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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    1 year ago

    Why would they need to do anything before a medical emergency? I don’t have an ambulance sitting outside my house in the morning just in case. If this guy has a medical emergency while locked in a vault then they could try to do something faster.

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      1 year ago

      If cutting in takes, say, three hours, and he’s going to be in there for eight, and he has a brain aneurysm at hour four, he’ll be dead before they can get to him if they wait.

      There may not be an ambulance right outside your house, but at least they can get there in a few minutes.

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        1 year ago

        Lol. If he had a brain aneurysm what would they actually be able to do for him? Yes, there are some extremely rare things like a brain aneurysm that would be very bad, but seriously what are the odds?