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Two cousins, ages 13 and 11, trapped for hours in Atlanta elevator shaft reunite with firefighters who used rope system to rescue them from highrise building.

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No one was hurt Wednesday, July 16, after four people were rescued from an elevator shaft in Yonkers. The address of the incident is a construction site for a planned 27-story residential tower.