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NEW YORK (AP) — A man was trapped inside a steel-reinforced concrete jewelry vault in New York City overnight after firefighters had to abandon an attempt to rescue him for safety reasons. Fortunately, the vault was on a timer and opened on its own Wednesday morning, officials said.

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Between the time taken and the fact they wouldn't cut the steel plating to avoid gassing the guy inside; why even bother starting? Just wait for it to open as scheduled.

They didn't get him out, wasted a bunch of time+effort, and now have to repair a hole they didn't need or use....

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Because if he had had a medical emergency, everyone would have been up in arms about them not doing anything.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Were they incapable of communicating with him?

[–] lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Hey, are you planning on having a medical emergency in there?"

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate when I have a planned medical emergency when I'm locked inside a vault.

[–] Bermos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Medical emergency was on a timer and started just as scheduled.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

I could understand that more if they actually followed through and got him out, or if he was in some sort of distress beyond 'help I'm trapped' to begin with; but the construction isn't a surprise, they knew the plating was there before they started, if you weren't going to cut in anyway why cause all the damage needlessly to begin with.

It's like seeing a dog locked in a car, but you don't want to break the window so you stand there keying the paintjob until the owner gets back. Either help or don't, but why the pointless damage that doesn't actually help anyone?

[–] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

If I were a fireman responding to the scene I'd fuck shit up just to teach the building/business owner to be more responsible with their human trap.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 1 year ago

Because some Firefighters get excited when they actually get to do something that's not responding to falling elderly/etc (understandable, it's why they do it). I've heard personal stories of some getting mad because a retired FF already put out a car fire before they arrived and it got worse.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t see it in the article, but is that the only way for the door to open? You can’t do it via remote or a code or whatever?

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

In think that's the point, that you can't.