Elevator Drama
It's 11 o’clock on a Friday night. Nicholas White is working very late. The 34 year-old manager is still in his office on the 43rd floor.
Down on the New York streets below people are having fun. Or they're at home in bed.
Still Working
But Nick still has work to
finish.
‘I need a cigarette,’ he tells a
co-worker. ‘I’ll be
back soon.’
Nicholas walks out of the office, leaving his coat on
his chair. He takes the elevator down to the lobby and
walks outside.
He lights up a cigarette. ‘Another half an
hour,’ he tells himself. ‘Then I can go
home.’
Returning to the lobby, he finds everything very quiet.
The building is empty.
Nick gets into the express elevator. He presses the button
for the 43rd floor.
The elevator
accelerates up through the floors.
There are no stops before the 39th floor, but everything
seems fine.
Suddenly there's a jolt. The lights flash off
and then on again. The elevator
stops.
Nobody comes
Meanwhile,
Nick’s co-worker leaves the office and
gets into the down elevator. He doesn't realise that
Nick is trapped somewhere below the 39th
floor.
In the other elevator, Nick presses the alarm. The
maintenance guy will come soon, he thinks.
But nobody comes because nobody is there. The
maintenance staff have gone home for the weekend.
What happens
next?
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