The Ann Arbor Fire Department performs an average of 85 elevator rescues every year, but a recent rescue was different. Firefighters repelled 30 feet down an elevator shaft at C.S. Mott Children’s ...

DENVER (KDVR) — On Tuesday afternoon, firefighters had to rappel about 40 feet to rescue people trapped in a freight elevator, according to a post on X from the South Adams County Fire Department.

A woman trapped in an elevator in a Town Center-area building Wednesday afternoon was rescued after a pair of firefighters rappelled down an elevator shaft from the ninth floor to reach the elevator ...

Johnny Jones said he tried to calm himself once the elevator he often rides in his family’s downtown Atlanta high-rise suddenly came to a halt amid near-freezing temperatures this month. During the ...

A man trapped in an express elevator shaft was rescued by specially trained Boston firefighters who hoisted him 70 feet to freedom, the department said. The incident played out late Thursday night at ...