Mark sat down on the smooth wooden bench near the center of the train station. He was sipping on a Coke and doing a little people watching while he waited for his train.

A pretty young woman, probably in her mid-twenties entered the station. She had long shiny brown hair. She was thin and tall. Her clothes were wrinkled possibly due to traveling for a long period of time. She walked directly to the candy machine, dropped in some coins, pressed a button and nothing happened. She pushed the button again and still nothing happened.

Bending down, she reached into the slot where the candy was supposed to come out, but she pulled her had out empty. Grabbing hold of both sides of the machine, she tried to rock it. It didn’t budge. The woman got on her knees and reached her arm back into the machine. This time her arm didn’t come out.

While she squirmed and wiggled the security guard approached her and they exchanged a few words. He too knelt down, took hold of her arm and pulled. Still she remained stuck. The guard left and came back in a few minutes holding a set of keys. He unlocked the door on the machine it opened a crack; the woman scooted on her knees so that the door would open wider, but her arm remained embedded in the machine. The guard tried to push her arm out to no avail.

The guard closed the machine door again and left the woman alone for a few more minutes. Soon sirens blared nearby and two firemen entered the building dressed in full uniform. They walked toward the lady with her arm in the machine. They wore smiles on their face and the fireman on the left carried an axe. Upon seeing the two with an axe made the lady grimace.

They covered the woman’s face with a cloth and chopped into the front of the machine just to the side of the woman’s arm. Some strikes later and some pushing and pulling the lady was finally released from the machine.