Here’s the elevator story. We were staying at the Hyatt in Long Beach a couple weekends ago and were headed to the elevator to go out on Saturday evening. Brianna was ahead of us and stepped inside right ahead of us, we were trying to get the stroller and our stuff too. The elevator was older and the doors started closing, Bibi put her foot between the doors so they would open but they didn’t. Then Jeremy stepped in and tried very hard to keep the metal doors open and was barely managing to. Brianna was crying out inside and a lady from housekeeping helped us call Security. Another guy from one of the other elevators also tried to help Jeremy hold the door open and create a space big enough for Brianna to get out but to no avail. Brianna also tried to open the doors from the inside but the doors didn't respond.The assistant director of security came, a GREAT man named John. He had a book and crayons brought in for Brianna and managed to calm her down for about 30-40 minutes until firefighters came to release the door. He not only held the door open (resisting the great force of metal doors) but kept Brianna entertained by talking about Disney, princesses and a bunch of other things. Hotel maintenance came before the firefighters but were told not to intervene due to liability reasons. Finally firefighters came, released the door and helped Bri stepped out. Once she came out she cried for a while but we believe she was excited to see firefighters come and rescue her. They gave her a sticker and praised her for doing so well for so long inside the elevator by herself. The hotel arranged for Brianna to have some ice-cream of her choice and sent some goodies to our room too. Our stay ended up being free of charge. It was stressful but thank God nothing bad happened. Later on we went to eat Ethiopian food and Brianna was back to her old self, socializing with everybody and making new friends. We felt very blessed!
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Here’s the elevator story. We were staying at the Hyatt in Long Beach a couple weekends ago and were headed to the elevator to go out on Saturday evening. Brianna was ahead of us and stepped inside right ahead of us, we were trying to get the stroller and our stuff too. The elevator was older and the doors started closing, Bibi put her foot between the doors so they would open but they didn’t. Then Jeremy stepped in and tried very hard to keep the metal doors open and was barely managing to. Brianna was crying out inside and a lady from housekeeping helped us call Security. Another guy from one of the other elevators also tried to help Jeremy hold the door open and create a space big enough for Brianna to get out but to no avail. Brianna also tried to open the doors from the inside but the doors didn't respond.The assistant director of security came, a GREAT man named John. He had a book and crayons brought in for Brianna and managed to calm her down for about 30-40 minutes until firefighters came to release the door. He not only held the door open (resisting the great force of metal doors) but kept Brianna entertained by talking about Disney, princesses and a bunch of other things. Hotel maintenance came before the firefighters but were told not to intervene due to liability reasons. Finally firefighters came, released the door and helped Bri stepped out. Once she came out she cried for a while but we believe she was excited to see firefighters come and rescue her. They gave her a sticker and praised her for doing so well for so long inside the elevator by herself. The hotel arranged for Brianna to have some ice-cream of her choice and sent some goodies to our room too. Our stay ended up being free of charge. It was stressful but thank God nothing bad happened. Later on we went to eat Ethiopian food and Brianna was back to her old self, socializing with everybody and making new friends. We felt very blessed!
Here’s the elevator story. We were staying at the Hyatt in Long Beach a couple weekends ago and were headed to the elevator to go out on Saturday evening. Brianna was ahead of us and stepped inside right ahead of us, we were trying to get the stroller and our stuff too. The elevator was older and the doors started closing, Bibi put her foot between the doors so they would open but they didn’t. Then Jeremy stepped in and tried very hard to keep the metal doors open and was barely managing to. Brianna was crying out inside and a lady from housekeeping helped us call Security. Another guy from one of the other elevators also tried to help Jeremy hold the door open and create a space big enough for Brianna to get out but to no avail. Brianna also tried to open the doors from the inside but the doors didn't respond.The assistant director of security came, a GREAT man named John. He had a book and crayons brought in for Brianna and managed to calm her down for about 30-40 minutes until firefighters came to release the door. He not only held the door open (resisting the great force of metal doors) but kept Brianna entertained by talking about Disney, princesses and a bunch of other things. Hotel maintenance came before the firefighters but were told not to intervene due to liability reasons. Finally firefighters came, released the door and helped Bri stepped out. Once she came out she cried for a while but we believe she was excited to see firefighters come and rescue her. They gave her a sticker and praised her for doing so well for so long inside the elevator by herself. The hotel arranged for Brianna to have some ice-cream of her choice and sent some goodies to our room too. Our stay ended up being free of charge. It was stressful but thank God nothing bad happened. Later on we went to eat Ethiopian food and Brianna was back to her old self, socializing with everybody and making new friends. We felt very blessed!
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Very fun photos! Love Ethopian food! yummmm! What happened in the elevator?
That's quite the story!!! Pretty scarey for mom and dad too I'm sure - poor little thing but what a brave girl! Glad all ended up well!
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