(CNN) -- Passengers have been rescued from a gondola dangling over a freezing creek after the tower snapped in half Tuesday at a ski resort near Whistler, British Columbia. 

Rescuers try to reach the passengers trapped inside one of the suspended gondolas Tuesday. 

Doug Forseth, senior vice president of the resort, said a total of 53 passengers had been rescued. He said no more people are trapped. 

The section of the lift affected by the accident had 15 cars going up the mountain and 15 coming down at the time, but they were sparsely populated, Forseth said. 

Three people were freed on the up side, each in a different gondola car, along with 50 people divided among the 15 cars on the down side, he said. 

The accident occurred at a tower that was constructed in two pieces, and the top part came away from the lower part, Forseth said. He said resort officials did not know what caused the structural failure, but an investigation would be conducted Wednesday. 

Tyler Noble, a reporter for CNNRadio affiliate CKNW in Vancouver, was on the scene at the Whistler Blackcomb resort about 110 miles north of Vancouver. He reported that at least two gondola cars hit the ground after the accident, both from relatively low heights near the tower that split and caused the system's heavy cable line to slacken. 

"One hit a bus stop and the other hit a house," Noble said. "Another one was suspended over a creek, but everyone is out of that car."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Tyler Noble is a reporter for which organization?
2. Which organization does Tyler Noble report for?
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Q2:
1. What is the name of the city that the story is based in?
2. The story is based in which city?
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Q3:
1. What is the position that is held by Doug Forseth?
2. Doug Forseth holds which position?
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Q4:
1. What is the total number of people that had been rescued?
2. What does the number of rescued people amount to?
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Q5:
1. Were the still people that were trapped?
2. Were there people that remained trapped following the rescue of 53 people?
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Q6:
1. What day of the week did the tower snap in half?
2. The tower snapped in half on what day of the week?
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Q7:
1. Was it cold when the tower snapped in half?
2. Did the tower snap in half during cold weather?
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Q8:
1. The investigation regarding the snapping of the tower in half would begin on which day of the week?
2. On which day of the week would the investigation into the snapping of the tower begin?
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Q9:
1. What body of water was the gondola hanging over?
2. The gondola was hanging over what body of water?
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Q10:
1. What was the location of the freezing creek?
2. Where was the freezing creek located?
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Q11:
1. Where was the ski resort located?
2. What is the location of the ski resort?
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Q12:
1. What is the ski resort's name?
2. What is the ski resort called?
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Q13:
1. What structures were hit by the gondolas?
2. The gondolas hit which structures?
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Q14:
1. Was one of the gondolas hanging over a creek?
2. Was there a gondola that was suspended over a creek?
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Q15:
1. Was anyone in the gondola that was suspended over a creek?
2. Did the gondola that was suspended over a creek have anyone inside of it?
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