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5 tourists trapped underground at Grand Canyon Caverns after elevator breaks
NY Post ^ | 10/25/2022 | Allie Griffin

Posted on 10/25/2022 7:06:14 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

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1 posted on 10/25/2022 7:06:14 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Shoulw be nice and quiet...
2 posted on 10/25/2022 7:08:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Biden will hike down and save them.


3 posted on 10/25/2022 7:09:16 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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No thanks

From another article:

The malfunction was discovered about sundown Sunday, and the group was unable to use a stairway system described to be similar to an old, external fire escape, Paxton said.

The caverns are equipped with a six-person hotel suite and food service, and the group was put up for the night by the hotelkeepers, he said. The suite lists for $1,000 a night for two.

Oh the horrors...

4 posted on 10/25/2022 7:13:00 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I haven't been the the Grand Canyon since they built this skywalk thing.


Hmmm....

5 posted on 10/25/2022 7:13:14 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nice cozy spot to get stranded.


6 posted on 10/25/2022 7:16:14 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: GaltAdonis

It opened March 28, 2007, by the way.


7 posted on 10/25/2022 7:17:24 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Reason number 4,321 to keep working on losing a few more pounds.


8 posted on 10/25/2022 7:38:06 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: GaltAdonis

The Grand Canyon is still on my bucket list of places to take my husband. He’s never been there, and it is a sight to behold!


9 posted on 10/25/2022 7:47:19 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My wife and I went there a few years ago. There’s still a big cache of old Civil Defense food down there, so the tourists and staff will be all right for years.


10 posted on 10/25/2022 7:50:21 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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I’d have to find a way to start climbing those stairs..


11 posted on 10/25/2022 7:53:22 AM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: GaltAdonis

We were there the year before they built it. I was really bummed I didn’t get to go out on that thing.


12 posted on 10/25/2022 7:54:10 AM PDT by HeadOn (Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I hate elevators. I was in a 12 story building and one day the elevator went to the 13th floor. Then it went into free fall. I got it to stop on the 4th floor.


13 posted on 10/25/2022 7:55:57 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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The individuals have medical conditions that prevented them from climbing 20 flights of stairs

Maybe this should be looked at, like size restrictions on getting on a amusement park ride. The good news is there is a bar and restaurant there so staying there while the elevator gets fixed should be just fine.

14 posted on 10/25/2022 7:56:08 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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I hate elevators. I was in a 12 story building and one day the elevator went to the 13th floor. Then it went into free fall. I got it to stop on the 4th floor.

Good thing you had your swiss army knife with you :)

15 posted on 10/25/2022 7:57:17 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: GaltAdonis

The Caverns aren’t near the actual Park. It’s almost 100 miles away on Historic Route 66. It’s been an attraction for a while under different names under private ownerships.


16 posted on 10/25/2022 8:11:35 AM PDT by chrisinoc
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To: FamiliarFace
29 years ago I was moving from Phoenix, AZ to Oregon and stopped
and slept overnight in a parking lot on the south rim overlooking the canyon.

What a gorgeous sunrise that was! Unforgettable.

17 posted on 10/25/2022 8:14:33 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: ChicagoConservative27

why can’t some volunteers walk down and carry them up?

I mean seriously... Take it one flight at a time, one arm over your shoulder... I would volunteer to help do that.

10 healthy strong volunteers, two helping each person...How is this national news?


18 posted on 10/25/2022 8:16:26 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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So if you go visit, sabotage the elevator and you’ll get a free hotel suite.


19 posted on 10/25/2022 8:17:24 AM PDT by Boogieman
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I got it to stop on the 4th floor.

Hah. In Asia, the fourth floor is often skipped in buildings for much the same reason the 13th is skipped here.

20 posted on 10/25/2022 8:19:06 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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