What we know:
Downtown Dallas – A woman was trapped in an elevator for several hours on the 45th floor of a Downtown Dallas building after leaving a restaurant Wednesday evening.
Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to 1401 Elm Street shortly before 6:30 p.m. after receiving calls about a person stuck in an elevator.
The woman was trapped for more than two hours before being rescued using a pulley system.
She was evaluated by medical personnel after being removed from the elevator shaft and was found to have no injuries.
Other diners leaving the restaurant temporarily used a service elevator.
How the woman was rescued:
An elevator technician initially tried to fix the elevator and free the woman but was unsuccessful. Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team was called to assist.
A rescuer was lowered from the 49th floor onto the elevator roof to set up an anchor for a pulley system.
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Using the pulley system, both the woman and the rescuer were pulled back up to the restaurant floor, where the woman had entered the elevator.
What we don’t know:
The woman and the restaurant have not been identified.
It remains unclear what caused the elevator to malfunction or if the issue has been resolved.
