Eight people who got trapped in a disabled cable car dangling high above a valley in Pakistan returned safely to the ground Tuesday after military commandos staged a daring and delicate rescue using helicopters and a makeshift chairlift.

The families of the students stranded in a broken-down cable car in Pakistan yesterday erupted with joy as the last child was freed late last night.

Night fell as the first of the students was rescued and it was several more hours until the cable car was finally cleared of passengers.

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