the help of local zipliners. one of the tropd teachers, age 20, called a local broadcaster from the cable car. translator: the authorities should rescue all of us as soon as possible. the cable broke off. reporter: the situation grew dire as light fell and authorities were forced to pause helicopter rescues. so a makeshift stretcher was connected to a pulley. soldiers and locals worked together, desperately pulling on the ropes until another student was brought down. and then another. their efforts finally paid off. after more than 14 hours all eight passengers were brought to safety. a harrowing ordeal for children just trying to go to school. and ivan watson, our senior international correspondent, joins us now. and what a mess. is it clear yet what caused the cable to break? no. we don t know at this point yet. but some important context here. in these remote mountainous areas of pakistan there are
these networks of cable cars that are privately run. and people use them these schoolkids use them for their daily commute. they really cut down on travel time. but maintenance is an issue. there were reports that as recently as december of last year another cable car, its cable snapped and there were 12 schoolkids caught on board. they were fortunately successfully rescued. the interim prime minister, he s called for an investigation of all of these safety inspections. and this is some welcome news for pakistan, which has suffered from economic crisis, political upheaval and some horrific floods just last year. incredible. ivan watson, thank you. we ll be right back. th, financing, every step. there wewere no surprises. well, my monthly payment did come out l lower than expected. financing my car with cacarvana was super smooth. [annnnouncer] finance your next car with carvana today.
save the passengers who were said to have no drinking water. two of them reportedly slipping in and out of consciousness. pakistan s military scrambled to help save the group. but initial rescue attempts by helicopter failed after strong winds made the car too unstable. a large crowd on the mountainside watched in horror as the cable car was left tilted at a steep angle. rescue personnel were able to give the passengers nausea medication after getting reports of the children vomiting. one child was also given heart medication, according to officials. [ cheers and applause ] the crowd cheered with joy as a special forces officer hanging from a helicopter carried one of the students safely away from the valley. several hours later another two children were brought down with
cable to break? no, we don t know at this point yet. but some important context here. in these remote mountainous areas of pakistan, there are these networks of cable cars that are privately run. and people use them. these school kids use them for the they are daily commutes. they really cut down on travel time. but maintenance is an issue. there were reports that as recently as december of last year another cable car, it s a cable snapped, and there were 12 school kids trapped on board. they were fortunately, successfully rescued. the interim prime minister is has called for an investigation of all the safety inspections. and this is some welcome news for pakistan, which has suffered from economic crisis, political upheaval, and some horrific floods just last year. incredible. ivan watson, thank you. we ll be right back. this one wins the series.] struck out with the cheap seats? important things aren t worth compromising. at farmers, we offer both quality insurance and great savi
showing the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. imagine riding on a cable car with a group of children and one of the cables snapped. it happened in pakistan. it people, mostly kids, were saved after being s 24 hours, dangling hundreds of feet above the ground. cnn s ivan watson has the story. a lone cable car hangs nine hundred feet over a ravine, in a mountainous region of northwest pakistan, with six children and two teachers trapped inside. the students, between ages ten and 15, were on their way to school tuesday, when one of the cable snapped, leaving the car dangling by a single cable over the valley below. officials say that the cable