Ben Carson is trending right now on Twitter for a pretty unexpected reason: He was trapped in an elevator during a visit to a Miami housing project with NBA legend Alonzo Mourning:
#Breaking: #Miami Firefighters trying to figure out how to free Sec. Ben Carson. He's stuck in a public housing… https://t.co/Q9S7cZSOrk
— Julia Bagg (@JuliaNBC6) April 12, 2017
Alonzo Mourning and police wait for fire dept to arrive . Sec. Ben Carson is stuck in the elevator iat the Courtside Family Apartments pic.twitter.com/vySNZLNgD3
— Rene Rodriguez (@RodriguezRene) April 12, 2017
He’s free!
20 minutes later @SecretaryCarson is freed from stuck elevator at Courtside Morning Apts. Alonzo Mourning looks more relieved than anyone pic.twitter.com/umbTyGkNau
— Rene Rodriguez (@RodriguezRene) April 12, 2017
Watch the rescue here, via reporter Julia Bagg
Secretary Carson is in Miami to tour public housing projects and play pool:
Shooting some pool with the residents of Collins Park in Miami as I learn about low income housing in south Florida pic.twitter.com/1YISs7459C
— Ben Carson (@SecretaryCarson) April 12, 2017
Or shall we say, to lose at pool: “The old man won.”
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