A cable broke in a mountainous region in Pakistan.
Cable car passengers are rescued after students on their way to school became stranded mid-air after one of the cables failed, in Battagram, Pakistan, Aug. 22, 2023.Two adults and six children were rescued Tuesday after they were left dangling hundreds of feet above the ground in Pakistan when a cable car used to get kids to school broke, sparking a dramatic hourslong rescue operation.
A helicopter was dispatched to the site of the rescue operation in Battagram, approximately 120 miles north of the country's capital city of Islamabad. Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority worked with the Pakistan Army to rescue the stranded passengers. The Special Services Group, also known as the Commandos, sling team rescued the eight people from a height of 600 feet, the spokesman said, adding that the passengers have been moved to a safe place.
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