Mu Alphans record lift mishap

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Mu Alphans record lift mishap
Brendan Clarey | Collegian
Brendan Clarey | Collegian

Hillsdale College Director of Security William Whorley would like to remind students “it’s never a good idea to jump in an elevator.”

A professional from Otis Elevator Company from Jackson, Michigan, helped free nine members of Mu Alpha, a men’s music fraternity, from the elevator in Kendall Hall Sunday, after the men jumped while the lift was in motion and were stuck for more than an hour and a half.

“Shortly after the elevator started downwards, a couple of the members started joking about jumping in the elevator, not with the intention of breaking it, obviously,” senior Nick Baldwin said in an email on behalf of the fraternity.

Bored after an hour and 20 minutes, senior Hank Prim said he began to Facebook live the confinement, interviewing several of those stuck with him and giving weather and sports updates.

“It’s ranging from utter fury to kinda like bliss at the same time,” Mu Alpha President senior Michael Zabik said in the video.

According to a safety plaque inside the elevator, it should move up to 15 people safely, under normal use.