Elevator Rescue

• Anna Kendrick, others rescued from stuck elevator during TIFF

  Kendrick documented the ordeal in a video posted to social media.

  Canada

  Sep 12, 2022
  
• ‘My biggest fear’: Man, 21, injured after elevator cable snaps in downtown Toronto highrise

  “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.”

  Canada

  Jan 15, 2020
  
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• Calgary Tower shut down after elevator rescue: ‘I thought I was going to die’

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

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2019
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• 8 adults, 1 child stuck in elevator at Calgary Stampede Park

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

  Jul 14, 2019
• Woman rescued after being trapped for 3 nights in New York City elevator

  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.

  Trending

  Jan 29, 2019
• Men trapped in Toronto elevator during flash flood ‘prayed,’ vowed to get out ‘no matter what’

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

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2018
• No injuries after elevator-rescue from downtown Calgary highrise

  “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.”

  Nov 10, 2016