In the video, you can hear agitated children screaming, and you can also see the hands of the injured people sticking out of the crumpled metal of the funicular, which is one of the main tourist attractions in the Portuguese city.

People who found on the spot at first did not know what to do due to the shock, and then they started to come to the aid of the victims en masse.

O descarrilamento do Elevador da Glória, que occirado esta quarta-feira à tarde, em Lisboa, tera provocado mortos e dezenas de feridos.



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It is assumed that the tragedy occurred due to the rupture of an underground cable, after which there was an uncontrolled acceleration movement of the cable car.

One day of mourning was declared in Portugal and three days of mourning in Lisbon due to this tragedy.