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Bride Gets Stuck In Elevator, Nearly Misses Reception

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — One bride says she almost missed her wedding reception after getting stuck in an elevator in Rhode Island.

 

Biltmore Hotel Providence
(WBZ-TV)

Melissa Rodger says she was heading to the 18th floor of the Providence Biltmore hotel Saturday when the elevator stopped within four feet of its destination.

She says a bridesmaid alerted her husband shortly afterward that a "situation" was going on.

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Bride Melissa Rodger stuck in an elevator on her wedding day. (Photo credit: Justin Rodger)

The fire department was called to the scene and pried the doors open to get Rodger out. A technician later got the elevator working again.

The process took about 45 minutes.

Rodger says the reception started about 20 minutes late, but everything else ran smoothly.

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