Destin Florida is my family’s favorite vacationing spot, its white sand beaches, blue green water, and beautiful ocean front condos always kept us coming back every year. The trip down to Destin was only supposed to take 12 hours, but it took us 15 due to my father’s inconvenient misreading of directions. As we finally crossed the bridge that led into Destin, waves of excitement filled each of us. Our condo was massive it was 16 stories high and only 50 yards away from the water. We all left our luggage in the car and ran to the elevator anxious to see what our condo looked like because my grandparents had kept from us what it looked like. All 9 of us piled into one tiny elevator headed for the 15th floor. The elevator seemed unusually slow,
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45 more minutes in those conditions would be bad for my grandparent’s health. Looking for something to pry the door open we found a cell phone in my girlfriends’ moms’ purse. The phone was on 10 percent, so we rushed to call 911 the lady who picked up was much nicer, and sounded very concerned while on the phone, assuring us that we would be out of this hot metal box within 5 minutes, and that a fire crew was rushing our way. The tension seemed to settle as we waited, knowing that we would be saved within the next couple minutes. A bang on the door and a shout from outside let us know that they were opening the door, and to stand clear. Fresh air rushed into the elevator, as the door popped open we all breathed a sigh of relief glad to be able to walk around. The fire crew took a thermal temperature device, and scanned the inside of the elevator. The temperature was 150 degrees, and would have continued to climb if we wouldn’t have gotten out. The owners of the hotel met us outside the doors, apologizing for this terrible inconvenience, and offered to pay for a 3 day, deep sea fishing trip, for the whole family. We took them up on the offer, and it completely turned our entire trip around, it actually turned out to be the best vacations that we ever
45 more minutes in those conditions would be bad for my grandparent’s health. Looking for something to pry the door open we found a cell phone in my girlfriends’ moms’ purse. The phone was on 10 percent, so we rushed to call 911 the lady who picked up was much nicer, and sounded very concerned while on the phone, assuring us that we would be out of this hot metal box within 5 minutes, and that a fire crew was rushing our way. The tension seemed to settle as we waited, knowing that we would be saved within the next couple minutes. A bang on the door and a shout from outside let us know that they were opening the door, and to stand clear. Fresh air rushed into the elevator, as the door popped open we all breathed a sigh of relief glad to be able to walk around. The fire crew took a thermal temperature device, and scanned the inside of the elevator. The temperature was 150 degrees, and would have continued to climb if we wouldn’t have gotten out. The owners of the hotel met us outside the doors, apologizing for this terrible inconvenience, and offered to pay for a 3 day, deep sea fishing trip, for the whole family. We took them up on the offer, and it completely turned our entire trip around, it actually turned out to be the best vacations that we ever