Dangling Window Washer Rescued from Kansas City, MO, Building

Kansas City firefighters used ropes and an aerial ladder to rescue the window washer from a high-rise.

Nov. 28, 2024

Robert A. Cronkleton
The Kansas City Star
(TNS)

A window washer became stuck and had to be rescued after he was left hanging by a safety line Wednesday morning about eight floors up a high-rise building in south Kansas City, a fire department spokesman said.

Firefighters responded about 8:40 a.m. to the building at 903 E. 104th Street, south of Interstate 435 near Homes Road, said Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins with the Kansas City Fire Department.

Firefighters tried to use a ladder truck with an aerial platform to rescue the stuck worker, but it could not reach the height needed to rescue him, Hopkins said.

A rescue firefighter went over the roof’s ledge and attached a second line to the worker. Hopkins said fire crews then lowered the worker to the ground.

The window washer was not injured.