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Show Adele F. Schrag (Address until Aug. 16) 780 E. 1000 N. #8 Logan, UT 84321 afs 107@earthlink.com (435) 787-8417 July 17, 2001 Director of Marcia and John Price Museum 410 S. Campus Center Drive (1725 East) Salt Lake City, UT Dear Director: On Sunday, July 15, 54 senior citizens (mostly from Arizona) who summer in Logan visited your museum to see the Rodin exhibit. Seventeen of us went with Docent Douglas Waters to the second floor to see paintings of Stewart and Copley. Eventually we were directed to the elevator and entered only to spend the next hour and eleven minutes entrapped. Fifteen of us remained calm and collected, but two of our party became a challenge for Mr. Waters. One man was determined to punch out a panel atop the elevator and climb out to crawl across the elevator to the second floor. A second man threatened to sue the museum and became confrontive. Mr. Waters handled the situation admirably. He called to those who were monitoring the situation and asked to speak with someone in authority. When that person arrived, he posed the question, "What is the Museum's policy on climbing out of an elevator?" The response was that the Museum would not be responsible for anything that happened as a result of one climbing out. That silenced our one fellow qmckly. The other one remamed agitated. Mrs. Waters came with bottles of water and cups, which were most welcome for we were dry by that time. Eventually, the elevator specialist arrived and found that the safeguard in the event of an earthquake had been triggered somehow, thus stopping the elevator in mid-flight. We were released. Mr. Waters should be commended for his "cool" in handling what could have been a nasty situation. Several of us felt sorry for him, for 1t was a trying situation for him. While I thanked Mrs. Waters for her act of kindness, she, too, should be commended. Adele F. Schrag C |
