It was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives, but it almost ended in disaster when a couple from China got stuck in a lift on their way to their wedding.Along with 10 wedding guests, the bride and groom were trapped in a tiny lift inside their apartment block when they set out for their ceremony in Emeishan city, Sichuan Province. Luckily rescuers arrived to the scene shortly after and managed to get them out before the wedding was scheduled.
Incident took place inside a 17-storey apartment building where bride-to-be lives.
According to Chinese customs tradition, the groom and guests arrived at the woman's apartment, which situated on the 14th floor, to pick her up for the nuptials.
Friends and family of the bride-to-be, who remains unnamed, got to her flat in the morning and the groom arrived at 9am.
The party of 12 got in the lift together an hour later in their best dresses - including the the bride with her wedding gown on - to set out for their 'grand' wedding ceremony and lunch banquet, as the Chinese media described.
However as the lift went down, it suddenly jammed with the whole wedding party inside between the sixth and seventh floors, including bridesmaids and the best man.
Firefighters were quickly called to the scene. It took them ten minutes to rescue everyone from inside the lift with a crow bar.
Luckily, the couple were able to make it to the lunch wedding banquet on time.
According to the report, at present, the reason for the lift failure is unclear and an investigation is ongoing.
Culled daily mail
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