Word: lonoff
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Associate Director of the Danforth Center Sue A. Lonoff, describing what she did while stuck in a Widener Library elevator. Lonoff eventually escaped from the elevator with the help of a firefighter "who very gallantly lent me his hand...
Half a dozen firefighters took control of the rescue, opening the outer door to the shaft, shutting off power and telling Lonoff to open the inner door of the elevator and climb down...
...Lonoff succeeded in opening the door by turning a hand-operated mechanism, then slipped out the chamber and descended the remaining three-and-a-half feet to the C level floor assisted by a firefighter "who very gallantly lent me his shoulder...
...dozen or so people who had gathered to watch the rescue, everyone was "very, very decent to me," Lonoff said...
...Lonoff said that she had no complaints with the Widener elevators other than "a general slowness," but she added that next time, "I think I'll walk...