Readers of my blog over the past few weeks will remember we went on the Singapore Flyer (a huge ferris wheel, here in Singapore) well the big news this morning is the rescue of many people from the Flyer yesterday afternoon (see photo above)A power disruption left more than 100 passengers stranded above ground in the world's biggest observation wheel for about six hours, forcing some to abseil down to safety.
A few lowered themselves in a sling-like device on a rope from one of the observation capsules before the Singapore Flyer eventually began turning again to allow other trapped passengers to get out.
I guess we had a good experience...
Now we are trying to see if the weather in the US will allow us to get home without problems - off to United to get the latest update on plane schedules. Would prefer to spend Christmas here, rather than in the airport somewhere!
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