TORONTO, CANADA — It had been flooding for the past few days in Toronto when two men trapped in an elevator almost drowned, reports Toronto Sun.<br /><br />Gabriel Otrin and Klever Freire were in the elevator when it suddenly stopped when it reached the basement. <br /><br />Water started rushing into the elevator and was quick to rise halfway up the chamber.<br /><br />The men first tried to open the elevator doors, when they couldn't, they climbed onto the handrails of the elevator to escape the waters.<br /><br />Gabriel tried to call the police with his cellphone, while Klever tried to pry open the maintenance hatch in the ceiling of the elevator.<br /><br />Luckily for them, two nearby police officers quickly responded to their call and soon reached the building.<br /><br />The officers headed downstairs and swam through the flooded basement to reach the trapped men, whom they freed by prying open the elevator doors with crowbars.<br /> <br />The men were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries, the BBC reports.<br /><br />They were also seen giving interviews to local media in Canada.
