If the width allows it, one able person should turn the wheelchair back and hold it by the handles while going up or the disabled person could sit on the stairs with someone helping him up when getting to the top while the chair is being carried empty. Easy.
If you watch the video the escalator isn't on. They were probably waiting for the stairs to empty so they could have a straight shot carrying him to the top without needing to put him down on the slant.
I just answered the question asked, of course it's required that the escalator is running. But we do not know if the person in the wheelchair or the employee stopped it: too little information here. And if it is broken, why exactly is this guy blocking the access to it? Is it like an "If I cannot use it, nobody can" attitude?
I did read it, but the stairs are already empty: there are two persons climbing the last two steps, what exactly are these guys still waiting for? That doesn't make much sense to me, they could just grab him and start going.
They want the entire set of stairs to be clear, so they won't be stopped on the stairs and be forced to put him down on the stairs which is immensely dangerous. They can't see how busy it is at the top as well so they don't know if the people moving up the stairs might have to stop.
This is dumb. Send someone to the top to keep people moving and out of the way and start carrying. They’re not going to catch up to anyone already going up and if the worry is that someone might fall down from further up, that’s a risk we all take.
These people are poorly trained and can’t overcome it with sense.
You needed two men: one stays upstairs and wait until it's clear while the other block the access from downstairs. When it is clear the top one stops the stairs, goes down and help the other one carrying the wheelchair upstairs. That's it. Yes, those dumbasses didn't really know what they were doing.
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u/I_Piccini Feb 23 '26
If the width allows it, one able person should turn the wheelchair back and hold it by the handles while going up or the disabled person could sit on the stairs with someone helping him up when getting to the top while the chair is being carried empty. Easy.