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On a Tuesday morning in August 2023, a group of kids set off for school, climbing into a makeshift cable car for the journey across a mountain pass in northwest Pakistan. What happened next would make headlines around the world. Suddenly, 900 feet above the ground, two cables snapped, putting the teenagers in mortal danger.
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00:01It was quite early in the morning.
00:06Suddenly, the worst thing happens.
00:11Eight people, including six children, are trapped inside a cable car
00:16after one of its mile-long cables snapped.
00:23Everyone was wondering what is going to happen next.
00:30There is nothing in front of me.
00:34I will save my children's love.
00:36My son and my son.
00:40This area is isolated.
00:43Cable car is their lifeline.
00:45But on daily basis, they are playing with their lives.
00:49It was all over the international media.
00:51It triggered the authorities to expedite the whole process.
00:56The condition of wire, it could break at any moment.
01:01Government officials are begging for patience.
01:06Sunset was approaching.
01:07They were desperate.
01:10One local man has climbed on the cable to carry out his own rescue mission.
01:23People were anxious.
01:24Why is the rescue operation delayed?
01:28To see the hanging up there, it brought it home so vividly.
01:34The cable car had started to rock.
01:43The kids are living on the borrowed time.
01:49Anything could happen.
01:50What a normal person.
01:54Have a good one.
02:03Of course, fear of the

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