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Proving this statement without the independence condition (Borel 0-1 Law)

I am trying to prove this statement, "if $P(S_n) \to 1$ as $n \to \infty$, prove that there exists subsequence $\{n_k\}$ such that $P(\cap_{n_k}S_{n_k}) > 0$".

As $lim_{n \to \infty} P(S_n) = 1 \ne 0 \Rightarrow \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} P(S_n) = \infty$.

If sequence $\{S_n\}$ is independent, then I can use Borel 0-1 law to get $P(S_n \text{ i.o}) = 1 \Rightarrow P(\{s : s \in S_{n_k} \}) = 1$ for k = 1,2, ... $\Rightarrow P(\cap_{n_k} S_{n_k}) = 1$.

On the other hand, how do I prove this statement without the independence condition ? Because I can not use Borel 0-1 law otherwise.