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What alerted her instead was a faint smell of smoke.

She told him she was about to faint as the smoke got thicker and thicker.

The temple's general manager Pairat Soodthoop was "startled" to hear a faint knock from the coffin, he told the Associated Press news agency.

The ascent hasn’t been for the faint of heart.

Pilots warn their wranglers to avoid the temptation to inhale the escaping gas, noting that the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” voice isn’t worth the risk of fainting.