The day the power went off...

"DON'T JUMP!"

The power went off at 2:00 on a hot summer day last week. Poof! in the dark, the whole neighborhood went black. Traffic lights were out. Air conditioner stopped. Computers went dark. Our phones went dead. Then we discovered two people were stuck in the elevator!! Since our phones didn't work, we all pulled out our cell phones. I yelled thru the elevator doors for them to find that emergency phone in the elevator, "It's dark", they said. "Where is it?" When they finally found the phone, they said they couldn't see the buttons to dial it. All this time I've always thought that the phone would automatically dial security, or the police, or at the very least, the fire department. But noooooooo, it didn't connect to anyone. One of us called liberry security, someone else called the power company, then someone else called the fire department to come get those folks out of the elevator. Those poor people! They were both in their 80's. By now, they are telling us thru the door that it was getting hot inside the elevator and they are beginning to panic. I waited outside the liberry watching for the firefighters to come, it seemed like it took them forever! Those poor people! By the time the FD arrives, somehow those two old people have already gotten the elevator doors open! I'll never know how they did that. And we can see that the elevator is stuck between two floors, about 5 feet up from the main floor. OMG they were trying to jump out of the elevator! Don't Jump!! Let the firefighter help you out! Did the FD use any of their fancy dancy firefighter equipment, a ladder or something? noooooooooo They grabbed a liberry chair, pulled it up to the elevator so that the elderly couple could step on the arm, then the seat, then the floor....Whew....About one hour later, around 3:00, the power is restored.