Two window washers were trapped dangling 69 stories up 1 World Trade Center in New York, after their scaffolding broke around 1 p.m.
Window washing platform collapsing on 1 WTC bldg - just drove by pic.twitter.com/NZIsno6vNQ
— Zachary Prensky (@Zackfoot) November 12, 2014
Rescue workers were quick to respond.
Rescuers working to remove window washers from scaffolding dangling from One WTC in NYC: http://t.co/AVjwLe1U5O pic.twitter.com/mO64nhBgqo
— Good Morning America (@GMA) November 12, 2014
Around 2:15 p.m., the two workers were pulled to safety by firefighters, who cut a hole in one of the building's glass windows, reports the Associated Press.
PICTURED: The moment of rescue for one of the scaffold workers. #1WTC http://t.co/NdMD359Sro @BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/mtRRnMApa1
— CBS New York (@CBSNewYork) November 12, 2014
Buzzfeed has a timeline of the ordeal here.
Cleaning windows is no easy task, as this video from the New York Times documents. Though window cleaners take great pains to tether themselves safely to the buildings they scale, the job isn't without risks, as today's incident proved.