Monday morning did not start well, when we got in to the
lift to go down to the ground floor to go out for the day we joined a lift with
only six other people in it but as we descended more and more people got in at
every stop to the point that everyone in the lift knew that it was more than
full, so when it made its last stop we told the large American lady not to get
in but having forced her way in the doors closed behind her and the lift set
off for the ground floor however when it stopped it was unable to open its
doors so we tried to go down to the basement but the doors still would not
open. We were now unable to go up down or open the lift doors in response to
our emergency call the hotel staff tried to override the system to get us back
to a floor but were unsuccessful so they let us know that an engineer had been
called, at this point the lift is very uncomfortable with so many bodies in it
and one young girl was getting very upset. We know that Esme is not very happy
using lifts but she kept very calm and tried to help calm down the other girl.
We then got the message that the Fire Department had been called and would be
there shortly. True to the promise we soon heard the voices of the Firemen
outside the lift and in a few minutes they had the doors open and helped
everyone out of the lift it was only six or eight inches below floor level but
obviously far enough for the safety systems to stop the doors opening. The Fire
brigade counted eighteen people in the lift, so after the forty minutes we had
been stuck we were able to get on with the day. We took the bus tour of the
Uptown area which started off well enough until we started to leave Harlem when
the first few drops of rain were felt, by the time we were passing the Guggenheim
museum it was absolutely pouring with rain and despite being provided with
ponchos we were getting very wet so eventually back to the hotel and in to the
lifts to go and get dry before heading off to more lifts to go up the Empire
state building. In the evening we took the night tour to see the New York sky
line from Brooklyn and other vantage points.
Our Rescuers
one much happier little girl
Columbus circle
Who says it only rains in England
From the top of the Empire State building
Its a bit breezy up here
My attempt at the nightime sky line from a moving bus
and a proffesional version
Brooklyn bridge
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