Crime & Safety
World Trade Center Leak: AC Rupture Triggers Alarm System
A leak inside the World Trade Center briefly triggered the building's alarm system on Tuesday.
TRIBECA, NY — An air conditioning leak on the 88th floor of the World Trade Center has been contained after triggering the alarm system, building officials said.
On Tuesday afternoon, a condenser line began leaking water onto the 88th floor of the building, triggering the alarm system, a spokesman for the Durst organization said.
The alarm system halted two of the building's elevators, leaving people briefly trapped inside, before firefighters responded and reopened them.
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Photos and videos posted on Twitter showed water falling steadily inside the affected areas:
FYI this is what it looked like IN THE ELEVATOR trapped between floors. Smoke was also everywhere from the water shorting out the lights. pic.twitter.com/YWEM80aGFG
— Alan Haburchak (@ahaburchak) September 26, 2017
Employees inside the building said on Twitter that they had been asked to shelter in place:
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Shelter in place order for 1 WTC because we've got waterfalls in the elevators and stairwells. I'm going to go ahead and blame tourists.
— Fritz Heckel (@fwph) September 26, 2017
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