Window Washers Stranded at the World Trade Center
“The call came in at 12:42 EST and they were on the scene in less that four minutes,” said a spokesman according to www.bbc.com. Two window washers were stranded 1,776 feet in the air at a 75 degree angle near floor 69 at the World Trade Center for more than 1 hour on Wednesday, November 12th.
The workers were tethered inside the window washing apparatus. “I see two heads dangling over the scaffolding and one of the guys—they just keep looking down,” Reginald Moye who watched the incident unfold from the 24th floor of a nearby hotel, told CNN. “They look like they’re maybe five feet in the middle of the scaffolding, hanging,”
A cable on one side of the hanging washing platform became slack and left it suspended in a near-vertical position. The cause is still under investigation.
“At no time were the people in the scaffold unsecured. They were secured both by their own belts and ropes by the roof,” stated fire commissioner Daniel Nigro according to newyork.cbslocal.com.
“They reported to us that they were OK and they felt secure, and we just kind of told them it would take a few minutes to gain access to them,” said Chief Joe Jardin with the FDNY Rescue One newyork.cbslocal.com reported.
Juan Lizama, 41 and Juan Lopez 33 were rescued using miniature circle saws by cutting through the 2 inch glass making a 2 by 8 foot hole www.nytimes.com reported. The two victims were recovered safely with no injuries except for mild hypothermia from their dizzying stint.
Kyle Pearce • Dec 14, 2014 at 4:49 pm
I enjoyed the article because I learned how window washing is a very dangerous job.
Kyle Pearce • Dec 14, 2014 at 4:45 pm
I enjoyed reading your article because I learned window washing can be a very dangerous job.
Adriana Girard • Nov 18, 2014 at 3:01 pm
how scary that must have been for them, they did a really good job on staying so calm like that. If that was me I would have been so scared and started crying like a baby.
Aditya Shah • Nov 18, 2014 at 2:59 pm
Wow, nice article that was intresting about how dangerous widow washing could be.
JIllian Grimes • Nov 18, 2014 at 2:55 pm
That was a very interesting article. Nice job Delaney!
Adriana Girard • Nov 18, 2014 at 2:54 pm
cool
diana • Nov 18, 2014 at 1:18 pm
i was surprised to learn how unstable the ropes were. good article
hunter savard • Nov 18, 2014 at 10:10 am
i enjoyed reading your article because i learned about how dangerous cleaning windows could be
hunter savard • Nov 18, 2014 at 9:52 am
nice interesting
Tyler Padgett • Nov 17, 2014 at 6:29 pm
Wow! I would be scared out of my mind! They had to be brave people in order to do that! Shocking!
Justin Stevens • Nov 17, 2014 at 4:23 am
That was an interesting article. I can’t believe the people made it through with just dizziness though. A lot worse could have happened.
Ilsa Bauer • Nov 16, 2014 at 5:57 pm
I really think this was an hilarious story and very well written! Awesomeness!
Kalina Kazimierski • Nov 15, 2014 at 5:36 pm
I was surprised to learn from reading your article that thw window washers had to cut through two inch glass. Very interesting article. Great job!