Spanish phone booth takes finger hostage in the name of security
MADRID (AFP) - A young woman's middle finger was jammed in a Madrid telephone booth for two and a half hours when the unit's security system backfired, Spanish firefighters said.
The public booth's anti-theft system was activated when the woman attempted to recuperate 1.50 Euros (1.80 dollars) swallowed up by the machine after she made a phone call late Saturday.
Firefighters had to dismantle the steel telephone and then saw it to pieces to free the finger of the 18-year-old woman, who was not seriously injured but intends to file a complaint against the telephone company.
