In a remote part of Pakistan, villagers routinely take rickety cable cars across the canyons that cut through the Himalayan foothills. But in August 2023, the unthinkable happened when a wire snapped, leaving six children and two adults hanging 900 feet above a ravine.
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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