“This is my biggest fear...a free fall...in an elevator,” he said. “There was no indication anything was wrong. It is usually clunky but that is all of these elevators.”

The Calgary Tower has been shut down after eight people had to be rescued from a broken elevator on Friday night.

No one was injured after an elevator at the Calgary Stampede was stuck for nearly 45 minutes Saturday night.

A woman spent the weekend trapped in a private New York City elevator, only to be rescued Monday after being stuck inside the lift for three nights.

Police said two officers arrived on scene and had to swim their way through the flooded basement to the elevator.

“When a building goes into alarm, it might not be because of a fire...So it really is important to know what you, as an employee, need to do.”