C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital employee rescued from elevator after

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 Hospital and pulled a trapped medical worker back up using a rope and harness.

The Children’s Hospital employee was stuck in the elevator for seven hours before being rescued.

Ann Arbor Fire Chief Mike Kennedy, said the fire department responded at around 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 28 but couldn’t retrieve the trapped individual. An elevator technician was on the way. Because the employee was calm, uninjured and secure, the fire department left the scene, Kennedy said.

University of Michigan's public safety officials monitored the individual until the technician arrived. But that attempt to r