Five people have been rescued after a broken lift meant they were stuck 200ft underground for 30 hours.
The group were visiting the Grand Canyon Caverns over the weekend when they became stuck 21 stories below the surface.
Emergency services were called in to help with the rescue after police were called at 8.30pm on Sunday October 23.
Although there are emergency stairs leading from the caverns, police say they were unable to climb them.
Officers from Coconino County Sheriff's Office went to help.
While workers tried to fix the lift, the trapped tourists thankfully stayed in relative comfort in the cavern's underground hotel and restaurant.
By Monday the lift had still not been repaired so the sheriff's office dispatched a search and rescue team to help.
They used a rope to pull the tourists up the elevator shaft to safety.
Thankfully none of them required any medical treatment.
Michael Jimenez, one of the tourists who was there when the lift broke, told Fox : "We got in the elevator, like me and my whole family, and the guy started pressing the button.
"Nothing happened, nothing happened. So we all got out … the whole thing just started filling with smoke. Everybody backed out of there."
Him and his dad managed to climb the emergency steps but not everyone in the group could. So they got supplies and returned to the caverns.
He continued: "With all the supplies, like formula, diapers, everything, and we went down. We asked them like, 'Did you guys even attempt to call anybody to help us?
"Because there’s no service trucks, nothing going on."
Eventually rescuers placed harnesses around the trapped members and lifted them up the elevator shaft.
Each rescue took 15 minutes.
Mr Jimenez continued: ""They pulled my grandpa, my mom, and my grandma out by hoist."
Describing the experience he said: "I’m telling you that was stressful. I was sad".
