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The situation is critical! The situation is critical!

There are eight of us up here. We're desperate.

For God's sake, do something!

This is the first time I've seen videos from that day.

I feel like

I'm reliving that grief again.

It's like reopening an old wound.

The pain just comes back.

Irfan is our biggest worry, but our greatest love.

It was about 7:30 in the morning.

Irfan and the boys had got onboard the cable car.

And I heard screams.

The cable car goes from here.

It had reached halfway when one of the cables snapped.

So that cable snapped, and then this other cable here also snapped.

It sounded like an explosion!

I will never forget that sound. It'll ring in my ears until the day I die.

My son Rizwan was going to school.

Rizwan was the youngest in the cable car.

He is my only son.

We had no idea of how they could be rescued.

Eight of them were trapped up there. We had no hope of them surviving.

Nobody knew what would happen next,

and those in the cable car were between life and death.

As you can see, this cable car has flipped over.

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Spread this news everywhere.

Share this video, so the authorities

in Allai know what's going on.

We're completely helpless.

I knew that Irfan was up there with the other kids,

but I couldn't see him from where I was.

I just kept telling myself that the cable wouldn't snap.

You can see many people here, but they're all helpless.

They have no solution.

Here is footage showing the trapped children.

Our senior reporter, Sumaira Khan, has joined us from the scene.

Sumaira, what updates do you have?

God forbid if this cable car falls. I say this with a heavy heart,

that the chances of this cable car falling are increasing

because the cable car is now only hanging by a single wire.

There are eight people,

including six children, suspended over a valley.

"Even when you're sleeping, you're dreaming of being a cop!"

Every channel,

even the international channels, were covering live coverage of the event.

Turn that radio off.

Sonia is a very good officer.

She thinks carefully before making decisions.

She ordered me to get there right away.

We were all worried and felt helpless, just watching and waiting.

There was chaos and panic in the air.

Believe me, I was just a complete mess.

I had lost my mind. I was panicking.

Please save these children's lives.

Who, from your family, is stuck in this cable car?

My son and my brother are stuck in it.

The locals decided not to wait for the authorities.

It was a dangerous plan, but what else could we do?

They just told us not to attempt a rescue.

The authorities would come up with a plan.

This is our home. This is my father. This is our cow.

We have a small company called Koka and Company. This is our card.

Anytime there is an accident - call this number.

I build cable cars. And we carry out emergency rescues too.

We are known as "Mandghan" or "Sky Pirates."

All the locals call us this because we help people.

We save people. That's why they call us "Mandghan."

I know how to operate all the cable machinery.

I've carried across 45 tons of weight on the cables.

I've been doing this since I was a kid.

My grandfather did this work, as did my great-grandfather.

I've worked with cable cars.

I've done much harder work before. This is nothing.

I use a pulley, harness and rope.

The equipment we use is cheap.

The pulley I use is worth about $15.

This is very dangerous work.

After they called me, I drove to the site with my cousin.

We got there about 11:00 a.m.

It was a very tense scene, and a lot of people had gathered.

Clear the way! Clear the way!

Move back! Move back!

The locals were very happy to see them.

They told me not to even think of touching the cable,

because there was too much weight on it already.

I could have started my operation as soon as I got there.

I think the reason they stopped me is because I am poor.

They were like, "How is this local dude going to do this rescue?"

I had all my hopes set on the rescue helicopter.

When the first helicopter came, it didn't achieve much.

Right now, one helicopter is circling around.

So far, there has been no success.

The helicopter got very close to the cable car,

and then a soldier came down on a rope.

They couldn't get too close to the cable car

because the downdraft would overturn the car.

They tried many times, but couldn't get any closer.

Otherwise, they would have fallen to their deaths.

The helicopter left, and we feared the rescue had failed.

That's when we lost all hope.

Another helicopter has arrived.

Then a second helicopter arrived.

A person is about to reach the cable car.

It seems he gave them something. I think it might be harnesses.

You can see another cable below the helicopter.

That cable is causing all the problems.

This is a very dangerous situation.

If the helicopter blades hit this cable, it could be fatal.

Now the helicopter is between the upper and lower cables.

The helicopter hovered above the cable car and threw down a rope.

In that moment, you got a call from Irfan?

Yes.

