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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'skyfari'

July 12, 2008

Two days after being stuck in the Bronx Zoo's skyfari for five hours, one couple is suing for $10 million. The Post reports Damien Foster and Nandi Taylor--who is pregnant-- suffered "psychological trauma" because they were stranded for hours over the "fang-baring, flesh-eating baboons." They were ultimately brought back to the ground by emergency workers using cranes for high-angle rescues, but Foster and Taylor's lawyer said his clients "didn't know if they were going to......

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July 10, 2008

Yikes: A detail about last night's Bronx Zoo Skyfari cable car stoppage: Apparently the cable cars were "suspended 100 feet over the baboon habitat and the roaming lions and gazelles." While authorities say no one was in danger of falling (the stoppage was caused when one of the cars' wheels derailed), the State Department of Labor is investigating the incident (the DOL also investigated the Roosevelt Island tram breakdown in 2006).......

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July 9, 2008

The cable car system at the Bronx Zoo, better known as the Skyfari, gave passengers an unexpected adventure earlier this evening. Just before closing time, around 5:30 p.m., the system broke down leaving zoo patrons hanging above the wildlife below, but at least the bird's-eye-view was nice as they waited for firefighters to rescue them. ...

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