Elderly Miami-Dade condo residents say they are stranded by broken elevator

Residents of a condominium complex near Doral are appealing for help after being stranded on upper floors for more than a month, with an out-of-service elevator.

Larry Henson, 83, lives on the fifth floor of the building at 7240 Fontainebleau Boulevard. He says his arthritis makes it impossible to navigate the stairs, and he and his 76-year-old wife, Sandra Henson, have been relying on family members to deliver food.

“I have arthritis, and I can’t get up and down,” he told CBS News Miami. “It has been bad. It has been really bad. I don’t get up and down. I just walk up and down here on my floor. I have been basically stranded. If it were the 2nd or 3rd floor, I could probably do it. It keeps me from doing anything.”…

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