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At least 16 people are dead and more than 20 people are hurt after the funicular streetcar crash in Portugal's capital on Sept. 4

Witnesses recall their horror after trying to help people in the crushed tram, which "fell apart like a cardboard box"

The cause of the crash has not yet been determined

At least 16 people are dead and more than 20 people are injured as survivors and witnesses of the funicular streetcar crash in Lisbon, Portugal , recall one of the deadliest incidents in the country’s modern-day history.

On Wednesday, Sept. 4, tourists and locals were enjoying a late-summer afternoon when the popular Elevador da Glória funicular, a historic system of railway trams, saw one of its streetcars derail and smash into a building.

One woman, Rasha Abdo, was in a se

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