pic: Buckeye Fire Truck

[KenWittlief]

Its not so much that they thought they could all fit in one elevator - Several teams were staying at the same hotel

there were only 3 elevators

and the lobby is on the 5th floor

AND there are no stairways (except fires exits which you cant enter from the outside)

when the team party ended on friday night, all those teams arrived at the hotel front door at about the same time, and the line was out the front door waiting for elevators

so naturally when one arrived, as many people as possible tried to get in, so those waiting in line would not have to wait so long

several of the people were younger kids who were travelling with the team

but in all, there were 19 trapped in the evevator

and they were stuck for an hour and a half.

So its not that they were pulling a stunt or trying to see how many people can fit in an elevator - they were trying to do what they could for all those people standing in line behind them, waiting to get back to their rooms after a long day.

BTW - for the record - Cleveland has the most huggable firemen in all of Ohio :^)