Trapped On A Tram

Commuters trapped in cable car number two of the Roosevelt Island Tram look out the windows as they wait to be rescued in New York, Tuesday April 18, 2006. Two cable cars carrying dozens of people over the East River were left hanging for hours when the cable system lost power because of a mechanical problem.

A rescue basket is ferried from a trapped cable car of the Roosevelt Island Tram, Tuesday, April 18, 2006 in New York. Two cable cars carrying about 80 people over the East River were left hanging for hours on Tuesday when the cable system lost power because of a mechanical problem.

Rescue personnel assist commuters trapped in a cable car of the Roosevelt Island Tram by moving them in a rescue basket in New York, Tuesday, April 18, 2006. Two cable cars carrying dozens of people over the East River were left hanging for hours when the cable system lost power because of a mechanical problem.

Rescue personnel help commuters trapped in a cable car of the Roosevelt Island Tram into a rescue basket in New York, Tuesday April 18, 2006. Two cable cars carrying dozens of people over the East River were left hanging for hours when the cable system lost power because of a mechanical problem.

A rescue basket is ferried from a trapped cable car of the Roosevelt Island Tram, Tuesday, April 18, 2006 in New York. Two cable cars carrying about 80 people over the East River were left hanging for hours when the cable system lost power because of a mechanical problem.

Rescue personnel ferry commuters in a rescue basket from a trapped cable car of the Roosevelt Island Tram into a rescue basket in New York, Tuesday April 18, 2006. Two cable cars carrying dozens of people over the East River were left hanging for hours when the cable system lost power because of a mechanical problem.

Rescue personnel help people out of a rescue basket after ferrying them from a trapped cable car of the Roosevelt Island Tram, Tuesday, April 18, 2006 in New York. Two cable cars carrying about 80 people over the East River were left hanging for hours when the cable system lost power because of a mechanical problem.

Rescue personnel help a woman out of a rescue basket after ferrying her from a trapped cable car of the Roosevelt Island Tram, Tuesday, April 18, 2006 in New York. Two cable cars carrying about 80 people over the East River were left hanging for hours when the cable system lost power because of a mechanical problem.

Rescue personnel help Dax Maier out of a rescue basket after ferrying him from a trapped cable car of the Roosevelt Island Tram, Tuesday, April 18, 2006 in New York. Two cable cars carrying about 80 people over the East River were left hanging for hours when the cable system lost power because of a mechanical problem.

Commuters rescued from a cable car of the Roosevelt Island Tram are escorted out of a rescue basket in New York, Wednesday, April 19, 2006. Two cable cars carrying dozens of people over the East River were left hanging for hours when the cable system lost power because of a mechanical problem.

Rescue personnel help a child out of a rescue basket after ferrying people from a stuck cable car of the Roosevelt Island Tram in New York, Tuesday April 18, 2006. Two cable cars carrying dozens of people over the East River were left hanging for hours when the cable system lost power because of a mechanical problem.