The Milwaukee Fire Department has responded to 593 elevator rescue calls so far this year.

We’ve all stared at that button in the elevator with the phone icon on it, supremely confident that if the cab came to a screeching halt while rocketing up to the 42nd floor, a simple button press ...

(NEXSTAR) – Perhaps no button on Earth is mashed as furiously as the “door close” button in an elevator. The button, usually denoted by a set of arrows pointing inward, is a favorite of impatient ...

Because apparently in our building you just stand there until someone pushes the elevator call button. This happens all the time. I will walk up to the elevator, and can see there is one on the first ...