Seven students and one teacher were trapped in a cable car on Tuesday morning in Pakistan's remote Battagram region after one of the cables snapped (literally one of my worst fears), leading to a massive rescue operation by military special forces.
Actual nightmare fuel!
Cable cars like these are often used to travel between villages in the mountainous region, which is about 125 miles north of the capital, Islamabad.
Watch scenes of the rescues, which are still ongoing as of the time I'm writing this:
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"Strong winds are hitting us," Gulfaraz, a 20-year-old who is on the gondola, told local television channel Geo News over the phone, appealing to authorities to rescue them as soon as possible
He added that the other students aboard were aged between 10 to 15 years and that one 15-year-old had fainted due to anxiety.
The rescue mission is complicated due to gusty winds in the area and the fact the helicopters' rotor blades risk further destabilising the lift, Khattak said.
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