Escape Room Challenge in Chicago
Shortly after we take our seats inside a room that looks eerily like an L train car, the lights go out. A few seconds later, a video screen illuminates the darkness. A man tells us that our train will crash in exactly one hour unless we solve the puzzles hidden around us to get the key to our escape. Then the screen switches to a digital countdown clock, and the lights return.
I look at the strangers to my left, and my husband at my right. What now?...
