Pakistani children saved from broken cable car feared they would die

Pakistani children saved from broken cable car feared they would die

Children rescued from a broken cable car dangling hundreds of feet above a ravine in Pakistan said they feared they would die during the 16-hour ordeal (Nasir Mahmood/AP)

Schoolchildren who were rescued from a broken cable car dangling high above a valley in Pakistan said on Wednesday that they repeatedly feared death was imminent during the 16-hour ordeal.

Six children and two adults were pulled from the cable car in a daring rescue on Tuesday.

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