Overview

• A heavily pregnant woman and her husband became trapped in a hospital elevator in Herdecke late Saturday while on their way to the maternity ward.
• The Herdecker Feuerwehr was alerted late Saturday evening and dispatched a six-member crew to the scene.
• Firefighters used a master key to access the machine room and engaged the lift’s emergency control to move the car to the next floor.
• Both occupants emerged unharmed and no delivery occurred during the entrapment.
• The incident underscores the routine role of fire brigades in time-sensitive technical rescues and highlights hospital infrastructure vulnerabilities.