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In pictures: What it's like to be dangling from the 68th floor of one of the world's tallest skyscrapers

by LLP Editor
13th Nov 14 11:12 am

Dangling from the 68th floor of a 1,776-foot skyscraper is definitely a nightmare that came true for two window cleaners yesterday.

The pair were seen trapped in a downward-tilting scaffold hung on the glass side of the World Trade Centre.

World Trade Center window cleaners dangling from 68th floor

To rescue the workers, firefighters had to cut a holes through one of the glass windows.

A police official said the partially collapsed cradle was hanging at “a 75-degree angle”.

World Trade Center window cleaners dangling from 68th floor

The rescued men, Juan Lopez and Juan Lizama, were stuck for nearly 90 minutes but thankfully, weren’t injured.

World Trade Center window cleaners dangling from 68th floor

 

World Trade Center window cleaners dangling from 68th floor

Reginald Moye, who watched the incident from a nearby hotel, told CNN: “I see two heads dangling over the scaffolding and one of the guys — they just keep looking down. They look like they’re maybe five feet in the middle of the scaffold, hanging.”

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