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| Shard window cleaner has a scrape with disaster 300 metres up | Shard window cleaner has a scrape with disaster 300 metres up |
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| Emergency services were sent to the Shard on Monday – days before its official opening – after a window cleaner got stuck in a precarious position on the 72nd floor. | Emergency services were sent to the Shard on Monday – days before its official opening – after a window cleaner got stuck in a precarious position on the 72nd floor. |
| Ten firefighters attended the scene in central London after reports of the cleaner's cradle on the outside of the building becoming unsafe. | Ten firefighters attended the scene in central London after reports of the cleaner's cradle on the outside of the building becoming unsafe. |
| A video posted on YouTube appeared to show the cradle swinging in the wind at the top of the tower, which has 78 occupiable levels. | A video posted on YouTube appeared to show the cradle swinging in the wind at the top of the tower, which has 78 occupiable levels. |
| As engineers fixed the problem to bring the window cleaner down safely, an ambulance waited on standby at the bottom of the 309.6-metre-high building. London fire brigade, which sent a fire engine and fire rescue unit to the Shard, said in a message on Twitter: "On-site engineers at the Shard have made the window cleaner's cradle safe & we can all now breathe a sigh of relief." | As engineers fixed the problem to bring the window cleaner down safely, an ambulance waited on standby at the bottom of the 309.6-metre-high building. London fire brigade, which sent a fire engine and fire rescue unit to the Shard, said in a message on Twitter: "On-site engineers at the Shard have made the window cleaner's cradle safe & we can all now breathe a sigh of relief." |
| The Shard, which is the tallest building in western Europe, will be officially opened by Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al Thani, Qatar's prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, and the Duke of York on Thursday. | The Shard, which is the tallest building in western Europe, will be officially opened by Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al Thani, Qatar's prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, and the Duke of York on Thursday. |
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