Understand self-moving elevator warning in Japanese or get trapped

August 19th, 2008 | Category: Tech Talk


Unable to understand an motorized warning in Japanese, 12 Americans overloaded an elevator designed for six humans and were trapped for 30 minutes early Sunday when the lift groaned to a halt. According to police, eight rescue vehicles were dispatched to

a building in the downtown Kagomachi district to assist the victims.

The elevator came to an emergency stop around 1:20 a.m. as the 12 American men and women attempted to move from the second to the first floor.

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