Libia Vargas De Dinas said she clung to her faith during the three nights she spent inside a holding cell after the door closed behind her on Friday, January 27.
The 72-year-old janitor was cleaning an inmate’s holding cell at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida, on Friday night when “the door closed behind her and she couldn’t open it,” the police said. police, according to WESH-TV.
Vargas De Dinas told the station by phone from his hospital bed that he knew no one would go up to the 23rd floor until Monday morning, describing that realization and the fact that his access card and cell phone were out of its scope as “utter despair”. ”
“I prayed to God to take care of my health, body, mind, soul and spirit,” Vargas De Dinas told the Spanish-language station.
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Libia Vargas De Dinas, a diabetic, said she believes she survived three nights without food or insulin because of her faith.
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Although he had no food during those three nights, he was able to drink from a tap over the toilet in the cell. Complicating his problem was his diabetes and the fact that he couldn’t take insulin.
Front view of the Orange County Courthouse.
“My God, I know you’re here with me,” he told the station.
Vargas De Dinas was finally found Monday morning and taken to a hospital.
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“Upon learning of the plight of the custodian, Orange County has ordered the security company to sweep all spaces within the cleanup footprint,” Orange County Government said, adding that the security mechanism was removed. automatic door lock, according to WESH.
