took nearly three hours.
"It was a pretty precarious situation where we had the cables that were broke were on top of the elevator," said Chicago Fire Department Battalion Chief Patrick Maloney, per ABC 7 Chicago.
"We couldn't do an elevator-to-elevator rescue. We had to breach a wall on the 11th floor of the parking garage in order to open up the elevator doors."