Dancing In Dorm Elevator Leaves Two Students Stranded

Engine Company 4, responding from “Bucky’s House” on Monroe Street, was called to assist their neighbors at Smith Hall on the UW-Madison campus after an elevator stalled there.
 
UWPD and UW Housing staff met firefighters and directed them to the affected elevator. Firefighters opened doors to the shaft at ground level and determined the elevator was resting on the floor above.
 
Once on the 2nd floor, Engine 4 opened the door and found the floor of the elevator car about 4 feet above the hallway floor. One firefighter went to the penthouse with UW Housing staff to shut off power to the car. The remaining firefighters teamed up to open the car doors and help the two occupants out.
 
“What happened? Did the car just stall?” the lieutenant asked the students after they were removed from the elevator.
 
Not exactly…
 
The students admitted they’d been dancing in the car just before it came to a halt. The lieutenant explained that dancing and jumping around not only disrupts an elevator’s operation, it also presents a number of dangers to themselves and to those who must perform an elevator rescue.
 
The students apologized, and Engine 4 put the elevator back in service.