Friday, August 23, 2019

Stuck Elevators


Elevators ARE scary contraptions. It always makes me nervous to enter one. Alfred Hitchcock refused to enter the things. Thank goodness it's a rare occurrence these days.
I still remember being in one on the campus of Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Alabama, in 1987. I was the sole occupant and the elevator stopped and the lights went out between floors.
I heard someone say, "Don't worry! We'll get you out."
My entire life flashed across my mind. I remembered that Little League game in 1961 when I hit the home run, the only time I was personally mobbed after touching home plate in a baseball game. It was glorious.
My memory was interrupted in a matter of minutes as the lights came on and the elevator moved and the door opened to a floor. I used the stairs in vacating the building. 
I never found out nor did I desire to find out exactly what precipitated the stoppage in service.

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