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August 07, 2008

Stuck Between Floors

Perhaps this story brings back memories of telephone booth stuffing gone awry.
This past Tuesday, police and firefighters were called to the University of Texas' Jester Hall to free 26 cheerleaders who had crammed themselves into an elevator, in an attempt to see how many girls could be squeezed in, a Dallas newspaper reported.
The incident involved a group of 14- to 17-year-olds attending Texas Cheer Camp in Austin. The elevator successfully descended from the fourth floor to the first, but the doors refused to open. The panicked girls managed to wiggle a few cell phones free to call for help.
It took about 25 minutes before a repairman was able to fix the door. One teen fainted and was treated and released from a nearby hospital. Two others were treated at the scene.
      

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