World Trade Center Window Washers Dangled 68 Stories Above The Ground For 90 Minutes
At about 12:45 p.m. Juan Lizama and Juan Lopez were left dangling on the South side of the World Trade Center after a cable on the scaffolding snapped on the 1,776-foot skyscraper.
[su_center_ad]It took 90 minutes to rescue the men who suffered no injuries, only mild hypothermia.
Let’s look at this in another view:
Footage courtesy of CBS:
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
rg9rts November 12th, 2014 at 4:16 pm
GET ME OUTTA HERE
R.J. Carter November 12th, 2014 at 4:19 pm
Huh. Wouldja look at that. Never saw my gonads retract like that before.
OldLefty November 12th, 2014 at 4:27 pm
I was just thinking how i would ‘leggo my eggo’.
fancypants November 12th, 2014 at 9:53 pm
you just cut a hole in a window I just washed !
Bunya November 13th, 2014 at 3:47 pm
Holy cow! An accident like that would have me swearing off window washing forever!