New York emergency crews rescued two workers trapped on a window-washing scaffold dangling perilously at the 69th floor of the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center building in lower Manhattan on Wednesday, November 12, authorities said.
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New York emergency crews rescued two workers trapped on a window-washing scaffold dangling perilously at the 69th floor of the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center building in lower Manhattan on Wednesday, November 12, authorities said.
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Construction workers look up at the scaffold.
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Construction workers look up at the scaffold.
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Officials said New York Police Department emergency services units were on the scene and rescue workers had been able to communicate with the two window washers.
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Officials said New York Police Department emergency services units were on the scene and rescue workers had been able to communicate with the two window washers.
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The partially collapsed scaffolding hangs from One World Trade Center. The workers were tethered and uninjured inside the apparatus, the city's fire department said.
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The partially collapsed scaffolding hangs from One World Trade Center. The workers were tethered and uninjured inside the apparatus, the city's fire department said.
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Authorities said a cable on one side of the scaffold snapped, leaving it hanging by only one cable. "They were slowly going up, washing the windows. ... Suddenly (the scaffold) was dangling on one side," Reginald Moye, who watched the incident unfold from the 24th floor of a nearby hotel, told CNN.
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Authorities said a cable on one side of the scaffold snapped, leaving it hanging by only one cable. "They were slowly going up, washing the windows. ... Suddenly (the scaffold) was dangling on one side," Reginald Moye, who watched the incident unfold from the 24th floor of a nearby hotel, told CNN.
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A woman looks out from a car at the dangling scaffold.
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A woman looks out from a car at the dangling scaffold.
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Rescue crews had to cut through glass to pull the workers to safety, the New York Police Department told CNN.
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Rescue crews had to cut through glass to pull the workers to safety, the New York Police Department told CNN.
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Rescue workers used a diamond saw to tear through three layers of glass panes -- the thickest nearly 2 inches -- in order to pull the workers to safety about 2:15 p.m., authorities said.
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Rescue workers used a diamond saw to tear through three layers of glass panes -- the thickest nearly 2 inches -- in order to pull the workers to safety about 2:15 p.m., authorities said.
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