Video shows help to family who were trapped in an elevator at a tourist attraction in Sertãozinho, SP

Video shows help for the family that was trapped in an elevator at a tourist attraction in SP The family that was trapped for 30 minutes inside the elevator at the Christ the Savior monument, in Sertãozinho (SP), managed to leave the place after help from agents from the Municipal Civil Guard. The rescue was filmed. (see video above) The incident happened last Friday (3), when retired Gentil Ferreira da Silva, 65, was at the tourist spot with his wife and his 1-year-old granddaughter, accompanying a friend from São Paulo and her teenage son. Mother and son were visiting Sertãozinho and the group arranged a tour of Christ. The monument, 57 meters high, is located in Parque Antônio Gimenes Filho. ?Click here to follow the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp To EPTV, a TV Globo affiliate, Gentil said on Monday (7) that he believed the elevator was going to fall. According to him, a sign indicated that part of the equipment was undergoing maintenance, but did not prevent its use. "Entering the elevator, there was a sign saying that we were going to stop on the third floor, a maintenance sign, and the other three floors we would take the stairs. We got into the normal elevator, started it and it went up. A few seconds later, it gave a very violent knock, causing the entire elevator to shake. I thought the elevator was going to fall." MORE It was Gentil's daughter, Giovana Lucas de Souza Prats, who called for help after receiving a call from her mother. "When I answered, she said, 'The mother is trapped, we're trapped here in the elevator at Cristo and they're trying to call someone, the firefighter, the police, something like that, so they can come and save us.' Family was trapped in the elevator of Cristo Salvador, in Sertãozinho (SP) Reproduction/EPTV Elevator has monthly maintenance, says secretary Images recorded at the scene show the Municipal Civil Guard (GCM) and residents trying to open the elevator door. According to Giovana, the guard managed to open the equipment with the support of another person who brought tools to the scene. The municipal secretary of Culture and Tourism, José Adilson dos Santos, says that the City Hall has a contract with a company from Ribeirão Preto (SP) for monthly maintenance of the elevator. According to him, this was the second problem of this type recorded in the equipment this year. The company was contacted, made technical adjustments and the elevator started working again. Regarding the failure in the emergency activation system, José Adilson states that the company is notified whenever there are problems in the elevator. The secretary suspects that the button failure may have occurred due to the impact, but did not detail the technical cause of the failure. Cristo Salvador, a tourist attraction in Sertãozinho, SP Reproduction/EPTV See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto and Franca VIDEOS: Everything about Ribeirão Preto, Franca and the region