‘This is dangerous’: Broken elevator at senior living facility leaves residents, families concerned

Imagine, in the Florida heat, walking up 14 flights of stairs daily just to get home.

Now imagine that challenge for a senior citizen. That’s the recent reality for some residents of the Calvary Towers Senior Apartments in Winter Park.

“She’s been trapped now for two weeks.” That’s what a man — whose 84-year-old mother has not been able to come down from her 13th-floor apartment for several days — told Channel 9. “She has already missed two fairly important doctors’ appointments,” he added.

The facility, located at 1033 Clay Street in Winter Park, houses hundreds of seniors, ages 65 and up…

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