Editing Gateway Arch (section)

====Incidents====
[[File:Boy looking out observation window.jpg|thumb|left|A boy is looking out one of the observation windows at the city of St. Louis. [[Busch Stadium]] can be seen through the window.]]
On July 8, 1970, a six-year-old boy, his mother, and two of her friends were trapped in a tram in the arch's south leg after the monument closed. According to the boy's mother, the group went up the arch around 9:30&nbsp;p.m. [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]], but when the tram reached the de-boarding area, its doors did not open. The tram then reportedly traveled up to a storage area {{convert|50|ft|m|0}} above the ground, and the power was switched off.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BFRWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2145,3066012&dq=gateway-arch&hl=en |title=Four Spend Shaky Hour in High Train |date=July 10, 1970 |agency=Associated Press |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |access-date=March 24, 2011 }}</ref> One person was able to pry open the tram door and the four managed to reach a security guard for help after being trapped for about 45 minutes.<ref name="Arch timeline" />

On July 21, 2007, a broken cable forced the south tram to be shut down, leaving only the north tram in service until repairs were completed in March 2008.<ref name="USA Today cable">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2008-03-18-st-louis-arch-tram_N.htm |title=After 8 months, tram in St. Louis Gateway Arch moving again |date=March 18, 2008 |work=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |access-date=January 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205085010/http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2008-03-18-st-louis-arch-tram_N.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Around 200 tourists were stuck inside the arch for about three hours because the severed cable contacted a high-voltage rail, causing a [[electrical fuse|fuse]] to blow. The north tram was temporarily affected by the power outage as well, but some passengers were able to exit the arch through the emergency stairs and elevator. It was about two hours until all the tram riders safely descended, while those in the observation area at the time of the outage had to wait an additional hour before being able to travel back down. An arch official said the visitors, most of whom stayed calm during the ordeal, were not in any danger and were later given refunds.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19893149 |title=Tram out of service after Gateway Arch mishap |agency=Associated Press |work=[[NBC News]] |date=July 22, 2007 |access-date=March 24, 2011 }}</ref> The incident occurred while visitors in the arch were watching a fireworks display, and no one was seriously injured in the event. However, two people received medical treatment; one person needed [[oxygen]] and the other was [[diabetic]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/22/AR2007072200045.html |title=200 Trapped in Gateway Arch for 2 Hours |agency=Associated Press |date=July 22, 2007 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=March 24, 2011 }}</ref> Almost immediately after the tram returned to service in 2008, however, it was closed again for new repairs after an electrical switch broke. The incident, which occurred on March 14, was billed as a "bad coincidence."<ref>{{cite news |title=Gateway Arch tram reopens, breaks down |date=March 15, 2008 |work=[[United Press International|UPI NewsTrack]] |publisher=United Press International }}</ref>
[[File:Mississippi River from the Arch.jpg|thumb|right|A view of the Mississippi River from the observation room of the St. Louis Arch.]]

On the morning of February 9, 2011, a National Park Service worker was injured while performing repairs on the south tram. The 55-year-old was working on the tram's electrical system when he was trapped between it and the arch wall for around 30 seconds, until being saved by other workers. Emergency officials treated the injured NPS employee at the arch's top before taking him to [[Saint Louis University Hospital]] in a serious condition.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_9f3b5873-7763-593f-aaa4-74a65ef09f59.html |title=Worker injured by tram inside Gateway Arch |last=Currier |first=Joel |date=February 10, 2011 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |access-date=May 14, 2011 }}</ref>

On March 24, 2011, around one hundred visitors were stranded in the observation area for 45 minutes after the doors of the south tram refused to close. The tourists were safely brought down the arch in the north tram, which had been closed that week so officials could upgrade it with a new computer system. The National Park Service later attributed the malfunction to a computer glitch associated with the new system, which had already been implemented with the south tram. No one was hurt in the occurrence.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/251177/3/Arch-trams-shut-down-stranding-visitors- |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127065538/http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/251177/3/Arch-trams-shut-down-stranding-visitors- |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |title=Arch trams shut down, stranding visitors |date=March 24, 2011 |last=Held |first=Kevin |location=St. Louis |publisher=KSDK-TV |access-date=March 24, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Group-trapped-at-top-of-Arch-after-malfunction-118606314.html |title=Group trapped at top of Arch after malfunction |date=March 24, 2011 |location=St. Louis |publisher=[[KMOV-TV]] |access-date=March 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326045551/http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Group-trapped-at-top-of-Arch-after-malfunction-118606314.html |archive-date=March 26, 2011 }}</ref>

Around 2:15&nbsp;p.m. local time on June 16, 2011, the arch's north tram stalled due to a power outage.<ref name="tram stall">{{cite news |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_744afb22-985d-11e0-80ed-001a4bcf6878.html |title=Arch tram stalls with 40 on board |last=Currier |first=Joel |date=June 16, 2011 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |access-date=June 16, 2011 }}</ref> The tram became stuck about {{convert|200|ft|m}} from the observation deck, and passengers eventually were told to climb the stairs to the observation area.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/263425/3/Arch-north-tram-stalls-trapping-visitors |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904034758/http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/263425/3/Arch-north-tram-stalls-trapping-visitors |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 4, 2012 |title=St. Louis Arch tram stalls, trapping visitors |last=Held |first=Kevin |date=June 16, 2011 |location=St. Louis |publisher=KSDK-TV |access-date=June 16, 2011 }}</ref> It took National Park Service workers about one hour to manually pull the tram to the top, and the 40 trapped passengers were able to return down on the south tram, which had previously not been operating that day because there was not an abundance of visitors. An additional 120 people were at the observation deck at the time of the outage and also exited via the south tram. During the outage, visitors were stuck in the tram with neither lighting nor air conditioning.<ref name="tram stall" /> No one was seriously injured in the incident, but one visitor lost consciousness after suffering a [[panic attack]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Visitors-to-the-Arch-stuck-after-tram-loses-power-124031214.html |title=Arch tram loses power, passengers stuck |last=Chiodo |first=Joe |date=June 16, 2011 |location=St. Louis |publisher=KMOV-TV |access-date=June 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618151551/http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Visitors-to-the-Arch-stuck-after-tram-loses-power-124031214.html |archive-date=June 18, 2011 }}</ref> and a park ranger was taken away with minor injuries. The cause of the outage was not immediately known.<ref name="tram stall" />