Broken Elevator Prevents Disabled Woman Living on Top Floor From Access to Outside

People at iconic London tower 'trapped inhumanely inside' after lifts broke

Vasundhata Gupte has said she cannot walk up the stairs due to a hamstring injury (Picture: W8media) Disabled and elderly people said they were left trapped ‘inhumanely’ in a 28-story building after their lifts stopped working. Residents living inside Balfron Tower, in Tower Hamlets, east London, were stuck inside their homes for nearly a week from May 13 after their lifts broke. The 26-storey Grade II-listed tower, which forms part of the Brown…

Broken elevator prevents disabled woman living on top floor from access to outside

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A Chesapeake woman in a wheelchair has been stuck on the top floor of a four-story hotel for more than a month due to a malfunctioning elevator. The Pattons are staying on the top floor of the four-story Woodspring Suites Extended Stay hotel, which hasn't had a working elevator since April 10, and is the last time Joy Patton was outside because she is in a wheelchair and can’t make it to the ground floor.   Every day sin…

High-Rise dystopia: Disabled tower block residents "threatened" for posting about broken lifts on Reddit

A Ballardian nightmare is underway at the Balfron Tower in east London, where London Centric spoke to disabled residents who have been stranded without working lifts for a week.