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Judi Lynn

(162,437 posts) Fri Jul 7, 2023, 03:32 AM Jul 2023

Rescuers work to free dozens trapped on one of world's highest cable car systems

By Gerardo Lemos, CNNE
Published 3:18 AM EDT, Fri July 7, 2023

Rescuers in Ecuador are working through the night to free dozens of people trapped in gondolas on one of the world’s highest cable car systems.

Firefighters were alerted around 4 p.m. local time Thursday of a technical failure that affected the Quito Cable Car, with at least 70 people trapped, the Quito municipality said in a statement. They launched a rescue effort in the highlands soon after.

In the early hours of Friday morning, Quito authorities said 17 people had been rescued so far. Ongoing rescue efforts include ambulances and 40 emergency workers including paramedics, high mountain teams, and aerial drone units.

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Rescuers work to free dozens trapped on one of world's highest cable car systems (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2023 OP

Nice views Easterncedar Jul 2023 #1

They're already free Effete Snob Jul 2023 #2

meh. marble falls Jul 2023 #3

It's all a matter of perspective Effete Snob Jul 2023 #4

Tell THAT to someone locked in a gondola. Maybe we could send them TM instruction and they could ... marble falls Jul 2023 #5

Now you're thinking constructively Effete Snob Jul 2023 #6

You post in the wrong forums and topics ... marble falls Jul 2023 #7

I'm just envious of the people on that gondola Effete Snob Jul 2023 #9

I appologize for the side track ... marble falls Jul 2023 #8

Easterncedar

(3,582 posts)

1. Nice views

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 03:57 AM

Jul 2023

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

2. They're already free

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 06:59 AM

Jul 2023

…they just can’t get off the cable car.

Freedom is a state of mind.

No one says “7 billion people trapped on earth and can’t get off.”

It’s just a matter of perspective. You aren’t truly free until you are free wherever you are.

marble falls

(62,296 posts)

3. meh.

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 08:00 AM

Jul 2023

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

4. It's all a matter of perspective

Reply to marble falls (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 08:08 AM

Jul 2023

marble falls

(62,296 posts)

5. Tell THAT to someone locked in a gondola. Maybe we could send them TM instruction and they could ...

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 08:13 AM

Jul 2023

... use the time to seek their personal mandala. After all, this is all maya anyways, right?

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

6. Now you're thinking constructively

Reply to marble falls (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 08:20 AM

Jul 2023

If I took you hostage, transported you to Quito, Ecuador, and told you that you could never leave, you'd feel that you've lost your freedom, and that Quito was your prison.

Once these people are taken out of the gondola, that's exactly where they'll be - in a place you would consider a prison under other circumstances.

Some of them may be residents of Quito who, in fact, might never leave Quito. They are condemned to be prisoners of Quito.

Take this chimp...

Everyone's happy the chimp has been "freed" from the laboratory, and is now fenced into a compound in Florida. Would YOU want to be fenced into a compound in Florida?

The chimp has traded one prison for another, but doesn't realize it.

Same as us.

I say, leave them in the gondola until they free their minds first.

marble falls

(62,296 posts)

7. You post in the wrong forums and topics ...

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 08:32 AM

Jul 2023

... Perhaps these are more appropriate:

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1226

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1220

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1219

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1135

I'm not contributing to any further to derailing this OP. You're welcome to PM me with anymore of your musings about this.

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

9. I'm just envious of the people on that gondola

Reply to marble falls (Reply #7)

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 09:33 AM

Jul 2023

They get to hang free in the air with a beautiful mountainous and urban vista stretching out below them, and nothing to do but to simply take it all in.

And I have to work in front of a computer screen all day.

Who is trapped now, eh?

We should be so lucky.

marble falls

(62,296 posts)

8. I appologize for the side track ...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 08:35 AM

Jul 2023

... The photos almost seem to make it worth a couple of hours of sitting up there. I hope they are freed soon.

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