美國一電梯從95層墜至11層 所幸無人員傷亡
People trapped in a falling lift in the US city of Chicago thought they were going to die as they plummeted 84 floors to the ground.
當從84層樓的高度突然墜落時，被困在美國芝加哥市一座下降的電梯裏的人們都認爲自己死定了。Six people, including a pregnant woman, fell from the 95th to the 11th floor in a skyscraper formerly known as the John Hancock Center early on Friday Morning.
週五早上，包括一名孕婦在內的六個人，在一座前身爲約翰·漢考克中心的摩天大樓中從第95層瞬降到了第11層。They then texted friends who called the emergency services and they were freed after a three-hour ordeal.
隨後他們發短信給朋友，讓他們給應急服務部打電話，最終在經過三個小時的磨難後被成功救出。
It is believed at least one cable holding the cabin broke.
據信，該電梯至少有一根電纜斷掉了。
Jaime Montemayor, 50, who was in the lift with his wife, said he initially felt it going down normally -- and then falling.
50歲的傑米·蒙泰梅爾和他的妻子當時在電梯裏，他表示自己最初覺得電梯是在正常下降的，但隨後卻急速下降。There was a sudden "clack clack clack" noise and dust began seeping into the cabin.
當時有一陣突然發出的“咔噠咔噠”的聲音，灰塵也開始滲入電梯間。Those aboard screamed, prayed and cried, reports said.
報道稱，電梯裏的人們隨即尖叫、祈禱和哭泣。"I believed we were going to die," Mr Montemayor, who was visiting from Mexico, said.
來自墨西哥的蒙提馬約爾先生說道：“我以爲我們會死。”Firefighters arrived to rescue those trapped by making an opening in a concrete wall.
消防隊員到達後，撬開了混凝土牆，把被困者營救了出來。It is still unclear how the lift came to a halt without hitting the ground. ABC TV quotes fire officials as saying two cables snapped but there were many others still attached.
目前還不清楚該電梯爲何沒有撞到地面，而是在中途停了下來。美國廣播公司電視臺引用消防官員的話稱，有兩根電纜斷了，但另外許多根電纜仍然連接着。
