Woman says she was trapped in California snow resort gondola for 15 hours
An investigation was underway after a visitor said she was stranded in a snow resort gondola overnight in South Lake Tahoe, California.
An investigation was underway after a visitor said she was stranded in a snow resort gondola overnight in South Lake Tahoe, California.
Monica Laso was at Heavenly Mountain Resort with friends Thursday when she became tired and asked a worker for directions to a gondola that would take her to the base, she said in an interview with NBC affiliate KCRA of Sacramento.
A gondola at Heavenly ski resort in Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Jan. 27, 2024. via KCRAThe worker guided her to a gondola, she said, with a few minutes to spare before 5 p.m., but when she got in and started her trip down, it stopped, stranding her for 15 hours.
She didn't have her phone, so she yelled for help, she told the station, but there was no response.
"I screamed desperately until I lost my voice," Laso said.
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