UPDATE: 2 Window Washers Reported Trapped On Scaffold At 1 World Trade Center - Rescued!

[Purveyor]

Last edited Wed Nov 12, 2014, 04:38 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: NBC NEWS

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Two window washers were reported trapped on a scaffolding at 1 World Trade Center, according to the Office of Emergency Management.

Images from the scene showed the scaffolding dangling at a precarious angle.

The scaffold is trapped at around the 68th floor

The incident began at around 12:45 p.m. on the south side of the building.

Emergency responders from the Police and Fire Departments along with the Port Authority are on the scene in an effort to rescue the workers and secure the dangling scaffold platform.


Read more: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/11/12/at-least-one-window-washer-trapped-on-scaffold-at-1-world-trade-center/

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2 workers rescued from 69th-floor scaffold at One WTC

NEW YORK -- Two window washers dangling from the 69th floor of the One World Trade Center were rescued Wednesday after fire department teams cut through glass one floor below and pulled them to safety.

A cable on the scaffolding apparently broke around 1 p.m., according to Joe Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the building.

Spokesman Frank Dwyer saids emergency teams were in communication with the workers who were uninjured. Rescuers lowered a radio down while they were trapped in the dangerous tilting scaffold.

The rescuers cut six-foot high holes through the thick, multi-layered glass. The two workers were tethered to the scaffold and were pulled inside one by one.

People on the ground were moved back in case glass began flying. Office workers and construction workers streamed onto a nearby street, their necks craned upward to watch the scaffold as it is waved in the wind. Dozens of emergency vehicles lined the street.

more...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/12/worker-scaffold-one-world-trade/18915451/

[Orrex]

1. Good grief!

If that were me, they'd have to clear the streets as a precaution against all of the vomiting I'd be doing.

I hope that it turns out ok!

[jakeXT]

2. It's not Denver

[Orrex]

4. Well, now I have to hate you.

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[Elmer S. E. Dump]

6. Don't forget the piss and shit. I would have lost all my faculties.

[leftynyc]

3. I read on another site

They're going to have to smash one of the windows and get them inside that way. Window washing a skyscraper is a job I could never, ever do.

[still_one]

5. They might be able to remove the windows without smashing them

[leftynyc]

10. That would be good

It's pretty windy up that high and they'd have to evacuate the street below if they had to smash. I'm going to hit the website of one of our local news stations (usually the best source for these kinds of breaking stories) and see what's up.

[elleng]

7. RESCUED!

Window Washers Are Rescued From Scaffolding at 1 World Trade Center.

Firefighters on Wednesday afternoon rescued two window washers who became suspended 69 stories above the street while working at the newly completed 1 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.

The workers, who were harnessed to the scaffolding of the window-washing equipment, were uninjured, according to the authorities.

Shortly before 2 p.m., fireighters could be seen cutting a hole through a window near the platform and then assembling inside, where they pulled the workers to safety.

The window washers had been lowered from the top of the building before their machine malfunctioned shortly before 1 p.m.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/nyregion/1-world-trade-center-window-washers.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. They've got them inside

Two window washers, who became trapped on scaffolding near the 68th floor of One World Trade Center, have been rescued.
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Members of the FDNY broke a window and pulled the workers to safety around 2:10 p.m.

The FDNY was in communication with the workers throughout the entire ordeal, CBS2 reported. The workers are said to be in good condition.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/window-washers-trapped-on-scaffold-at-1-world-trade-center/

[Omaha Steve]

9. 2 workers rescued from 69th-floor scaffold at One WTC

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/12/worker-scaffold-one-world-trade/18915451/



A photo tweeted by the Fire Department of New York shows a view of the dangling scaffold as seen from 68th floor of One World Trade Center on Nov. 12, 2014.(Photo: FDNY)

NEW YORK -- Two window washers dangling from the 69th floor of the One World Trade Center were rescued Wednesday after fire department teams cut through glass one floor below and pulled them to safety.

A cable on the scaffolding apparently broke around 1 p.m., according to Joe Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the building.

Spokesman Frank Dwyer saids emergency teams were in communication with the workers who were uninjured. Rescuers lowered a radio down while they were trapped in the dangerous tilting scaffold.

The pair were tethered to the scaffold during the ordeal.

MORE AT LINK.

[leftynyc]

11. Our local ABC affiliate

has some great video and stills of the rescue. It sounds like the scaffolding is still hanging there for the moment. Thankfully the washers were brought to Bellevue - they'll be well taken care of.

http://7online.com/news/fdny-cuts-through-1-world-trade-window-rescues-workers/392125/

[C Moon]

12. Damn. Scary!

[onehandle]

13. Clearly President Obama cannot protect our braver workers at the WTC.

Impeachment!!!!