The Nation - News from Dec. 16, 1985
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Engineers and inspectors converged on Keystone resort in the Colorado Rockies,looking for answers to why a chairlift inspected only weeks before failed, catapulting 49 skiers to the ground and injuring dozens. Twenty-four skiers thrown from the Teller Lift on Saturday remained in hospitals, three of them in critical condition. Many others were treated at hospitals and released. More than 300 skiers held to their swaying seats and were helped to safety.
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