Elderly Woman Trapped in Elevator for 40 Minutes Raises Safety Concerns in Shanghai Building

The weekend just past made Mr. Huang, who lives in Juquan Street, Baoshan District, Shanghai, China, very scared. He heard someone calling for help in the elevator of his building that day, so he hurriedly helped to make an emergency call. Unexpectedly, when the elevator door opened, he saw that the trapped person was My own mother and the elderly were trapped for 40 minutes. What is even more speechless is that when the mother and son went to the property to retrieve the monitor screen, they learned that the monitor had been broken since May 3.

“Shangguan News” reported that at around 12:00 noon on June 10, Mr. Huang was about to go downstairs to throw garbage when he heard a cry for help from the elevator, so he tried to use the calling function of the elevator next door to help him seek help, but there was no response. Mr. Huang recalled that other residents had sent elevator repair calls, and then made a call. After about 20 minutes, someone came to pry open the elevator, and he found out that it was his mother who was trapped in the elevator. Focused, limp limbs.

Huang’s mother revealed that she has been locked in the elevator three times this year, but the most recent time was so frightened that she couldn’t sleep at night. She recalled that when she was about to go down from the 7th floor, the elevator suddenly stopped working. People come to the rescue.

This incident brought a lot of blows to the mother and son, and they had deep doubts about the safety of the elevator. It’s broken since March 3rd. Other residents also revealed that many people were trapped in the elevator, and some people encountered it more than once, and when the elevator failed and stopped working, the emergency button did not work.

In this regard, the staff of the Gucun Town Property Office in Baoshan District stated that they will urge the property company to conduct investigations on the 22 buildings in the entire community within 2 weeks, and solve the problems of each elevator one by one. No one answered the repair call, if this is due to insufficient security personnel, additional personnel will be required.