Woman gets trapped on 39th floor of World One building, what happened next?

If you thought getting stuck in a highrise where no one could hear your screams was your worst nightmare agrave la Rajkummar Rao in the 2016 film Trapped communications manager Shona Dias Daniell 29 has already lived it On Tuesday night Daniell was stranded on the underconstruction 39th floor of the World One building in Lower Parel for close to an hour after she lost her way to a friends homeSpeaking to midday about the experience Daniell said Around 9 pm on Tuesday I was going to visit my friend at her home on the 39th floor My Ola driver dropped me off at the World One building location Id been here before and the lobby was exactly as Id remembered it mdash wellfurnished and swanky A suited bellboy led me to the lift behind the reception Around 930 pm I got into the lift and wondered what would happen if I got stuck hereShona DaniellWrong floor wrong buildingDaniell would soon find out if that was wishful thinking or a premonition When I stepped out of the lift I realised I was not only on the wrong floor but also in the wrong building There were two flats in front of me the doors of which were locked and covered with plastic with walls on either side I turned around to take the lift but it had already shut There was no way to call it back as the space where there should have been buttons there were only two holes When I turned back I saw the walls the doors and no emergency exitsShe had to get out somehow I began shouting and banging the lift doors with my hands and my umbrella Ten minutes into that I knew it was a lost battle I started crying thank god I had some water with me I had two phones too but none of them had any network I even tried yelling into the holes of the lift buttons hoping someone somewhere would hear me But to no availHearing footstepsAround 40 minutes later I gave up and sat on the floor Then I heard footsteps from behind one of the walls adjacent to the lift I started banging the wall and shouting and a building worker who was on his way downstairs heard me What I saw as a wall was in fact a door on his side with a knob He was talking to me assuring me that hed get help I asked him to not leave me alone so he sent two other workers to get help from below In the meantime he started working on unlocking the door from his side and opened it said Daniell adding However my wait was also laced with apprehension What if this man did something to me Id found a stick and was prepared to strike if I had to Fortunately he turned out to be a very nice man who then led me to the other side of the building and into another lift I finally came down around 1018 pmShe further said By this time a crowd which included security guards had gathered at the reception Livid I asked the bellboy why he even allowed me to go up He said he thought I wanted to go to the 8th floor which was occupied Then I called my friends to come and take me to their home I was covered in dust and had hurt my arm really badly thanks to the bangingWhere are the signsOn Wednesday Daniell got a call from the manager of the building where her friend resides He apologised but said that Id entered the wrong building because I was supposed to go to Lodha Crest and not World One But where are the buildings demarcated I asked him Even on Google Maps the location leads one to World One If there were already people living there on the 8th floor why were no security guards or liftmen stationed at the premises He promised me that he has already stationed guards in all lifts But my friend checked today and it hasnt been done yet In fact even the occupied buildings dont have lift guards at most timesShe is planning on taking action against the Lodha group which has constructed the buildings I will be sending them a legal notice I dont want any compensation neither do I want to sue them I just want to know what measures they have in place to ensure this doesnt happen to anyone again If they dont respond Ill think of what steps to take furtherLodha saysWhen midday reached out to the Lodha Group for comment a spokesperson said The individual in question does not reside at the development and was a visitor It appears she wanted to go to one tower did not follow the signage and instead went up into another tower which is not yet occupied We regret the inconvenience caused to herAlso Read22 Mumbai buildings auditioned for key role in Rajkummar Raos TrappedCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates