Post subject: Deliveryman stuck in elevator for 3 days
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:44 pm
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Chinese immigrant hospitalized for dehydration The Associated Press
Updated: 5:53 p.m. ET April 5, 2005NEW YORK - Ming Kuang Chen was written off after vanishing Friday night while making a delivery for Happy Dragon restaurant at a high-rise apartment building.
As police conducted a massive search and days passed, speculation grew that the 35-year-old Chen was the victim of armed bandits or some other urban horror in the Bronx borough.
But more than three days later, the deliveryman emerged with a mean thirst and a tale of survival: He had been stuck by himself in an elevator the whole time, without food or water. He was pulled out at about 5 a.m. Tuesday — 80 hours later — by firefighters responding to a security officer’s call for help from the high-rise.
“Thanks for everyone caring about me,” Chen said afterward in an interview with ETTV, a Taiwan-based news network. “I’m fine now.”
Chen — an undocumented immigrant from the Fujian Province in southeastern China who speaks mostly Mandarin — apparently tried to tell rescuers how long he had been trapped by circling his watch dial with his finger numerous times, said Charlie Markey, a Fire Department spokesman.
Meal was delivered The deliveryman was given water at the scene before being treated for minor dehydration. “He was in very good condition,” said Montefiore Medical Center spokesman Steve Osborne. He had no food with him in the elevator, having delivered his last meal.
On Tuesday, authorities — who conducted a door-to-door canvass of the apartment complex over the weekend looking for Chen — were questioning why police officers and the building’s private security force found no sign of Chen, who claimed he had repeatedly cried out and pushed an alarm button in the elevator.
“I tried to knock (down) the door and kept screaming for help, but no response,” Chen said in the television interview. “During the time I was stuck in the elevator, I just kept sleeping because I don’t know what else to do.”
Chen was last seen about 8:30 p.m. Friday after making three deliveries at the same apartment complex in the Bedford Park neighborhood. He later told police through a translator that he had entered an elevator on the 32nd floor of a 38-story building when it plunged down and became stuck between the third and fourth floors.
An investigation on Tuesday determined that the security camera and alarm system in the elevator were working. But security officers told police they didn’t hear or see Chen until security workers responded to his calls early Tuesday. Chen said his pleas using the intercom were answered, but that the language barrier was too great.
Even maintenance workers who were called to check out the disabled elevator on Monday missed Chen, police said.
Those questions aside, Mayor Michael Bloomberg marveled at Chen’s good luck.
“If they were there and they searched and they didn’t find him, thank God it turned out that he’s OK,” the mayor said. “I think we should all be thankful that the man’s alive.”
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“Thanks for everyone caring about me,:arrow: ” Chen said afterward in an interview with ETTV, a Taiwan-based news network. “I’m fine now.”
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Ewww. I don't know how he did it, I'm terrified of elevators. I'm not claustrophobic I just have a fear of getting stuck in them. I'm glad that he's ok.
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Post subject: Re: Deliveryman stuck in elevator for 3 days
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:44 pm
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Crazy at War wrote:
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An investigation on Tuesday determined that the security camera and alarm system in the elevator were working. But security officers told police they didn’t hear or see Chen until security workers responded to his calls early Tuesday. Chen said his pleas using the intercom were answered, but that the language barrier was too great.
Even maintenance workers who were called to check out the disabled elevator on Monday missed Chen, police said.
this is wrong on so many levels. and you wonder why they hate americans.
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I got stuck in a service elevator at a department store I once worked overnight at. It was just between the 1st and 2nd floors, so no fears of falling or anything.. But fortunately I was thin and agile enough to pull myself through a trap door in the ceiling, where I found a plug that was hanging out of its' socket. I plugged it back in and the elevator started up again. If that hadn't worked I may have been stuck there for a few more hours.
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owen meany wrote:
I got stuck in a service elevator at a department store I once worked overnight at. It was just between the 1st and 2nd floors, so no fears of falling or anything.. But fortunately I was thin and agile enough to pull myself through a trap door in the ceiling, where I found a plug that was hanging out of its' socket. I plugged it back in and the elevator started up again. If that hadn't worked I may have been stuck there for a few more hours.
awesome.....bond. james bond.
