Photo by benbalter

From the files of our worst nightmares: ten people, six adults and four children, got trapped inside the elevator at the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metro station this afternoon, according to D.C. Fire/EMS. The call came in around 2:45 p.m., and units from the high angle rescue team are now on the scene and working to get them out – the elevator is reportedly stuck halfway down the elevator shaft. We’d like to buy all of these folks an ice cream cone once they get out of there.

Let’s hope the A/C is working.

Updated at 4:30 p.m. with a photo taken of the rescue effort by a reader

4:50 p.m. All ten people have been safely rescued from the elevator. Phew.

With a tip of the hat to Washingtonian editor Garrett Graff, we’re reminded that this particular elevator has a long history of trapping people. In 2006, five people had to be rescued from the Woodley Park elevator after being stuck in the elevator shaft for about two hours, and back in 1991, a mechanic had to be assigned to the elevator, along with the one at Cleveland Park, full time because it was trapping people inside it so often.