‘Hanging By a Wire’ Director on Dramatic Attempt to Rescue 8 People Trapped in a Cable Car Dangling Above a Valley

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• Mohammed Ali Naqvi, a Pakistani filmmaker, watched along with the rest of the world as authorities and volunteers rushed to save the stranded passengers.
• But the dramatic rescue effort, one that involved army helicopters, makeshift chairlifts and ziplines, might not have happened without some social media-savvy community members, who used cellphones and drones to capture the harrowing ordeal and spur the government into action.
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• “They knew: ‘Don’t call the police.
• Post these stories on Instagram.'” Popular on Variety After 14 hours suspended between life and death, all of the passengers were saved.