i think the world was holding its breath yesterday. an astonishing rescue effort. rescue effort. quite some to witness- rescue effort. quite some to witness. and rescue effort. quite some to witness. and this rescue effort. quite some to witness. and this is - rescue effort. quite some to witness. and this is an - rescue effort. quite some to - witness. and this is an incredible story. the children on their way to school. a relatively normal commute. taking these cable cars means crossing ravines takes minutes rather than going by road that can take hours. they had gone from taking the normal route to school to becoming a global story that people were hoping they would get back to solid earth. we heard late last night that all those on board, six children and two adults were rescued. watching the rescue through the day, it did not feel like that would be the result we would see. we saw early on it was difficult conditions, a rural area with strong winds. multiple attempts by an
so these things are not uncommon, but this level of danger, the fact that they were so many hundreds of feet above the ground and it was such a dangerous operation and the fact that it ended on a very happy note has relieved the country, there has been a call for a clamp down and better oversight on these cable cars or chair lifts as they are called. but a happy ending for pakistanis. an incredible story, so glad that that rescue was successful. thank you so much. moving on to sports, the new york yankees dropped their ninth straight game last night. i m a mets fan. i m happy. team s worst losing streak in four decades. andy scholes has the bleacher report. red sox and mets fans are happy right now. it has gone from bad to worse really quickly for the yankees. they hadn t lost nine in a row
of cable cars are not maintained and not mechanically prepared, they would not be allowed to work over here. but the local people say that if this is not allowed for the long period, that they will have to face a lot of problems. thanks to our correspondent for that. and finally, the rolling stones may have just revealed the title of their new album. this advert, which appeared in the hackney gazette, a local paper, referenced several of the band s best known songs. the fictional repair business, hackney diamonds, is old east london slang phrase for broken glass. while the advert does use the same font as the band s 1978 album, some girls, the rolling stones have yet to confirm the existence of their 31st studio album. stay with us here on bbc news.
and there was one remaining fragile cable. and so eventually they had to call in zip lining experts which went in and climbed up and through the use of rope and pulleys and various mechanics, they managed to get the remaining seven down. so this lasted late into the night and around 11:00 p.m., again, very remote part of the country, there is again the prime minister had tweeted out saying that he is relieved, but again, according to tweets by the prime minister anned and th president, there is call for oversight with these cable cars and chair lifts which are really made because there is a lack of infrastructure. they put together the homemade cable cars with left overbites from heavy machinery. so they aren t very safe. there have been accidents like this in the past, but none have
school. sofia, walk us through this ordeal. reporter: it has been a spectacular day yesterday and the whole nation let out a sigh of relief when the six children and two adults were finally recovered after suspended in that cable car which one of the cables had snapped and led to such a difficult rescue. we had helicopters, commandos trying to get them down. one retrieved through a he limit heli, but then night fall and experienced zip lirns wners wen there to get the remaining. health officials were there to make sure they were all right. parents were incredibly relieved. this is a remote part of the country and not uncommon for these kind of homemade kind of cables made out of leftover scrap metal and automobile parts that are used to make these cable cars.