Friends Nearly Drown After Flood Waters Fill Up Elevator

Three friends inside an elevator amid a large storm in Omaha, Nebraska, found themselves trapped as the lift filled with water in a harrowing ordeal they managed to capture on camera. Tony Luu and two friends took an elevator down to the ground floor of his downtown Omaha apartment building to examine the damage from the storm about 10 p.m. Saturday. The group made it to the ground floor of the building when water began rushing in from the lobby.

[bi]

“I had to start swimming out of the elevator” is a sentence i have never heard anyone say before

[sickeningnoandrealfierceto]

This is triple scary:
1. drowning
2. in sewage water
3. in a confined space
jeez

[MrKrabs-mzzj]

I guess now instead of “IN CASE OF FIRE, USE STAIRS” signs, they should change to “IN CASE OF DISASTER, USE STAIRS”

[Dan-szgc]

I love that the friend took the time to selfie himself while coming to rescue them. What a friend

[AisforApple]

Geez this is terrifying. But seriously y’all in the event of an emergency ( flood, fire etc) TAKE THE STAIRS

[jaykenarn]

"Took the elevator down to check out the floods"
Something is seriously wrong.

[TwiceSmittenOnceShy]

“They went down to check out the flood”

Seems like natural selection to me..

[_Hanus_]

Round of applause for the roommate for his heroic rescue attempt while recording him self in sewage water in the hallway while his friends were close to drowning 🤣🤣

[zetapingpong]

Seems like this incredibly scary scenario was also 100% avoidable.

[andrewferguson]

Moral of the story: if there’s a flood, don’t take an elevator, especially not to the lowest level to “check it out”. Curiosity almost killed the cats

[angsanlaton]

This is one of the reasons why you never underestimate someone's stupidity.

[privateprivate]

That left high ground to “check out the floods”


How their ancestors survived is a mystery

[teaburg]

Errrm, people. You don't EVER use an elevator during a storm, or a fire.

[Henry-jqhc]

There's a flood, so instead of fleeing to higher grounds for saftey, they go down towards the flood and they take the elevator instead of the stairs. Then when they get stuck in the elevator, they call their friend instead of 911. Smart

[davidcnutt]

This is literally a horror movie situation. Crazier than reality, but real.

[cosmic-creepers]

Never use an elevator in the event of an emergency, thought this was common knowledge

[IgorRyltsev]

There is a flood! Let's take an elevator? Sure!

[Maniac]

Taking an ELEVATOR DOWN to check out a FLOOD?!?! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[IncorrectHB]

I don't like elevators to begin with, but why would they take a elevator during a flood? Im pretty sure in any emergency, you take the stairs, not just fires

[wingsofatlantis]

I don't even want to think about the claustrophobia and the STENCH.