Woman Survives Being Trapped in Bathroom for 3 Weeks
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A French woman has been rescued after getting trapped in her own bathroom for three weeks.
The 69-year-old grandmother got stuck after the lock on the door snapped behind her on November 1.
Despite banging for help for nearly a month, she was forced to survive on tap water before neighbors realized what had happened. They had thought the noises during the night had just been workmen carrying out maintenance.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The unnamed grandmother was rescued from her apartment in Essone, near Paris, by police. They said she had been in a terrible state when they forced their way into the windowless bathroom.
"We broke into the flat and heard noises so broke the bathroom door down,” a spokesman said. "The lock had snapped off and she was trapped. There were no windows and no way out. She was badly malnourished and in a state of shock and has been taken to hospital to recover from her ordeal."