Relief is setting in for the family of 11-year-old Gabe Gonzalez after an elevator at his Northeast Philadelphia school was repaired less than a day after Action News aired a story on his struggles.
Contractors were seen outside William Ziegler Elementary School working on the elevator, which the school district said had been out of service for more than a month. The repairs came shortly after attention focused on Gabe’s difficulty getting to his second-floor classroom.
Gabe’s mother, Estrellita Torres, said she had spent weeks trying to get the issue addressed. Her son has a rare genetic disorder and struggles to walk, making access to the elevator critical. She even distributed fliers to draw attention to the problem…