By stepknee - 14/10/2009 02:31 - United States

Today, we had a fire drill in my dorm, and I live on the 7th floor of my building. They shut the elevators down and I had to walk down 14 flights of steps. I shattered my kneecap last week. They turned the alarm off when I got to the first floor. FML
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redc1c4 0

elevators can be death traps in a real fire, and are reserved for the fire dept to use to fight the fire anyway. your RA/School staff should have been aware of your injury, and made a plan to help you, and any other resident with mobility/health issues to get whatever assistance needed to safely evacuate. try talking to the housing dept, or, if they are stubborn, contact the FD on the non-emergency line, and ask why the evac plan for the school doesn't address injured or disabled persons. if there is no plan, its a serious shortcoming that needs to be addressed. if they just forgot you, someone needs to get their butt chewed out.

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Alaskaman 0

As someone who has shattered my kneecap, I feel your pain. It is a slow slow process to go down stairs.

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giganticbrain 0

If that was me with a shattered kneecap, I would've just said "Ugh...**** it. I'll die in a fire before putting forth effort".

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dawnia_tbone07 0

I can totally feel your pain. I tore my MCL and IT band a few months ago, and stairs have been a b**** ever since. I can't imagine having to do 6+ floors in an "emergency" FYL

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bobbysnickers 0

ouch you couldnt just get a pas sof something? how did you shatter your kneecap???

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mr_miyagi 0

Well then you're gonna die if theres a fire

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oh_geeze 0

oh my god. that really sucks. I'm sorry :(

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DangerousBabee 0

just be glad it was just a drill and not the real thing.

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wilt 0

Well then take the elevator back up. Oh yeah, maybe you should point out to your dorm supervisor that they need to make arangements to help the injured or wheelchair bound out of the dorm. That's what drills are for, to find problem areas before a fire actually occurs.

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SexlessHusband 0

They used to do these once per semester in my dorm. But they'd always do them in the middle of the week between 10:00 and 12:00 at night. Half the students would be asleep and would have to wake up, find their way down the flights of stairs, stand outside in their pajamas in the dark and cold for over an hour (while the firefighters made sure everyone was out of the building), then climb back up the stairs to our rooms. If you dared to accidentally lock your door when you left, the firefighters would break it down to fake-save you.

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