Donald Trump Rescued From Stalled Elevator in Colorado City

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Donald Trump Rescued From Stalled Elevator in Colorado City

By the associated press

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jul 30, 2016, 10:53 PM ET

The Colorado Springs Fire Department says that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had to be rescued from an elevator that was stuck between the first and second floors of a resort.

In a statement released Saturday, the department says that it was called at 1:30 p.m. Friday to rescue about 10 people, including Trump, trapped inside the elevator at The Mining Exchange, A Wyndham Grand Hotel & Spa resort.

The department says the firefighters opened the top elevator hatch and lowered a ladder into the elevator. Trump and the others used the ladder to climb out of the elevator to the second floor. The department says no injuries were reported.

Trump's security team was given control of the hotel's elevators during the event, said Perry Sanders Jr., an attorney who co-owns the hotel.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/donald-trump-rescued-stalled-elevator-colorado-city-41021888

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[kevinmc]

1. He should take it as a sign .... From God n/t

[madokie]

3. Hell

tRump thinks he is GOD

[grubbs]

2. The poor elevators motor

Was no match for trumps massive ego.

Good god. Can you imagine being trapped in an elevator with him? The hair spray fumes, the creepy little hands, the Cheeto dust...the humanity!

[ToxMarz]

4. Didn't Trump bash the Colorado Springs Fire Department saying

"They don't know what they're doing" for enforcing fire codes at his rally. They should have left him there, after all "He alone can fix things".

[riversedge]

7. yes, the idiot did say that.

[Android3.14]

5. Ten people?

Wanna bet the elevator was overloaded with too much stupidity?

[trueblue2007]

6. funny post

[trusty elf]

8. I have another pic for this thread.

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[Fla Dem]

15. Mommie Dearest!

[lonestarnot]

20. Now that is a sight for sore eyes.

[jtuck004]

9. Was that elevator about the size of a concrete bunker?

Might not be the last one he gets into...

[cynzke]

10. WAITING......

FOR TRUMP TO SAY...."HILLARY AND HER PEOPLE DID THIS"! OH, THE HUMANITY!

[cynzke]

12. WYNDEM HOTEL OFFICIALS ARE NOW WONDERING.....

Should they fumigate????

[tanyev]

11. Elevators for Hillary!

[Fla Dem]

26. We've captured the elevator contingent! What a lift to the campaign! We have the elevator lobby.

[groundloop]

13. Apparently tRump was a prick to those who rescued him

From CBS News:

"I will note I don't think that Mr. Trump interestingly enough did anything out of the ordinary other than potentially lash out at the fire department which seemed a little peculiar but he did not come out of that in any sort of bad spirits as best I can tell," Sanders said.

[Fla Dem]

14. Wouldn't happen in any of his buildings. He has the best elevators! They're great elevators!

[uawchild]

19. "Classy" elevators! n/t

[Simeon Salus]

16. "...security insisted on having manual control of the elevators"

"After the occupants were rescued, technicians for the company that services the elevator determined that the machine became stuck because someone turned the manual key while the car was in motion, Sanders said.

The problem was fixed and the 4-year-old elevator was immediately put back in service, he added.

The Trump campaign confirmed that the incident occurred but offered no further details."

Somebody in the security team disabled the elevator themselves.

[NNadir]

17. As a result, he'll stiff them on the bill. n/t.

[George II]

18. His fingers were too short to press the button?

[tawadi]

21. What a living nightmare for those stuck with him. nt

[rickford66]

22. this was made harder than neccessary

I worked in a very old resort hotel that had three different brands of elevators. Each had a way of remotely raising or lowering the car. At least once a week one of these would stop between floors. It was only a matter of raising the car to unlock the brake and then moving it to floor level. A key was used in some cases to open the doors if they were inoperable. Never had to call for firemen or lift passengers out the ceiling with a ladder. Elevators usually stop unexpectedly if overloaded or kids jumping up and down in them. One of us electricians took care of this within minutes if we were on duty, but the night managers could do it in most cases. I think someone wanted Drumpf to squirm a little.

[benld74]

23. From The Onion in 3,2,1

Donald Trump Rescued From Stalled Escalator in City

[WinstonSmith4740]

24. Good one!

And it will make it to Facebook within seconds!

[left-of-center2012]

25. "It was amazing. It made my head spin."

[GreydeeThos]

27. It is Trump's campaign that needs rescuing

I do not think the Fire Department is going to do that.

[whistler162]

28. By the Fire Marshal he dissed

later in the day!

[judesedit]

29. You know that bill isn't getting paid. And it's probably a substantial sum.

The poor folks working for Wyndham are probably getting treated like slaves, too.

[hamsterjill]

30. What do you want to bet?

That little hands Donnie had to be the first one pulled out? Bet he was crying like a baby.

[They_Live]

31. More sacrifice

and hardship for poor little Donnie.