Two window washers who were stranded on scaffolding 69 floors up outside One World Trade Center on Wednesday were rescued after fire officials broke a window and pulled them inside to safety.
New York City police and fire officials came to the rescue after a 911 call came in at
12:42 p.m., The Wall Street Journal reported.
"They are in a difficult spot," a fire department spokesman told the newspaper. "They are feeling the effects of hanging in there."
The scaffolding was dangling at a 45-degree angle at about the 69th floor after a motorized cable
became loose, CBS New York reported.
The 104-story building — America's tallest — opened for business last week, the station said.
The New York City Fire Department tweeted a photo of the rescue.
Twitter users watched as the story unfolded.
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