(Video: D.C.’s Department of Buildings)The door opens and Shadow, whose leash handle was looped on Fisher’s arm, steps into the hallway. When firefighters arrived, Beristain said, they were initially unable to open the elevator door and were forced to use an electric saw and other tools to pry it apart. Days after Fisher’s arm was severed in the door, Borger placed posters in the two operable elevators instructing residents on how to control pets in the elevator. “There’s just a laxness of enforcement in this city.”Fisher’s injury is by far the worst elevator incident to have occurred in the building, but not the only one. Fox frantically pushed the “open door” button but the elevator went up immediately, pulling Ruthie with it.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 29, 2026 19:01 UTC