Firefighters Successfully Rescue Window Washers from World Trade Center!
NBC News: Two window-washers were trapped for an hour on Wednesday on a scaffold dangling high off the face of 1 World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western hemisphere.
In a statement, Upgrade Services, the company the window-washers work for, said "the cause of the incident appears to be equipment failure of the traction hoist brake mechanism that supports one side of the rig."
"This caused the scaffold to drift into an almost vertical position, leaving our men stranded until a rescue could be performed," the company said.
The first office tenants moved into the tower last week, more than 13 years after the original World Trade Center was destroyed. The new tower stands 1,776 feet and 104 stories, and cost almost $4 billion to build.
In a statement, Upgrade Services, the company the window-washers work for, said "the cause of the incident appears to be equipment failure of the traction hoist brake mechanism that supports one side of the rig."
"This caused the scaffold to drift into an almost vertical position, leaving our men stranded until a rescue could be performed," the company said.
The first office tenants moved into the tower last week, more than 13 years after the original World Trade Center was destroyed. The new tower stands 1,776 feet and 104 stories, and cost almost $4 billion to build.
