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    Customer trapped in vault for 10 hours in Manhattan Diamond District
    • October 25, 2023

    Thomas Tracy | New York Daily News

    A customer was trapped in a vault for nearly 10 hours in Manhattan’s Diamond District before being freed Wednesday morning, FDNY officials said.

    The 23-year-old victim was inside the vault at DJA Securities on Fifth Ave. near E. 47th St. about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday when the door closed and locked, leaving him trapped inside.

    The vault door was on a timing mechanism and wouldn’t open until early Wednesday, FDNY Battalion Chief John Sarrocco told reporters.

    “This vault has very large concrete walls that have steel reinforcing bars and also steel plating,” Sarrocco said. “The process was started to breach the wall, which has about 30 inches of concrete in it.”

    Both the FDNY and the NYPD were in communication with the customer inside the vault and able to watch him on a security camera.

    After several hours, the FDNY managed to cut through the concrete to the steel plating, when they had to reassess the situation.

    In order to cut through the plating, the FDNY “would have to use torches that would affect the environment of the person in the vault,” Sarrocco explained. “After about 10 hours, we decided to wait and see if the door would open automatically.”

    At about 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, the lock disengaged on its own and the man was freed, Sarrocco said.

    In order to cut through the plating, the FDNY “would have to use torches that would affect the environment of the person in the vault,” Sarrocco explained. “After about 10 hours, we decided to wait and see if the door would open automatically.”

    At about 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, the lock disengaged on its own and the man was freed, Sarrocco said.

    ​ Orange County Register 

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