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| Window washers rescued from World Trade Center scaffolding | Window washers rescued from World Trade Center scaffolding |
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| Two window washers were rescued outside of the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center on Wednesday after becoming trapped on a damaged, tilting scaffold. | Two window washers were rescued outside of the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center on Wednesday after becoming trapped on a damaged, tilting scaffold. |
| Now: #FDNY rescuing workers trapped on scaffolding outside 1 World Trade Center. View from the 68th floor. pic.twitter.com/3c7Oi8EZPD — FDNY (@FDNY) November 12, 2014 | Now: #FDNY rescuing workers trapped on scaffolding outside 1 World Trade Center. View from the 68th floor. pic.twitter.com/3c7Oi8EZPD — FDNY (@FDNY) November 12, 2014 |
| Now: #FDNY rescuing workers trapped on scaffolding outside 1 World Trade Center. View from the 68th floor. pic.twitter.com/3c7Oi8EZPD | Now: #FDNY rescuing workers trapped on scaffolding outside 1 World Trade Center. View from the 68th floor. pic.twitter.com/3c7Oi8EZPD |
| — FDNY (@FDNY) November 12, 2014 | — FDNY (@FDNY) November 12, 2014 |
| According to New York’s CBS affiliate, the workers were on their way up to the top of the newly-constructed skyscraper after finishing their work when, just before 1 p.m., something went wrong with one of the cables pulling the scaffold. | According to New York’s CBS affiliate, the workers were on their way up to the top of the newly-constructed skyscraper after finishing their work when, just before 1 p.m., something went wrong with one of the cables pulling the scaffold. |
| Window washers stuck on dangling scaffolding about 60 stories up 1WTC pic.twitter.com/cWhCgU7HkU — Alex Silverman (@AlexSilverman) November 12, 2014 | Window washers stuck on dangling scaffolding about 60 stories up 1WTC pic.twitter.com/cWhCgU7HkU — Alex Silverman (@AlexSilverman) November 12, 2014 |
| Window washers stuck on dangling scaffolding about 60 stories up 1WTC pic.twitter.com/cWhCgU7HkU — Alex Silverman (@AlexSilverman) November 12, 2014 | Window washers stuck on dangling scaffolding about 60 stories up 1WTC pic.twitter.com/cWhCgU7HkU — Alex Silverman (@AlexSilverman) November 12, 2014 |
| Firefighters removed a portion of the window near the workers and brought them into the building, one at a time. | Firefighters removed a portion of the window near the workers and brought them into the building, one at a time. |
| One of the window washers has been brought inside the building by firefighters pic.twitter.com/ja4HqTKbck — Megan Specia (@meganspecia) November 12, 2014 1 of 15 Full Screen Autoplay Close Skip Ad × 2 dangling window washers at World Trade Center rescued View Photos The two workers were dangling from damaged, tilting scaffolding outside the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center. Caption The two workers were dangling from damaged, tilting scaffolding outside the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center. Nov. 12, 2014 Stranded window washers hang from the side of 1 World Trade Center in New York after a cable holding their platform snapped and left them dangling. Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters Buy Photo Wait 1 second to continue. .wp-volt-gal-preroll-video{width:100%;height:100%} | |
| One of the window washers has been brought inside the building by firefighters pic.twitter.com/ja4HqTKbck | One of the window washers has been brought inside the building by firefighters pic.twitter.com/ja4HqTKbck |
| — Megan Specia (@meganspecia) November 12, 2014 | — Megan Specia (@meganspecia) November 12, 2014 |