A teenager stuck in an elevator in Chittagong was rescued

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A 15-year-old boy did not return home on time after school vacation. Relatives called the school but did not get any information about him. The teenager’s father came to his official residence from work to look for his son. He suspected that there was an elevator stuck on the ground floor. The answer came from the other side as I knocked on the elevator door from outside. You can understand that someone is stuck inside. Maybe his child. He quickly called the National Emergency Service number 999. Later the fire service came and rescued his son trapped inside.

The incident took place at the government residential building ‘Halday’ in the Panchlaish area of ​​Chittagong city yesterday around 4 pm. Both parents of that teenager are government officials. Chandanpura station firefighter of the fire service. Farooq Hossain told Prothom Alo that the teenager got stuck due to a technical fault in the lift. A team from Chandanpura station rescued the teenager after receiving a 999 call around 4 pm.

Talking to the residents of the building and the boy’s family, it is said that after school vacation, the boy returned home at three o’clock in the afternoon. About half an hour had passed on the day of the incident, but he could not be found. Calling the school did not get any information. At that time, when his father started searching, he saw that the elevator was stuck and he suspected it. Later, he confirmed his son’s location by pushing from outside the elevator.

His father told Prothom Alo that the teenager was traumatized due to being stuck in the elevator for a long time. He has respiratory complications. The fan inside didn’t even work. Pressing the alarm button also did not sound.

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Residents of that building complained that the government residential building has two lifts. The elevators are often broken. Even if there is an emergency alarm inside the elevator, it cannot be heard. There is no intercom to talk if someone inside is stuck. There is no fan. Had there been an intercom, he would not have been stuck for at least an hour and a half.

Irene Akhtar, Deputy Director of Government Housing Department, Chittagong, was called to inquire about this, but she did not pick up.