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towelie wrote:
captainloveboat wrote:
ha ha me and my friend had a good laugh at this idiot!
Why exactly is he an idiot?
No shit! If anyone is an idiot in this story, it is the idiot Americans who had trouble with the "language barrier". How hard is it to understand someone who needs help?
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Crazy at War wrote:
towelie wrote:
captainloveboat wrote:
ha ha me and my friend had a good laugh at this idiot!
Why exactly is he an idiot?
No shit! If anyone is an idiot in this story, it is the idiot Americans who had trouble with the "language barrier". How hard is it to understand someone who needs help?
thank you.
and how do you inspect an elevator and not realize someone is stuck inside it? wouldn't you at least check inside it? or try to? oy vey.....
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inhiding78 wrote:
Crazy at War wrote:
towelie wrote:
captainloveboat wrote:
ha ha me and my friend had a good laugh at this idiot!
Why exactly is he an idiot?
No shit! If anyone is an idiot in this story, it is the idiot Americans who had trouble with the "language barrier". How hard is it to understand someone who needs help?
thank you.
and how do you inspect an elevator and not realize someone is stuck inside it? wouldn't you at least check inside it? or try to? oy vey.....
Thats what I was thinking as I was reading the story. You would think if any elevator was stuck, the first thing they would do would be to make sure noone was inside.
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The Chinese food deliveryman who was trapped for 31/2 days in an elevator went into hiding yesterday — fearing his newfound fame may get him in hot-and-sour soup with immigration officials.
"He left the city," one of Ming Kuang Chen's roommates said through an interpreter. "He's an illegal immigrant and he's afraid people will catch him."
After his ordeal — which set off an intensive police manhunt — Chen's co-workers at the Happy Dragon restaurant in The Bronx said they didn't know if he would return to work.
"He's recovering. We don't know if he's coming back. We haven't spoken to him," said a woman working the counter.
Immigration officials, however, say Chen has little to worry about despite his picture being splashed all over the news.
"If the guy doesn't come up as a major hit, like a national security threat or with a violent criminal record we just don't have the resources to pursue every single case," said an official who spoke on condition anonymity. "He's a nobody."
Regardless, Mayor Bloomberg is furious that Chen's immigration status was revealed as cops searched for him.
"It's unconscionable. His immigration status had nothing to do with it whatsoever. It should not have been divulged," he said yesterday. "It would be in direct violations of the executive order that I signed."
In 2003, Bloomberg strengthened a longstanding rule that prevented city employees, such as police officers or social service workers, from reporting the immigration status of residents to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Chen says he got stuck in the elevator Friday evening after making several deliveries in the Tracey Towers on West Mosholu Parkway South. He remained there — caught between floors — until Tuesday morning.
Chen insists he repeatedly pressed the elevator's alarm and intercom but could not communicate his situation to building employees because he speaks little English. The building's managers, however, say they didn't hear a thing from Chen until Tuesday.
Meanwhile, after he didn't return to work, Chen's employers called police who launched a full-on manhunt, going door to door in the building and searching surrounding parks with bloodhounds. Little did they know, Chen was in their midst the whole time.
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he's inhiding! whoa cool. so am i. sorta. or its just my fav pj song. one or the other. its still cool.
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captainloveboat wrote:
inhiding78 wrote:
he's inhiding! whoa cool. so am i. sorta. or its just my fav pj song. one or the other. its still cool.
my favorite PJ single NOT on RVM GH
thank you.
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I was stuck in an elevator for about fifteen minutes once and it was an absolute blast. Of course, we were just coming back from the bar and were all pretty drunk. And there were twelve of us in an elevaotr that has a max of eight persons. Don't worry...we weren't wondering why it got stuck.
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I'm not claustrophobic I just have a fear of getting stuck in them. I'm glad that he's ok.