He said, "Dad, whether I live or die today, I'm going to jump."

"These boys aren't putting on the harnesses because they are afraid."

"I am putting it on and jumping."

"Either I will die or I will make it alive."

Irfan put the harness on wrong, but it got stuck here,

so he held onto the rope with just his hands.

- My God! - Yes.

I watched him jump, and then I closed my eyes.

I was terrified just watching him dangling there.

I just had my hands like this and thought, "What is going on?"

When they told me that he'd made it into helicopter...

...that's when I opened my eyes.

My name is Irfan. I just closed my eyes and jumped.

I was very scared.

The horror we experienced up there still lingers in my mind.

We were halfway across

when the cable car made a terrifying noise.

We thought we were going to die.

I still remember that day.

I cried so much that day. It haunts me.

He still had life to live, and God protected him.

Your kids are the reason for life. God's most precious gift.

Most of my worries were gone,

but I kept thinking about the others still stranded in the cable car.

As the helicopter moved, the cable car started swinging.

The boss and I come from the same village,

and I have a very good relationship with him.

So when the boss said that this needs to be done,

I was in one hundred percent.

We use this for zip-lining.

This goes on top of the wire, and then it moves.

It is proper gear.

I was upset because I would have preferred him to join the army.

I was worried he wouldn't do as well as his brothers.

Ali is the youngest, and he was a bit different.

He wasn't the best at school. Thank God he's charming.

We were yelling at the authorities to sort this out.

My trust in them completely vanished.

The people were pissed at the authorities.

Now that they had failed, who could help them?

When the helicopters failed, I was even more determined.

I started at 6:00 p.m.

I was terrified.

When I was making my way across,

there were strong winds that scared the life out of me.

This man is taking a huge risk. It's getting darker.

Once we reached the valley, it was starting to get dark.

The further I went, the scarier it got.

It took me about 40 minutes to get there.

Showing incredible courage, one person has reached the cable car.

He is a local man.

The kids were in a very bad state.

They looked terrified.

I chose Niaz because he was closest to me in the cable car.

I belted him up, and attached him to the pulley.

Once I'd attached him, I called my cousin,

and told him to start pulling him back.

- So Niaz went back by himself? - Yes, Niaz went back alone.

In darkness all by himself? They just pulled him back?

All I kept thinking was, '"I just hope nothing goes wrong."

Did you speak to Niaz, when he was in the cable car?

Yes, I spoke with Niaz.

He said, "I might die today."

"If I have made any mistakes, please forgive me."

I said to him...

..."I forgive you."

Wait, wait!

Stay back! Stay back!

There was pure joy when my feet finally hit the ground.

My body wasn't functioning at all.

Then they took me to a room where I passed out for almost half an hour.

He was very distressed.

We had been so worried about him,

but we were overjoyed that God brought him back safely.

Our concern now was the others still stranded.

When we got a call saying Niaz was safe, we were delighted.

The boys suddenly had hope.

After I rescued the boy, I got a call, and was told to shut the operation down.

So even though you saved a child, they still stopped you?

Yes.

I was really upset about that.

I can still feel the utter despair

I felt that day.

The locals have set up a rope here.

The further we went, the worse the condition of the cable became.

It could snap at any second.

I said, "Sir, the cable is screwed, maybe we shouldn't take the risk."

He had this fire in him, and it sparked something in me too.

That's why we went for it.

At that time, I had thousands of thoughts in my mind.

Terrifying thoughts, and the darkness made it even more frightening.

The noise of the pulley on the rusty cable filled me with dread.

The cable was vibrating. The sound was awful.

There was just every kind of fear you can imagine.

The wire was shaking violently because we were on it.

The cable car was swaying too.

They screamed at us.

He swore at me. He was getting pissy with me.

Their faces were pale. They were terrified.

They were in bad shape.

But with us there, they started to feel some hope.

Well done, Ilyas. Stay calm.

Sir, everyone has been clipped in.

- Everyone been clipped in? - Yes.

Okay, check it all again.

And attach two of them to separate pulleys.

I hoped the rope would get me across. But that rope became my biggest problem.

Ilyas had to give three blinks of the flashlight

to signal I could be pulled back.

Ilyas gave three blinks.

We kept blinking the light, but nothing happened.

