Window washers rescued from World Trade Center scaffolding
Window washers rescued from World Trade Center scaffolding
(35 minutes later)
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
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