Residents in the Columbus retirement house trapped for weeks after only the elevator stops working: “I’m somehow hostage”
Residents in a Living Senior Community in Columbus, Ohio They were left blocked after the only lift of the building stopped working weeks ago.
Residents in the 55+ Hawthorn Village community have not been able to use the only lift in the building since 8 March, ABC 6 reports. Now, those with mobility problems play the alarm.
“A couple of days I felt well, I’m about to sit here and scream on my own lungs,” said Suderia, a resident who uses a wheelchair, ABC 6.
“I can’t go out,” he added. “I can’t get any sunlight. I can’t take fresh air but through a window. In reality I feel like I was held hostage.”
Sudatory has already lost the appointments of the doctors due to the question of the elevator – and it is also concerned that the others are also.
“I’m here today supporting everyone in the building,” he said to ABC 6. “Not only individually.
The NPR group, which managed the building, declared in a declaration of having given residents the emergency contact numbers and are working to resolve this “as quickly and safe as possible”.
“As soon as the question of the lift has been reported, we undertaken an immediate action by involving an authorized repair company”, reads the company’s declaration. “Unfortunately, due to the complexity of the repairs and the availability of the necessary parts, the process took more time than we hoped.”
The Department of Construction and Zonization of Columbus has issued a violation of the code to the building on Monday, reports ABC 6. According to reports, the management of the apartments said that more two weeks could be needed to obtain the part they need for the elevator.
“It is triggering because what he did reminded me that I have to wait and depend on other people, and therefore started the emotional ball that rolves,” Suderia said.
The Independent He contacted the NPR group for a comment.
