FDNY and NYPD along with the Port Authority responded about 1:00 pm ET to a technical rescue/high angle rescue to reach workers and secure a hanging scaffold platform at 1 World Trade Center.
Window washers were done cleaning the windows and were about to ascend to to the roof of the tower when the cable that pulls the scaffold up became loose or snapped.
Two workers were stranded about 68-69 stories up, and firefighters were reported to be planning to cut through the glass and/or use a second scaffold to rescue them.
The glass was cut and opening is visible at 2:13 p.m. ET.
The first worker was rescued at 2:15 p.m. ET.
The second worker was rescued at 2:16 p.m. ET.
MAN ALL HANDS 1 WORLD TRADE CENTER, HIGH RISE (WORLD TRADE CENTER) SCAFFOLDING EMERGENCY,
— FDNY (@FDNY) November 12, 2014
Now: #FDNY rescuing workers trapped on scaffolding outside 1 World Trade Center. View from the 68th floor. pic.twitter.com/3c7Oi8EZPD
— FDNY (@FDNY) November 12, 2014
Scaffolding hanging from #1wtc pic.twitter.com/gOImXme53O
— Aaron Katersky (@AaronKatersky) November 12, 2014
U/D Manhattan: 1 WTC FDNY reporting it's 3 workers stuck, LISTEN LIVE http://t.co/s248ARoQAR pic.twitter.com/kQR3sKQNCK
— NY Scanner (@NYScanner) November 12, 2014
Developing: Window wash scaffolding hanging from 50th floor of 1 WTC. Tune to NY1 for updates. http://t.co/gVGcRFRmNv pic.twitter.com/JQVHBnLfom
— NY1 News (@NY1) November 12, 2014
YIKES! MT: @ABC: Rescuers working to remove window washers from scaffolding dangling from One WTC in NYC: pic.twitter.com/O9JuHrnToW
— Kay Jones (@TheKayJ) November 12, 2014
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