Correction: Stuck On Tram-Rescue story

Jan 1, 2022, 3:23 AM | Updated: Jan 2, 2022, 12:16 pm

A passenger is rescued after a Sandia Peak Tramway car was stranded overnight on New Year's Eve on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022 in Albuquerque, N.M. A Bernalillo County Fire Department spokesman said 16 of the stranded people were rescued as of Saturday afternoon as rescue operations continued. The spokesman said those aboard the car when it got stuck at 10 p.m. Friday were all employees of the Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway or a mountaintop restaurant. (Roberto E. Rosales /The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

(Roberto E. Rosales /The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

A rescue helicopter works to help passengers who were stuck overnight on a Sandia Peak Tramway on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in Albuquerque, N.M. A Bernalillo County Fire Department spokesman said 16 of the stranded people were rescued as of Saturday afternoon as rescue operations continued. The spokesman said those aboard the car when it got stuck at 10 p.m. Friday were all employees of the Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway or a mountaintop restaurant. (Roberto E. Rosales /The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

A passenger is lowered from a Sandia Peak Tramway car that was stranded overnight on New Year's Eve on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in Albuquerque, N.M. A Bernalillo County Fire Department spokesman said 16 of the stranded people were rescued as of Saturday afternoon as rescue operations continued. The spokesman said those aboard the car when it got stuck at 10 p.m. Friday were all employees of the Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway or a mountaintop restaurant. (Roberto E. Rosales /The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

A passenger is rescued Saturday, January 1, 2022, after a Sandia Peak Tramway car that was stranded overnight on New Year's Eve in Albuquerque, N.M. A Bernalillo County Fire Department spokesman said 16 of the stranded people were rescued as of Saturday afternoon as rescue operations continued. The spokesman said those aboard the car when it got stuck at 10 p.m. Friday were all employees of the Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway or a mountaintop restaurant. (Roberto E. Rosales /The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

In a story published January 2, 2022, about the rescue of 21 people who were stranded overnight in two tram cars outside Albuquerque, The Associated Press erroneously reported the last name of the Bernalillo County Fire Department spokesperson Lt. Robert Arguellas. The correct spelling is Arguelles.

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