German pensioner survives lift ordeal with cookies

A German pensioner and former elevator repair man had to survive on just a packet of biscuits while he was stuck in a broken hospital lift for three days.

Karlheinz Schmidt, 68, who had turned up for a routine appointment at a Berlin hospital, slipped out of his wheelchair during the 80-hour ordeal in which he repeatedly pushed the lift's alarm button without anyone hearing his call for help.