An elderly woman has survived being trapped in her bathroom in Paris for 20 days, after the door lock jammed.
The room had no window or phone so the 69-year-old was unable to tell anyone but she tapped on pipes during the night, hoping to alert her neighbours.
They thought the noise was DIY...
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