zwiebel
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Two young US tourists aged 22 and 23, and a Cologne couple with a newborn baby and a toddler, had a terrifying rescue when their cable car got stuck over the river Rhine for hours. High winds caused a wheel to spring out of the track, and once the cars jammed, there was no way back, or down, except for abseiling.
You can see the little ones being winched down on the video at the link. It's dark and windy, but I do admire the way the mom seems to walk off bouncily with her firefighter rescuers - I don't think she's as traumatized as I was, just watching!
No-one was hurt, and the US tourists have certainly had a trip to remember. I hope it doesn't put them off Germany!
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/oct/22/cable-car-rescue-germany-rhine-river-video
Article in German
http://www1.wdr.de/themen/panorama/seilbahn-koeln100.html
You can see the little ones being winched down on the video at the link. It's dark and windy, but I do admire the way the mom seems to walk off bouncily with her firefighter rescuers - I don't think she's as traumatized as I was, just watching!
No-one was hurt, and the US tourists have certainly had a trip to remember. I hope it doesn't put them off Germany!
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/oct/22/cable-car-rescue-germany-rhine-river-video
Article in German
http://www1.wdr.de/themen/panorama/seilbahn-koeln100.html
