Lisbon funicular crash death toll climbs to 17 as Elevador da Gloria disaster leaves Portugal reeling
[ad_1] Lisbon — Portugal was reeling Thursday morning in the wake of an unprecedented disaster in the heart of its capital city. Seventeen people were killed late Wednesday afternoon when one of Lisbon’s trademark electric streetcars — the Elevador da Gloria funicular — careened off its tracks and slammed into a building. The funicular, a…