Teen OK after getting locked in a gun safe

December 20, 2006 - A 15-year-old girl was embarrassed but fine after spending nearly 30 minutes locked inside a large gun safe at the Wal-Mart off State Route 3 in southern Stafford, VA. The safe was about the size of a refrigerator.

Authorities initially thought they were dealing with a small child, but later learned it was the teenager. The manager tried opening the locking mechanism on the front of the safe, but couldn't get the combination to work. Rescue workers were about to force their way into the safe when the manager finally got the combination to work. That enabled the store to salvage the safe, which is worth several hundred dollars. Story at Fredericksburg.