The children are between the ages of 10 and 15, according to officials.
One of the people stuck in the cable car has been speaking to a television channel in Pakistan by phone, the BBC reported.
“For God’s sake help us,” the man, named Gulfraz, told Geo News. He confirmed eight people were on board. One of the students had fallen unconscious in the past three hours, he said. The children are between the ages of 10 and 15, according to CNN. “All efforts are being made by the Pakistan army to rescue the stranded people in the lift,” Pakistan officials said in a statement,The children live in a mountainous area in Battagram, about 125 miles north of Islamabad, officials said.
Two army helicopters were sent into the area to try to rescue the children and adults after it was determined the cable could not be repaired. “The cable car is stuck in a place where it is almost impossible to help without a helicopter,” Zulfiqar Khan, an official with Pakistan’s 1122 rescue service, told Agence France-Presse.
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