MY 9-8 Experience

My morning breakfast started with reflections on NYC 9-11 which was in the news leading up to 9-11.
By day's end I had experienced a situation that really hit home to me.
I found myself stuck on a elevator with no one around.

I was finishing up things at the museum like so many had done before me.
It was getting late:  7:45 p.m.

Leaving the 10 floor, I jumped on the elevator as I done many times before.  This time it was different.
The elevator door closed, it started descending and then it just stopped with a loud bang.
I felt stranded and hopeless.

I knew this was not good.  The building group had just recently reviewed with me the procedures to follow if an elevator stops for no apparent reason.  I was told that it could happen.  Step one, relax and call Dave.

Dave oversees this building.  We communicate often.  I called Dave, who in turn called 911 and then headed to the building from his home.  Relax I reminded myself.
We continued to stay in touch and updated each other by cell phone while waiting on the 9-1-1 responders.  Dave and I talked while I sent him text messages of my observations-for the record, just in case.

Dave, "I hear voices and sounds.  The escape door overhead just opened."
Dave replied, "I and in the building now headed up."

My face may have looked something like this face knowing everything would soon be fine.

Just then a ladder slowly begin to appear. 

"Do you think you can climb up?"   "Yes I can" I replied.

"We are ready for you to come up this way now"

Dave was up on the 9th floor by now and with the elevator doors forced open as I climbed up my way up toward the open doors.
Dave snapped this picture as I exited the elevator ceiling.

Dave, I said, "Better it was me to test this elevator than any anyone else WE know.  I welcome new adventures.  This was a new adventure!
Thank you all. Lets go home Dave."

Dave wanted to update the building group.  We both took the stairs down for no other reason than to talk about tomorrow's plans.  I just might take the stairs over the next days or weeks never the forget my 9-8.

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