The invention discloses a vertical elevator facilitating self rescue. The vertical elevator comprises a lift car, a suspended ceiling arranged in the lift car, a top car emergency exit opening formedin the lift car, a cover plate arranged on the top car emergency exit opening and a lift car support providing supporting for the lift car, and an upper beam is arranged on the lift car support. The vertical elevator facilitating self rescue is characterized in that the cover plate is connected with the top of the lift car through a dual-direction unlocking structure, the dual-direction unlockingstructure comprises a rotating shaft penetrating the cover plate and extending to the interior and the exterior of the lift car, locking plates arranged on the rotating shaft and located on the two sides of the cover plate and rotating handles arranged at the two ends of the rotating shaft; and a climbing device is suspended at the position, over the top car emergency exit opening, on an upper beam. The vertical elevator facilitating self rescue is simple in structure and convenient to operate, and a person can open a top car emergency exit inside the lift car and achieve quick escape throughthe climbing device.