While in the army, he directed the dramatic rescue of passengers stranded in a disabled cable car.

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Prior to the completion of the cable cars, people stranded in the favelas wanting access to jobs, education, healthcare and even basic shopping had to make a slow and arduous journey down the mountainside to get into the city.

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