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Valerie Niemiec had to climb 53 flights of stairs to reach her apartment in her luxury high rise building during an elevator outage

Once she reached her apartment, she realized she dropped the key card to her unit somewhere along the way

Her TikTok talking about the moment went viral

In New York City, bad days are common. But few compare to carrying your dog up 53 flights of stairs in a luxury high-rise during a rainstorm —only to realize you’ve lost your key card somewhere along the way — an experience Valerie Niemiec knows firsthand.

“This wasn’t like the StairMaster,” Niemiec tells PEOPLE, recalling the viral TikTok moment that captured her breathless, rain-soaked ascent with her dog in tow, only to discover she’d lost her key card somewhere along the way.

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