{"id":14620,"date":"2016-11-21T15:34:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T15:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14620"},"modified":"2016-11-21T15:34:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T15:34:47","slug":"fdny-firefighters-rescue-students-trapped-in-empire-state-building-elevator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14620","title":{"rendered":"FDNY Firefighters Rescue Students Trapped in Empire State Building Elevator"},"content":{"rendered":"

(NBC 4<\/a>) \u2013 A high school concert choir visiting from New Mexico to perform at Carnegie Hall got trapped in an elevator inside the Empire State Building Thursday night.<\/p>\n

There were 13 people from Rio Rancho High School inside the elevator when a cable snapped.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were going up, it was fine, everything was normal. And then all of a sudden it stopped and it started shaking and we dropped,\u201d said student Keira Cramoots. \u201cIt was definitely scary.\u201d<\/p>\n

They were stuck between the 38th and 39th floors, but responding FDNY firefighters tried to keep the students calm by telling them they were near the second floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe opened up the side access panels so we could see the kids,\u201d said FDNY Lt. Brendon Mohan, \u201cWe reassured them we were here and they were going to get out.\u201d<\/p>\n

A firefighter joined the students in the elevator to help extract them. One by one, the students put on a harness to escape.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to walk from one elevator to the next with a harness from a panel,\u201d said Crum. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t see the bottom, it was so high.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we were going down, they caught on we weren\u2019t on the second floor,\u201d said firefighter Christopher Cimorelli.<\/p>\n