A pair of window washers were saved by city firefighters Friday morning from a scaffolding that got stuck 42 stories up in Midtown, officials said.
The FDNY got the call just after 8 a.m. when witnesses reported that the two window washers appeared to be in danger as the motorized scaffolding started leaning to one side while they working at a 53-story skyscraper at 712 Fifth Ave.
Firefighters scrambled up the skyscraper and put a drone up to monitor the situation, fire officials said.
The FDNY got a call about workers stuck on scaffolding on the 42nd floor of a building in Midtown. FDNYAfter about an hour, firefighters cut a hole in the window on the 42nd floor and pulled the workers to safety.
“It was a smooth operation, members worked efficiently,” FDNY Battalion Chief Robert Meuser said Friday.
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