Seniors trapped in apartments due to broken elevators
KHOU 11
[{'start': '0.320', 'end': '4.000', 'text': 'Tonight, several residents of a senior'}, {'start': '2.159', 'end': '7.200', 'text': 'living apartment complex reaching out to'}, {'start': '4.000', 'end': '9.280', 'text': "K211 for solutions, telling us they've"}, {'start': '7.200', 'end': '11.440', 'text': 'been trapped in their apartments for'}, {'start': '9.280', 'end': '13.360', 'text': 'weeks now. That is after all the'}, {'start': '11.440', 'end': '15.280', 'text': 'elevators in their four-story building'}, {'start': '13.360', 'end': '17.680', 'text': 'stopped working. And the folks who live'}, {'start': '15.280', 'end': '19.600', 'text': 'at Magnolia Place on Wind Street are'}, {'start': '17.680', 'end': '22.400', 'text': 'telling our Matt Dhy they are not'}, {'start': '19.600', 'end': '24.960', 'text': 'satisfied with the answers as to when'}, {'start': '22.400', 'end': '26.240', 'text': 'those elevators will get fixed. Matt,'}, {'start': '24.960', 'end': '28.480', 'text': 'the neighbors we met with at this'}, {'start': '26.240', 'end': '30.720', 'text': 'apartment complex are desperate for help'}, {'start': '28.480', 'end': '32.960', 'text': 'tonight. A few of them have been forced'}, {'start': '30.720', 'end': '34.520', 'text': 'to take the stairs even though they can'}, {'start': '32.960', 'end': '37.760', 'text': 'barely'}, {'start': '34.520', 'end': '40.559', 'text': 'walk. For Miss Gwindelyn, sometimes this'}, {'start': '37.760', 'end': '43.800', 'text': 'is a little bit better. The stairs are'}, {'start': '40.559', 'end': '43.800', 'text': 'no cakewalk.'}, {'start': '44.160', 'end': '48.559', 'text': 'Hold on. For the past several months,'}, {'start': '46.320', 'end': '50.000', 'text': 'Miss Quinnland and other senior citizens'}, {'start': '48.559', 'end': '51.760', 'text': 'living here at the Magnolia Place'}, {'start': '50.000', 'end': '54.399', 'text': "Apartment say elevators haven't been"}, {'start': '51.760', 'end': '55.840', 'text': "working. I'm just stuck. Miss Carolyn"}, {'start': '54.399', 'end': '58.000', 'text': 'lives on the fourth floor of the'}, {'start': '55.840', 'end': '59.760', 'text': 'complex. She called us when she says the'}, {'start': '58.000', 'end': '62.000', 'text': 'one remaining freight elevator went out'}, {'start': '59.760', 'end': '64.320', 'text': "almost two weeks ago and still hasn't"}, {'start': '62.000', 'end': '66.400', 'text': "been fixed. They just say they're"}, {'start': '64.320', 'end': '68.880', 'text': 'working on it. Miss Caroline, who wears'}, {'start': '66.400', 'end': '72.760', 'text': 'a defiill has a heart condition. I'}, {'start': '68.880', 'end': '75.880', 'text': "missed my doctor's appointment on the"}, {'start': '72.760', 'end': '79.960', 'text': '22nd. We rescheduled for the'}, {'start': '75.880', 'end': '83.119', 'text': '30th. I was not able to make even'}, {'start': '79.960', 'end': '86.880', 'text': 'that appointment. I just had two two'}, {'start': '83.119', 'end': '88.880', 'text': 'knee surgeries. I have COPD. Miss Anna'}, {'start': '86.880', 'end': '92.240', 'text': 'White is stranded on the fourth floor,'}, {'start': '88.880', 'end': '95.360', 'text': 'too. Everybody in here 60, 70, 80, 90'}, {'start': '92.240', 'end': '97.200', 'text': 'years old. So, we just need some help'}, {'start': '95.360', 'end': '100.320', 'text': 'and I hope you can get us some help.'}, {'start': '97.200', 'end': '102.240', 'text': 'Now, would some fire break out up here?'}, {'start': '100.320', 'end': '104.560', 'text': "Ain't no way we can get down. Miss Linda"}, {'start': '102.240', 'end': '109.280', 'text': "Lever can't walk. And when I asked about"}, {'start': '104.560', 'end': '111.600', 'text': "the uh elevator, sir, I don't know. You"}, {'start': '109.280', 'end': '113.439', 'text': "know, it's going to be tomorrow. You"}, {'start': '111.600', 'end': '115.600', 'text': 'know, just lying to us. After hearing'}, {'start': '113.439', 'end': '117.520', 'text': 'from the residents in several flights of'}, {'start': '115.600', 'end': '119.840', 'text': 'stairs, I found the manager of the'}, {'start': '117.520', 'end': '121.280', 'text': "apartment complex. I've been forbidden"}, {'start': '119.840', 'end': '124.159', 'text': 'not to speak with you. Why would they'}, {'start': '121.280', 'end': '125.360', 'text': 'want you not to speak with me? Why would'}, {'start': '124.159', 'end': '127.119', 'text': "you want to speak with me? You've talked"}, {'start': '125.360', 'end': '128.800', 'text': 'because you got people be you got'}, {'start': '127.119', 'end': '130.959', 'text': 'elderly people with medical conditions'}, {'start': '128.800', 'end': '132.560', 'text': "who are stranded up there. They're"}, {'start': '130.959', 'end': '135.520', 'text': 'having to I appreciate if you take the'}, {'start': '132.560', 'end': '137.680', 'text': 'camera off of me. Thank you. Can Can you'}, {'start': '135.520', 'end': '140.080', 'text': 'Can you talk with us? No, sir. Okay.'}, {'start': '137.680', 'end': '142.640', 'text': "Thank you. She won't talk with us."}, {'start': '140.080', 'end': '144.560', 'text': "She won't talk with us. After that, I"}, {'start': '142.640', 'end': '146.480', 'text': 'called FDI Management Group, the'}, {'start': '144.560', 'end': '148.560', 'text': "apartment management company. We're"}, {'start': '146.480', 'end': '150.720', 'text': 'still waiting to hear back until the'}, {'start': '148.560', 'end': '152.000', 'text': 'elevators start moving again. Can you'}, {'start': '150.720', 'end': '154.959', 'text': 'imagine trying to get some water up'}, {'start': '152.000', 'end': '157.760', 'text': 'here? Not going to work. Residents are'}, {'start': '154.959', 'end': '160.400', 'text': 'running out of groceries and energy and'}, {'start': '157.760', 'end': '162.400', 'text': 'hope. Of course, we will keep working on'}, {'start': '160.400', 'end': '165.599', 'text': 'this story as we look for an urgent'}, {'start': '162.400', 'end': '168.599', 'text': 'solution for these desperate residents.'}, {'start': '165.599', 'end': '168.599', 'text': 'Flint.'}]