Maybe Republican nominee Donald Trump chose wisely after all when he took a dramatic escalator ride to announce his campaign for president last year — because you can't get trapped in an escalator.
You can, however, get trapped in an elevator, which is what happened to Trump in Colorado Friday right before he was due to give a speech at a campaign rally. As local news outlets reported Saturday afternoon, the Colorado Springs Fire Department had to rescue Trump after a mechanical problem in the elevator he was riding at the Mining Exchange Hotel trapped the candidate between the first and second floors.
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