10-yr-old stuck in lift for an hour rescued

Surat: A 10-year-old boy stuck between the two floors in the elevator for over an hour was rescued on Monday from the Emporium Galaxy residential apartment in Utran.
Sources in the Surat Municipal Corporation’s (SMC) fire and emergency department stated that the boy identified as Vansh Paresh Savani, was stuck between the 5th and 6th floor in the B-wing of the 12-storied high rise apartment at about 1pm. The elevator in which he was coming down had developed a technical snag and stopped mid-way.
After the lift got stuck, the boy started screaming for help. The residents tried for about one hour to rescue the boy and finally called the SMC fire department..
BK Solanki, fire officer of Mota Varachha fire station told TOI, “We always carry the tool to open the stuck elevators. In this case, it took just five minutes for us to open the elevator’s front door and rescue the boy.”
Solanki added, “The boy was terrified as he was inside the dark lift stuck between the two floors for more than one hour. When we removed him from the lift, he was breathing good and was handed over to his mother Viral Savani. The boy had gone for studies at his friend’s house in the B-building. He lives with his parents in the A-wing.”