Some passengers getting out of the rescue cage
It was 11:02 p.m. when the first bucket loaded with passengers and their police rescuers pulled away from the tram, and began carrying them very slowly to safety.
Posted on 04/18/2006 7:31:44 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
Guess Ernie and Rosanna never watched CSI and heard about the rule of threes.Three minutes without oxygen; three days without water; three weeks without food. Seriously there is a report of a baby on board who requires a special formula.
Print media probably isn't getting too much because they're too busy laughing on the floor and holding their stomachs.
They just announced the "rescuers are gaining confidence after successfully bringing two adults and eight children" to safety. The bored cops are riding back and forth on an orange basket with "HO-HUM" plainly written across their faces.
An easy 98% of all skiing chairlifts are more exciting than this tram...stalled or not. Now they're asking bystanders who live on Roosevelt Island "if they'll ever be comfortable taking the tram" again.
They're even trying to get Mayor Bloomberg to comment! Family members just came downstairs at my house and we're all laughing at Fox5's intentional nail-biting coverage.
~ Blue Jays ~
What the heck is Bloomberg saying other than that he is there and is reviewing everything. Bloomberg said in the new conference it could take until early morning to get everyone down. My Gosh, what about potty! What about the little babies and the elderly. I think this could be a huge problem in the selection process. OH Boy. the Press will love this one.
Why are those "victims" waiting on the MTA bus to be debriefed? Once I was on the ground I'd be hailing a taxi to drive my butt home so I wasn't too tired for work tomorrow. What would the police do if someone refused to stay anyway, shoot them?
~ Blue Jays ~
What the heck is Bloomberg saying other than that he is there and is reviewing everything. Bloomberg said in the new conference it could take until early morning to get everyone down. My Gosh, what about potty! What about the little babies and the elderly. I think this could be a huge problem in the selection process. OH Boy. the Press will love this one.
I have the audio on our TV quite low[wife and kids asleep]
... quite comical , inDEPTH sidebar stories ,...
... I'm amazed they didn't dig up the little league stats on the stranded boy ,LOL!!
It's been 5 or so hours now. I'm sure the people on the tram have figured out a potty plan. These are Americans.
Maybe they're looking for Sly Stallone, Bill Dee Williams and Rutger Hauer. Seriously, did anybody think of the golden opportunity to decapitate NYC leadership tonight. Bloolie, Ray Kelly, the Fire Commish and the head of OEM all at the same location observing a rescue effort for a mechanical breakdown. It's probably nothing, but something doesn't feel right.
yup , I'm sure to NYPD boats below , in the East River , were advised to stay upwind ,LOL!
Yeah. I was just thinking cranky, cramped babies would probably be the hardest part about this.
"...Little League stats on the stranded boy..."
You're killing me! 
As much as I would like to stick around for the hilarity, I'm going to eventually have to call it a night pretty soon. I wonder if Roseanne Scotto and Ernie Anastos are getting paid overtime for this silliness?
~ Blue Jays ~
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Sorry for the double entry. I'm thinking that it is going to be pretty cold up there.What I am wondering is where was all this media frenzy from the time this all started until it was NEWS TIME. Me think the channels on TV waited until the regular TV programs were finished.
This is good practice. Maybe they are just are watching for problems that might occur and how this system could be used in a real emergency. It doesn't have to be a tram.
Roosevelt Island is a strange place, so near NYC yet so isolated from NYC. However, the times I have been there it seemed to be a nice place with plenty of great and friendly people. Almost like in small town in the middle of Metropolis.
... [Ch7] Liz Cho , "the sway,from the breeze"
I actually like Ernie and Rosanna , but "wingin' it" for something like this is an odd situation ,...
... too grave and its jusy goofy , too schmaltzy, and we wonder why they're doing this WallToWall , preempting regular programs[?!!?]
Fox News just Interrupted an LA Police Chase for Breaking News on the stalled Tram. Apparently, Greta has a source who says that Natalee Holaway is on board.
Interviewing the daughter of a tram conductor now! They're beating on this story like it's a rented mule!
If we had known this story was going to get dragged-out like this, we could have made bets on when the news outlets would cease coverage for the evening.
~ Blue Jays ~
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