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21 People Rescued After Being Stuck Overnight In Aerial Tram In New Mexico
Twenty-one people had to ring in the new year stuck inside a pair of tram cars dangling high above a mountainside at the edge of Albuquerque, New Mexico, after icy conditions jammed the Sandia Peak Tramway.
The cars, which were carrying tram employees as well as staff from the restaurant at the peak, got stuck around 10 p.m. local time Friday due to ice forming on the tramline, Albuquerque news station KRQE reported. One car was filled with 20 passengers, while the other car had one lone rider.
On Saturday, news station KOAT’s Kalyn Norwood shared an onlooker’s photo that showed a tram car hanging above a frosty ridge near one of the tramway’s towers.
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Tramway general manager Michael Donovan told KRQE Saturday morning that rescuers had to wait for weather conditions to improve to begin evacuating people safely. ..........(more)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sandia-peak-tram-people-stuck_n_61d0b532e4b0bcd2195410ca?