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Six people left the dining room on the 95th floor of Chicago's famous Hancock Building on Friday morning. They entered an express elevator and lost 84 floors before being rescued by firefighters who had to cross a brick wall to access it.
The 100-story skyscraper is the twelfth tallest building in the world, 141 feet higher than the Eiffel Tower.
Chicago firefighters were called after the passengers were stuck Friday at 12:30. Officials quickly realized that two cables were broken and that six people, including a pregnant woman, were stuck in a "closed sky" elevator.
Present in parking garages and other high-rise buildings, these lifts move rapidly between floors – in a well built without opening between them.
This posed a big problem for the Chicago FD's special operations: "It was a fairly precarious situation where the broken cables were above the elevator," said battalion commander Patrick Maloney. "We could not do rescue in case of a problem."
They broke through a brick wall on the 11th floor, where the elevator was stopped, to open the doors.
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Fortunately, Maloney said the group was "very kind that the fire department did a good job" and that it was unhurt after waiting nearly three hours before being rescued.
He explained that there were "several" cables on the elevators, which they "were still safe there" – the car just was not operational.
"They come from outside the city and come to visit the big city of Chicago," said Maloney. "They were just happy that we could help."
ABC News information was used in this report
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