After a disasterous rescue attempt, the people around my escalator and I decide that, if we're going to find our way back to the first floor, we're going to have to do it ourselves.

Tempers flare as the people trapped by the escalator breakdown realize we aren't being rescued any time soon, but as things go from bad to worse, we come to realize how much we need one another.

My arrival at the mall, for what I thought would be an ordinary day of shopping, is interrupted by an unexpected escalator breakdown...