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Broken elevator at senior high-rise apartment leaves residents frustrated
Residents at the Washington Boulevard Senior Apartments complex are
FOX 2 - About 150 senior citizens have been without an elevator in the 21-story Washington Boulevard Senior Apartments complex since Friday.
The backstory:
One of the seniors struggling is Roosevelt Mattison, is a 75-year-old resident who lives on the 11th floor.
What happened?
"The water pipe busted it, just for real. I don’t even want to talk about it," said one elderly resident.
"I wouldn’t want my elderly family to be living under those type of conditions," said a security guard.
FOX 2: "What can they do?"
"That’s a tough question," he said.
FOX 2's Charlie Langton helped Mattison carry a bag of grocery items up the stairs to his 11th floor home.
FOX 2: "How are your legs?"
"I don't know, do I still have them?" Mattison quipped as he made his way to the 11th floor door.
FOX 2: "What would you say to the residents that have to climb, these elderly people who have to climb all these stairs?"
"We’re sorry for the inconvenience caused by this weather-related event," said Bert Hyman, VP Independent Management Services. "And any support we can provide, we will provide it."
The City of Detroit is providing seniors with meals. The management company is working on the elevators which they say should be up and running later today.
The Source: Information for this story is from interviews with residents and staff at the Washington Boulevard Senior Apartments complex.