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03-14-2008, 09:08 AM
World's worst school run ends
The world's worst school run - a terrifying cable crossing over a raging torrent - has been consigned to history.
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The crossing, on the most dangerous part of China's Nujiang River, has been replaced by a new 170m bridge.
It means the 500 children of Maji village in Fugong town, Yunnan province, no longer have to slide and haul themselves along a 200m cable twice a day.
Money was raised to build the bridge after the school crossing was featured on Chinese TV in a programme entitled The Most Dangerous School Run.
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Thanks to donations totalling £25,000, the bridge was built in three months, reports Spring City Evening Post.
"We've named the bridge the love bridge, because love is what built it," said the village head at the opening ceremony.
"Our kids no longer need to risk their lives to go to school," added another joyful villager.
The children, some as young as four, previously fastened themselves to the cable with a metal carabiner and a rope to slide across the 200 metre wide canyon.
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The world's worst school run - a terrifying cable crossing over a raging torrent - has been consigned to history.
http://www.ananova.com/images/web/1273352.jpg
The crossing, on the most dangerous part of China's Nujiang River, has been replaced by a new 170m bridge.
It means the 500 children of Maji village in Fugong town, Yunnan province, no longer have to slide and haul themselves along a 200m cable twice a day.
Money was raised to build the bridge after the school crossing was featured on Chinese TV in a programme entitled The Most Dangerous School Run.
http://www.ananova.com/images/web/1273351.jpg
Thanks to donations totalling £25,000, the bridge was built in three months, reports Spring City Evening Post.
"We've named the bridge the love bridge, because love is what built it," said the village head at the opening ceremony.
"Our kids no longer need to risk their lives to go to school," added another joyful villager.
The children, some as young as four, previously fastened themselves to the cable with a metal carabiner and a rope to slide across the 200 metre wide canyon.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2768151.html?menu=