Trapped in a lift for seven hours, 27-year-old describes 'most terrifying night of his life'

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Trapped in a lift for seven hours, 27-year-old describes 'most terrifying
Azizul Rayhan

A paralegal who spent seven hours trapped inside a lift overnight and believed he was going to die has described the experience as 'the worst night of his life'.

According to foreign media, Azizul Rayhan, 27, went to collect items from his brother's office at the Victory Business Center in Portsmouth - but got stuck in the faulty lift at around 10.45pm on July 17.

He said he was afraid the elevator would fall or he would run out of air and suffocate.

Rayhan, from Portsmouth, England, said: “It was a very horrible experience. I thought the wires had been disconnected or cut and I was going to end up down."

"I thought something bad was going to happen to me, like I was going to die, because I didn't know if there was enough oxygen in there."

After pressing the button for the ground floor, he said the elevator moved a little, but then started shaking.

He then pressed the emergency button for help, but no response came.

"If it worked, I would have been out of there in 30 minutes or so," he added. "I screamed all night for help, but no one was there."

At one point Rayhan tried to "escape" using his keys and managed to open the first elevator door, but was unable to open the second - as it was too heavy.

He was finally rescued at 5.45am the next day by business center worker Mark Parratt.

He thinks he developed claustrophobia and a fear of enclosed spaces – panicking at one point to the point where he couldn't breathe.

"I was still shaking when I got out of there," he said, adding: "I couldn't speak for 30 minutes afterwards. It was the most terrible night of my life and my mental suffering is indescribable."


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