BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: If you were with us a short time ago here on CNN's MORNING NEWS, you know that half a dozen people in New York City were treated for minor injuries this morning after a rather frightening ordeal. They were on an elevator, 78th floor at the World Trade Center, when it suddenly lurched and then halted. Rebecca Spitz of New York One now with more from Manhattan on this. Rebecca, what are they telling you?</s>REBECCA SPITZ, NEW YORK ONE REPORTER: Well, Bill, they tell us it was an absolutely terrifying morning for a dozen people here at the World Trade Center. Those dozen people aboard an elevator, as you said, around 8:05 this morning. That elevator was supposed to go "express" from the ground all the way to the 78th floor. But for some reason it did malfunction, shooting past its stop point and then hitting the ceiling. Then it bounced off the ceiling, falling fast, ultimately getting jammed between the 78th and 79th floors. That's when emergency crews here in New York did do a daring rescue, bringing a second elevator car up alongside the first and evacuating everyone on board. Doctors here tell us eight people total were injured. Those injured range from cuts and bruises to a couple of broken bones, but they do tell us everyone on board was remarkably calm. Now, the Port Authority, which owns this building, cannot say when this car was last checked out, but they do say their elevators are inspected regularly. They will certainly be looking at this one very, very carefully over the next couple of days as they try and figure out what exactly caused this morning's unexpected roller- coaster ride. That's the latest from here in Manhattan. Bill, let's go back to you.</s>HEMMER: All right, Rebecca, thank you. Makes for a really, really rough morning commute. Rebecca Spitz there live from New York on the latest on the World Trade Center situation there.
Elevator at World Trade Center Malfunctions