- The unidentified man was accessing his safe deposit box at the World Diamond Tower
The New York Police Department had to free an innocent man who was locked for nine hours inside one of the city’s jewelry store vaults in the Diamond District.
The unidentified 23-year-old customer was accessing his safe deposit box at the World Diamond Tower when workers unknowingly closed the door behind him.
According to officials, the man was locked in at around 8.45pm last night and was finally freed around 6am today.
The vault, which is located in the basement of the building, has a door that operates with a time clock – meaning that it cannot be unlocked before the time set during installation.
The New York Police Department had to free an innocent man who was locked for nine hours inside one of the city’s jewelry store vaults in the Diamond District
No employee or officials can override the system. The vault is a ‘community vault’, owned by DGA Security as there are multiple stores inside the Tower.
FDNY official John Sarrocco explained, ‘There was a customer inside the vault at the time that it closes. Once it’s closed, it’s on a timing mechanism. That vault does not reopen until a certain amount of time passes.’
Once the door locked itself for security purposes and the man realized he was stuck, he dialed 911. Within minutes – there was a huge rescue operation on the ground.
First responders attempted
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