NEW YORK (AP) — New York City firefighters have cut window glass and rescued two window washers trapped onscaffolding dangling 69 stories up the side of 1 World Trade Center.
The fire department says the workers were tethered and communicating with rescuers during their ordeal.
A cable on the scaffolding apparently broke around 1 p.m. They were pulled inside the building around 2:15 p.m.
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AP declares this writeup can’t be rewritten or redistributed and yet that’s what you did. Naughty, naughty. Hope the workers are fine.
The company that designed this rig also designed the scaffolding that collapsed at Hearst Tower in June 2013. Might just be a coincidence, but you can bet the company (Tractel) is in panic mode right now. Thankfully no one was hurt in either incident.
This particular trade of workers takes the phrase “do you do windows?” to another level. Very hard work.
Generally news organizations pay for access to AP articles, that’s how it works. Very common industry practice.