2023-08-23 05:31
Pakistan cable car ordeal ends with all on board, mostly children, rescued
Children receive first aid after they were rescued from the stranded chairlift, in Battagram, Pakistan August 22, 2023. Rescue 1122/Handout via REUTERS PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani rescuers pulled seven children and one man to safety after their cable car became stranded high over a remote ravine on Tuesday, ending an ordeal lasting more than 15 hours. 'It was a unique operation that required lots of skill,' the military said in a statement. The high-risk operation in the north of Pakistan was completed in the darkness of night after the cable car snagged early in the morning, leaving it hanging precariously at an angle all day.

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