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How To Get Trapped In An Elevator Experience Essay

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Getting trapped in an old elevator is a pretty frightening experience. Some people think it is horrifying while others do not mind. My experience was a little bit of both. It was my first time getting stuck and I did not really know how to react. Before this event happened a lot of interesting events occurred before. All in all, this is how I ended up getting stuck in an old elevator in Greece. I started my day by waking up on a sunny and beautiful day in Greece. The sun is out with barely any wind, making it the perfect day for the beach. Soon after I get up, I got my things ready and headed to the beach with my family. The beach was very great, as always. I always love going to the beach, especially in Greece. It is the best way to start …show more content…

We took the elevator to the first floor and headed outside. While my brother and I picked up the fallen clothes, we came across this woman who just lost the absolute worst thing you could lose on a windy day, a wedding dress. She asks us in Greek “have you seen a wedding dress because the wind took it”, and as she told us that, you could tell she was going crazy. Good thing only two beach towels and a white T-shirt fell for us. As we tried to look for the her dress, it starts to rain really hard, so me and my brother sprinted inside. In a hurry, we got on the elevator and forget about the storm outside. As the we went up the elevator, I already knew we screwed up by taking the elevator. We were praying to reach the fourth floor fast. Then, you guessed it, everything turns pitch black and the elevator stops. We realized that the power went out and just sat there and realized how foolish we were for taking the elevator during a storm. We sat there for 15 minutes and then we could hear my mom and dad leaving the apartment and wondering what was taking so long. Next, We starting shouting their names and they heard us. They went to go get help and arrived back in no time. They opened the elevator door with a special key and we got out just fine, but what an interesting and fun experience that

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