Jio ming! ... that’s Mandarin for HELP! -- which is what Paris Hilton and a group of people needed -- along with some fresh air -- after they got stuck in a crowded elevator in Beijing.
Everything starts off relatively calm inside the lift from the video Paris shot, but things turn into full-on panic when security and mechanics can't pry the doors open.

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