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Pakistan cable car: From panic to relief, survivors recall harrowing ordeal

2023-08-26 08:25
"It felt like we were standing right at the edge of our own graves," one survivor tells the BBC.
Pakistan cable car: From panic to relief, survivors recall harrowing ordeal

It started out a routine Tuesday morning. Car mechanic Gulfaraz had planned to accompany his nephew to school and then go home.

They made the journey as they had done for years - on a makeshift cable car that would take them across the steep Allai valley in the northwest of Pakistan.

But...