Seven schoolkids and one teacher were miraculously rescued Tuesday from a cable car dangling 900 feet high — nearly 16 hours after the cord suddenly snapped above a ravine in Pakistan.
The group first got stuck at 7 a.m. local time when one of the cables on the gondola taking them to school in mountainous Battagram broke.
The “extremely risky” rescue operation — involving military commandos being winched down from helicopters in dangerously high winds — continued nearly all day before officials finally announced its successful completion.
“All the kids have been successfully and safely rescued,” Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar tweeted triumphantly just before midnight.
“Great teamwork by the military, rescue departments, district administration as well as the local people.”
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