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let's speak to jaime pelegri who is at the astun ski resort and was on the ski lift when it collapsed. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. tell us what you saw.— us here on bbc news. tell us what you saw. what happened to ou? what you saw. what happened to m? well. _ what you saw. what happened to you? well, hello, _ what you saw. what happened to you? well, hello, everyone. - what you saw. what happened to you? well, hello, everyone. it i you? well, hello, everyone. it has been a very shocking day. we were skiing, as we normally do on weekends at the astun resort, and suddenly we were on the chair and it started to fall. it was very quick, everything happened in seconds. we were lucky because, in my case, the chair was just at the beginning and we kind of took to the floor. we reached the floor on the chair and everything happened in, like, seconds. fortunately, we felt 0k, seconds. fortunately, we felt ok, no injuries, and the people surrounding us in chairs were 0k, surrounding us in chairs were ok, but it has not been the case on the upper part of the chair, where