Metro
UK · 11 mins ago
Dad’s sheer terror of seeing his son in cable car dangling from a wire 900ft above ground
Irfan, the son of Umraiz Khan (right), was left dangling in the cable car 900ft above ground (Picture: AP/HANGING BY A WIRE) Three years ago, Umraiz Khan was figuring out how he would pick up his son’s body parts. Irfan, then just 17, was stuck in a cable car hanging by a wire 900ft above ground in the Allai valley near Battagram, northern Pakistan. He was travelling to school when the rope suddenly gave out. Along with seven other boys, he spent hours waiting and praying for rescue. A rescue that was made complicated by a lack of resources and strong winds. Speaking to Metro, Umraiz said: ‘I had no choice but to think about how to best pick up my son’s body parts from the ground below. How will I know which are his? How will I take them back home? ‘That reality was right in front of me as
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