Sixteen year old Jake F. was stuck in an elevator yesterday. When he reached his floor the doors would not open.He tried to pull the doors apart but they would not let go. He immediately pushed the emergency button.Then he waited and waited and about forty minutes later, finally the maintenance came and rescued him.
“I did not panic,” Jake says. “The only problem was that it was very hot.”
Harry Houdini Performs a New Trick at St. Louis
By: Marcus Saye
St. Louis, January 27 1908
Today is a cold winter day in St. Louis. Harry Houdini is going to show us a new escape at the Columbia Theater. In the trick there will be a milk can that is made so he can fit right inside of it. Before he actually starts, Houdini has to put on a bathing suit. Then his assistant handcuffs him. And only then Houdini jumps into the milk. After that, Houdini’s assistant takes the top of the milk can and chains on six locks so Houdini cannot get out of the tank. Then the assistant pulls up a curtain so nobody can see the milk can. A minute passes by and Houdini still has not appeared. The noise of the people is getting louder and louder by the second. After three or four minutes everybody is getting more nervous, still. Finally, the assistant pulls down the curtain, and Houdini is sitting on the giant milk can! The whole audience is amazed by his skill. When Houdini declares that the trick is over, everybody begins to clap as loud as they can. Houdini exclaims that the trick is so good that he is going to use it on his next tour.