The rope that was supposed to pull them back

got stuck in a tree branch.

A man climbed the tree to cut the branch.

All I was thinking was,

"If they don't pull us back, we will be left hanging here all night."

The cable was on a 20 percent incline, so I had to work twice as hard.

As I pulled myself forward,

nearly 50 feet of rope was bunching up beneath me.

So I grabbed the hanging rope, and began to roll it around my arm.

I struggled

but managed to cover around 400 or 500 feet.

But I knew I couldn't let go,

or I would fly back and smash into the cable car.

The cable car shook violently.

We crashed into each other, hitting our heads.

I found out later that the trees had stopped us.

The rope got caught up in all the trees,

and it acted like a braking system.

The cabin swayed for a bit, then stopped.

We are going to die because of these guys.

They were definitely very scared.

I tried reassuring them. You can see in the video,

I took pictures of them, and we took selfies.

It's really chaotic.

They started pulling the rope.

When they started pulling us back,

I felt a jolt, and thanked God that someone was pulling the rope.

But when they started pulling us,

I didn't have the energy to free the rope around my arm.

The more they pulled, the more the rope tightened around my hand.

I felt like my hand might be severed, and I'd start bleeding.

I started panicking, thinking I was going to die.

We thought, that's it, they're dead.

Then they pulled the rope again. Slowly this time.

Take it easy! Don't get emotional! Don't mess it up now!

There was my son, Rizwanullah, and my brother, Gul Faraz.

And there was Sher Nawaz.

I was overjoyed. I cried with happiness.

People were celebrating.

We were totally detached from reality during the whole ordeal.

I was the eldest.

All of us were crying, but the younger ones cried more.

I tried, but nothing comforted them.

Guz Faraz was there for us.

He reassured us that we would survive.

I was the youngest in the cable car.

I was just crying continuously. There was nothing else I could do.

I vowed that if God saved me, I would sacrifice a goat.

God saved me, so I fulfilled that vow.

When he reached me, I hooked the kids to the wire.

And what about Sahib Khan?

When I was about to leave with the three kids,

I asked if he wanted to come with us.

But he said, "No, I'm going back on my own."

"I came by myself and can go back on my own too."

I didn't want him to say that he'd rescued me.

I was left alone.

That was a relatively easy journey for us

because we were constantly in touch on the walkie-talkie.

God has willed it.

Three children.

The moment the cable snapped was terrifying.

But when the helicopters left,

we didn't know whether they would come back.

And someone told us it was too dark to continue,

and they would start again at 10:00 a.m. That was a very difficult time.

That day, every single moment felt critical.

Every second was tense,

not knowing if we'd be saved or if we would all come crashing down.

Even now, as I tell you this, I am tearing up.

My feelings for Ilyas were such that...

...I mean, I just don't have the words.

I never cry normally.

When I made it home to my village,

everyone was holding up flower garlands, chanting and picking me up.

My father was really happy too.

What Ali achieved made us hold our heads up high.

He told me I had made him incredibly proud.

At the end, I was the last person on the cable car.

I had no equipment with me

because I had given it all to the kids to get back.

My cousin came to get me, and he brought all the gear.

I thought, "Thank God my cousin came to get me." That made me happy.

People didn't really know me before.

Now people show me a lot of love when they meet me,

and that makes me really happy.

- And now you're a hero! - I'm not a hero.

I would just like to put them through good school and college.

I have never had this experience before,

where people recognize me and tell me I'm a hero.

That means a lot to me.

The authorities haven't replaced the cable car.

We see it all the time.

When we walk past it,

the memories come rushing back.

Even if our village had a working cable car again,

I wouldn't get in it.

There is a fear in my heart.

The other day he saw a video of the incident and started crying.

I was more sad than him. It is hard to see your children in pain.

Rizwan still has problems.

Sometimes he gets nightmares and wakes up at night.

He relives the incident in his dreams.

Whenever I pass by the cable car and look at it,

I still feel scared.

When we were stuck inside, we had no idea the story

was going live across the country and everyone was following.

I think the media helped.

Without that attention, we might not be alive today.

Sometimes when I'm dreaming, or when I'm alone,

or even when I'm with someone from that day, it all comes back.

I remember when we were in the cable car and we were asking God to save us.

We all feel like we've been given a second chance at life.