Indian Man Stuck In An Elevator For Almost 2 Days
An Indian man was stuck in an elevator for almost 2 days! Can you imagine the terror and boredom?
Getting stuck in an elevator is always a fear. You never know when it could happen. What do you do if it happens? These are typical thoughts when you’re inside one of those boxes. Unfortunately, it happens! People do get stuck in them and it happened to a man in India who ended up being stuck in an elevator for nearly 2 full days! Here’s more on the unimaginable story.
Indian Man Gets Stuck In An Elevator For Almost 2 Days
Honestly, 10 minutes inside an elevator would be a long time. Can you imagine being stuck in one for 42 hours? That means you might have to sleep there not once but twice! At that point, you’d probably think you’re never getting out of there. It sounds like that’s what this man believed, too.
According to BBC, Ravindran Nair, 59, was stuck in an elevator inside a hospital in the India state of Kerala for 42 hours without any food or water! Nair told BBC that he did fear he would die there. That would be terrible! Especially if you suffer from claustrophobia.
Reports say Nair went to meet a doctor on Saturday afternoon but then got stuck in an elevator until Monday morning when a lift operator finally found him. I guess that’s a risk you take when you get on an elevator over the weekend, you might not be found until Monday! The whole weekend is wasted. Now, BBC reports Nair is recovering in a hospital and being treated for dehydration and back pain.
How Did An Indian Man Get Stuck In An Elevator For 2 Days?
Nair tells BBC that he tried calling the emergency number listed in the elevator, but there was no response. He also tried calling his wife and anyone he could think of but the calls wouldn’t connect, per the BBC. I was thinking didn’t he have his phone on him? Hearing that he had his phone and it was charged but wouldn’t work makes everything so much worse! It’s like a tease. Your lifeline is there but it won’t help you or function as it should. This would be a traumatic event.
Nair tells BBC, “I began panicking and started banging on the lift doors to attract attention. That’s when my phone fell on the floor and stopped working. I shouted and screamed for help and tried pulling apart the doors with my hands. It was no dark inside the lift, but thankfully, there was sufficient air to breathe.” It was dark, too!? This is absolutely a nightmare scenario. That would make the 2 days feel even longer having no idea what time it was or how long it had been.
He tells BBC, “As the hours passed, I had no idea whether it was day or night as it was pitch dark inside. When I got tired, I slept in a corner. I had to use another corner to pee and poo.” That’s smart. One of the first things you should do is establish where you’re going to sleep, and where you’re going to use the bathroom and you should try to make them as far apart as you can. Remember Dwight did this in The Office?
Thankfully, he was able to make it home and the first thing he did after being freed was call his wife. Good guy. The BBC reports the hospital has since put up a warning outside of the elevator warning people not to use it while it’s repaired. They will be using the stairs, and so will I moving forward. I couldn’t handle being stuck in an elevator for 42 hours!