MAN AND FIREFIGHTER/RESCUER TRAPPED IN ELEVATOR PARK MONROE CONDOMINIUMS, ON MONROE ST.

SUN FEB 05 2012 ~2115
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
ELEVATOR RESCUE IN HIGH-RISE
65 EAST MONROE STREET, CHICAGO, IL

FIRST ELEVATOR STUCK BETWEEN FLOOR 21 AND 22. FIREFIGHTER SET TO MAKE TRANSFER AND DESCEND, BUT SECOND ELEVATOR WOULD NOT DESCEND. DANGEROUS OPERATION CONSIDERED BY FIREFIGHTERS UNTIL OTIS REPAIRMAN RESPONDED AND WAS ABLE TO PUT ELEVATOR IN MANUAL MODE.






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Chicago Tribune Man trapped in elevator, so is his rescuer