This journalist got stuck in a glass lift for almost an hour and it's an epic saga

Lifts are pretty much the devil.
This journalist got stuck in a glass lift for almost an hour and it's an epic saga
Nature's deadliest predator: the lift. Credit: Shutterstock / nexus 7

Don't worry, it's not quite as nightmarish as it sounds. Okay, maybe just a little nightmarish.

Mike Rigby, a programme editor for ITV news, was delayed in his journalistic duties on Saturday when a faulty lift refused to relinquish him.

Some contact was maintained during this trying time.

That's the spirit Mike. Luckily political correspondent Paul Brand was there to keep us all updated.

Happily the lift finally showed mercy.

Praise be to the almighty lift. May it always release its human cargo unscathed.

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