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Donald Trump rescued from broken lift in Colorado Springs spa resort

Republican presidential nominee later suggests city's fire marshal 'probably a democrat'

Jacob Furedi
Sunday 31 July 2016 11:14 EDT
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had to be rescued from a lift after it became stuck between the first and second floors of a spa resort in Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs Fire Department said it was called to help 10 people trapped inside a elevator at The Mining Exchange, A Wyndham Grand Hotel & Spa.

According to Perry Sanders, a lawyer who co-owns the hotel, Mr Trump’s security team had control of the hotel’s lifts at the time.

“The party were model guests but security insisted on having manual control of the elevators," he said.

He explained an investigation into the mishap on Friday afternoon by technicians revealed the elevator stopped working because someone turned the manual key while it was moving.

On arriving at the boutique 4-Diamond hotel and spa, firefighters opened the lift’s top hatch and lowered a ladder into the compartment. Mr Trump and nine others used the ladder to escape out of the lift onto the second floor. No injuries were reported.

According to the resort’s co-owner, the problem with the four-year-old lift was solved and it is working again.

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Despite being saved by the Colorado Springs Fire Department, the Republican nominee criticised the city’s fire marshal at subsequent rally at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Mr Trump said he was disappointed a number of people were not able to attend his speech due to a limit imposed by the fire department.

He claimed it was “unfair” that people were unable to attend the event and explained it was because the fire department “don’t know what the hell they’re doing” - adding that fire marshal Brett Lacey was “probably a Democrat”.

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