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Girl hangs on to life in funfair terror

Saturday 08 May 1993 23:02 BST
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HIGH above a South Korean amusement park, a five-year- old girl hangs inches from death. Lee Ji-yoon almost plunged 100ft to the ground yesterday when a door burst open on her carriage on a ferris wheel-type ride. But her neck became wedged in the hatchway and she dangled precariously. Eventually rescuers brought her down using a long ladder

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