CORPUS CHRISTI, TX — Police say a Texas man who became trapped inside an ATM slipped notes to customers via the receipt slot pleading for them to help him escape.
Corpus Christi police Lt. Chris Hooper says the contractor became stuck Wednesday when he was changing a lock to a Bank of America room that leads to the ATM.
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The unidentified contractor, who had left his cellphone in his truck, encountered a problem with the lock.
Confined with a cash machine but without his phone, he began to slip notes to outside bank customers through the ATM’s receipt slot.
“Please help. I’m stuck in here. I don’t have my phone,” one of the notes read.
Some customers considered the notes to be a joke. Finally,a customer who heard a faint voice coming from the ATM called police.
Responding officers kicked down the door to free the man after he was trapped for nearly two hours.
The AP and ABC News contributed to this report.
Cox Media Group
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