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19.09.2023 - 10:07 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A disabled Edinburgh man who was trapped in his home due to a broken lift was forced to drag himself down flights of stairs in fear of missing his wedding day.
Wheelchair user Chris Purnell, 37, was stuck in his fourth-floor flat for a week because the elevator broke down. Eventually, he said he felt like he had no choice but to drag himself down several flights of stairs to ensure he could do the same on his big day on September 24.
Determined to make it to his wedding to fiance Sarah he decided to practice the journey downstairs.
He said: "I reported the broken lift more than a week ago. It brought back the whole anxiety of lockdown, when I was stuck in here all that time.
"With the wedding just over a week away, I thought, even if I have to crawl I will be there. That night I practiced going downstairs and dragged myself down.
"I got burns up and down me. Friends offered to carry me on my Wedding Day.
"But I feel I want my dignity. I didn't want to have to rely on others to simply leave my house."
Chris pays £150 a month to a company for maintenance at the flats. He has a neurological condition that affects his mobility, has lived in his flat for eight years, moving prior to his diagnosis. Since diagnosis, he has found it impossible to get an accessible property.
He said: "Since I have needed the wheelchair, the lift has been a lifeline to me. It has broken down before but always been fixed in a day or so.
"Being confined to the house that long I thought I was going out of my mind. What has made it all so much worse is they have never acknowledged the impact on me.
"I pay more to them than my council tax. £150 a month is a lot of money. I'd move to a ground-floor flat if I could but it seems impossible to get an
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