A woman spends three days in the elevator

A woman remained stranded three days and nights in the private elevator of a Manhattan townhouse, owned by a billionaire, was rescued, said the police.

The 53-year-old woman, who worked for the banker's family as a housekeeper, was in stable condition at Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Authorities responded to a call to 911 on Monday at approximately 10 am from the home on East 65th Street, near Central Park. The firefighters released the woman after forcing entry into the elevator blocked between the second and third floors of the five-story property.

The woman, whose name was not unveiled, told the authorities that she was stuck since Friday while the owners

The 911 call came from the US. Inside the house, but the authorities did not specify who did it.

The stunning 1920s townhouse with a garden was purchased for $ 8 million in 1999 by Warren A. Stephens and his wife, Harriet Stephens. He did not immediately respond to a message left to Stephens Inc., his investment bank based in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Warren Stephens, 61, chairman of the bank's board of directors, is estimated at $ 2.6 billion, according to Forbes. list of the best billionaires in the world. The company, created by Stephens' uncle, subscribed to Wal-Mart's public offer in 1970 and subscribed to the obligations of the Louisiana Superdome. The Stephens family occasionally frequented Bill and Hillary Clinton at Little Rock

The cause of the lift accident is the subject of an investigation. No violations were found during the last inspection in July, according to the records of the city's buildings department. Authorities did not know if the elevator had an emergency button or if the woman had a cell phone.

The police do not suspect any criminal acts, but report that incidents of jamming in an elevator for so many days are rare in New York. .

In 2005, a Chinese restaurant worker was stuck in a Bronx elevator for about 80 hours. And in 1999, a man spent 40 hours in an elevator of an office building in Manhattan before being seen by a security camera.