“Now, my phone must be placed in a place where I can reach out and grab it, and to keep it as fully charged as possible. “The person who posted that he was trapped in the bathroom for 30 hours on New Year’s Eve, Lele (a pseudonym), said that after experiencing this encounter, “has developed this habit “.
Recently, alone in Beijing for New Year’s Eve, 26-year-old Sichuan woman Lele posted in the circle of friends that in the early morning of the first day of the New Year, due to the bathroom door lock failure, trapped in the bathroom for more than 30 hours. During the period, she tried a variety of self-rescue methods and was finally rescued by constantly knocking on the water pipe to trigger the attention of her downstairs neighbors.
With the fermentation of this matter, astonishment, concern, questioning and other voices have appeared one after another. Some netizens questioned the authenticity and raised questions such as why they were trapped at Home? Why do you have to lock your door to take a bath alone? Why not ask for help via cell phone? Why not kick the door open from the inside? Why can’t the neighbors hear the call for help? There are even questions about the person’s “hype”.
For this reason, the cover news reporter interviewed the person Lele, as well as the rescue neighbors Mr. Zhang, master locksmith Wang, etc., trying to clarify the truth.
Door lock accidental failure of multiple ways to save themselves
In an old high-rise house in Chaoyang District, Beijing, Lele rented a room on the 15th floor, which was located at the end of the passage, with a dark bathroom in the middle of the house. Lele said she has been living here for nearly a year.
According to Lele, at around 1 a.m. on Feb. 12, after finishing her New Year’s wishes with friends and Family, she went into the bathroom to take a shower and locked the bathroom door as usual, “but it wasn’t unlocked, it was just closed normally “.
Lele said that when she was ready to get out of the bathroom, but found how the door handle could not be unscrewed. According to later unlocked Master Wang interviewed by reporters, he helped Lele open the door, “the latch stuck into the door frame, misaligned jammed, which is an old lock common problem. “And at that Time Lele repeatedly try to rotate the handle with dexterity and brute force, using a pencil sharpener to try not to open the latch, and even remove the nozzle smashed open the bathroom door glass, the hand out of the door to rotate the handle, are unable to open the door.
Lele said that the most regret did not bring the phone, “I am at home, not all places with the phone.
When found that the door really can not open, “I have kicked the door”, Lele said, because the bathroom door to the inside open, outward simply can not kick. “As a girl, it is still difficult to kick the door open. “Lele said, also tried to use other methods to open the door, such as looking for tools to remove the hinges, but did not succeed,” although it is an old wooden door, but very hard “.
As the door glass was cracked, the airtight bathroom at least solved the problem of ventilation, “I have a more optimistic personality, although a little panic, but did not think it would be a serious problem “.
Lele said she shouted for help and did not get the attention of neighbors: “next to a household recently renovated, no one at home, the other side should go back home for the New Year”. Neighbors living diagonally below Lele, Mr. Zhang also told reporters, “heard some noise, but then thought it was New Year’s Eve, there were many people at home, and did not care”. Auntie Li, who lives upstairs on the 17th floor, told reporters that she didn’t hear any calls for help.
No one answered for a long time, Lele said she loudly woke up the smart speaker in the bedroom to judge the time, “I remembered that there was a courier to be delivered the next day”, Lele said she started She began to hope that the courier would find her when he made the delivery.
To preserve her strength, Le said she spent the first night trapped sitting on the toilet and resting.
Sending an effective signal became the key to being rescued
Lele said that on the morning of Feb. 12 (the first day of the Lunar New Year), her cries for help finally drew the attention of a neighboring aunt.
Across the living room and the door, Lele loudly told their encounter, hoping that the aunt can call the police. But the neighbor aunt cautiously raised questions: “Why are you trapped at home alone? ” “Why didn’t you bring your cell phone? “After a few minutes of continuous communication, there was no response at the door. “In fact, I can understand, because the aunt is a little scared, the situation is also a little can not believe”, said Lele.
With the “lifesaver” just grabbed away, ” I cried for the first time in the process”, feeling very hopeless. And another hope – the courier, also did not arrive as expected. Lele said, afterwards from the drop box to pick up the courier. “After both hopes were dashed, I started to get a little manic and realized I couldn’t wait. “
Lele said she is a native of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, after the Wenchuan earthquake, received a good science Education and drill training. “Judging the environment” and “the way to be rescued ” is the first thing to consider.
“To get rescued, you have to send a signal”, Lele said she began to reflect on why the previous signal was ineffective. “I kept shouting and how far the sound could travel. I told the passage very complicated, others heard only fragments, such fragments of information must be repeated to have meaning. “
In order to get attention in the simplest way, Lele said, trapped the second night, she began to regularly use the “shower” knocking the toilet drain, and accompanied by their own The second night she was trapped, she began regularly banging on the toilet drain with the “shower”, accompanied by a call containing her location information, in an attempt to send a message by making “noise.
Lele said that after a full night of banging, finally the next morning, the voice came from the door: “Is someone calling? “
According to Mr. Zhang, who lives downstairs from Lele (diagonally below), he was awakened by the banging at about seven o’clock on the morning of the second day, “I was a little angry, so I was lying on the wall to hear who was making the noise. Suddenly heard someone shouting for help, feel quite terrible. “
“If she only shouted for help, I would have thought if she was watching a horror movie, but she said especially clear, saying which room she was, why she was trapped, how long she was trapped, I went along to come over and see if something really happened “. Mr. Zhang introduced to the reporter.
Living alone trapped is not a case
Mr. Zhang said that after communicating with Lele across the door, finally figured out the situation. Thankfully, Lele installed a combination lock and loudly informed the password to open the door, he entered the password and went indoors.
“I took a look, it really is a girl trapped inside, quite poor, the ground is still scattered with glass fragments.” Mr. Zhang recalled that, with his help, Master Wang of the locksmith company arrived at the scene an hour later.
According to Master Wang recalled to reporters, due to the serious problem of door lock jamming, he could only then remove the bathroom door lock.
Lele said that so far, after being trapped for more than 30 hours, was finally rescued.
“Often encountered trapped, but trapped for so long is relatively rare. “Master Wang was interviewed, previously encountered someone cooking in the kitchen without a cell phone, trapped for two days.
Master Wang said he was very sympathetic to Lele’s experience, and afterwards bought milk and cake for Lele to express his comfort. “The New Year, trapped for so long, she said only a little bathroom tap water. I wanted to buy some dumplings for the girl, but I couldn’t find any.”
At 10 a.m. on Feb. 13, Lele, who was rescued, shared the experience of being trapped in her circle of friends. She said she wanted to give a warning to all those living alone that when in danger, “staying calm is the most important thing.”
“There are so many girls living alone in Beijing, someone must have encountered the same situation. “Lele recommends that no matter what you do, your phone must not leave your body: “Right now, my phone must be in a place where I can reach out and grab it, and keep it as much as possible fully charged. After this encounter, it has become a habit.”
“If you don’t want to worry your Parents, you can also make an agreement with a good friend to help call the police if you can’t reach each other for more than a certain number of hours. “Lele suggested.
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