FDNY FFs Rescue Dangling Window Washers

May 13, 2022
Firefighters saved two window washers who were left dangling from a building after a scaffolding mishap on Roosevelt Island.

Firefighters saved two window washers who were left dangling from a building after a scaffolding mishap on Roosevelt Island.

CBS2NY reported that the incident happened Wednesday morning at a building on Main Street.

Firefighters set up a truck ladder to help with the high-angle rescue of the workers who were reportedly secured by safety lines. Firefighters used additional ropes to pull the window washers back inside the building through an apartment window.

No one was injured.