Houston FFs Rescue Window Washers

    June 20, 2010
    HOUSTON -- Three window washers have been pulled to safety after they were stuck outside the Wells Fargo Plaza Building in downtown Houston, Saturday afternoon. Authorities said the men were stuck 44th and 45th floor of after their lift cage malfunctioned. Firefighters brought in a glass company to help rescue them.

    HOUSTON --

    Three window washers have been pulled to safety after they were stuck outside the Wells Fargo Plaza Building in downtown Houston, Saturday afternoon.

    Authorities said the men were stuck 44th and 45th floor of after their lift cage malfunctioned.

    Firefighters brought in a glass company to help rescue them.

    HFD officials said window glazers knocked out the window of the 45th and 44th floors. A harness was lowered from the 45th floor into the cage and the men were pulled in to the building through the 44th floor.

    None of the men were injured.

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