Firefighters free woman trapped in bathroom for 20 days

[Liberal_in_LA]

Firefighters free woman trapped in bathroom for 20 days

November 24, 2010 -- Updated 1046 GMT (1846 HKT)


(CNN) -- French firefighters have freed an elderly woman who was locked in her bathroom for nearly three weeks.

Police said the 69-year-old woman had been stuck in her windowless bathroom in the town of Epinay-sous-Senart for 20 days.

She became trapped in the bathroom when a doorknob fell off while she was inside, police said. She repeatedly banged on her door and cried for help, but the neighbors apparently thought workmen were the source of the noise.

French media reported that the woman survived her ordeal by drinking warm water from the bathroom tap.

Neighbors grew concerned and alerted authorities after going several weeks without seeing the woman.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/11/23/france.water.closet.woman/index.html

[Still Blue in PDX]

1. Herein lies an argument for taking one's cell or cordless phone into the loo.

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[abelenkpe]

2. :) nt.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. A woman in the US got stuck and chopped thru the drywall..got out in about a day

You would think there is some implement in the bathroom that would allow someone to chop thru the wall.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Hmmmmm. Depends on what the implement is, what the wall is made of, and what kind of

shape the trapped person is in I guess?

I think if my elderly neighbor had been trapped in a bathroom made of say brick or stone, she might have had some trouble too.

[uppityperson]

5. " other residents thought it was someone doing home repair work and tried to get up a petition to.."

" other residents thought it was someone doing home repair work and tried to get up a petition to have it stopped."
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/11/elderly-french-woman-trapped-in-bathroom-for-3-weeks

She is lucky she had a tap in there since traditionally all that is in the toilet room is a toilet.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. Toilet always provides clean water in the tank.

[uppityperson]

7. Overhead tank with chain pull makes it more difficult but yes, it does