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Seattle fire crews rescue trapped window washers from high-rise

May 31, 2016, 2:31 PM | Updated: 11:28 pm

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A window washer repels down the side of the Century Link building in downtown Seattle. (Seattle Fire Department)

(Seattle Fire Department)

A Seattle Fire Department crew prepares for a rescue on the top of the Century Link building in downtown Seattle. The window washers were trapped near the 23rd floor. (Seattle Fire Department) Window washers became trapped on the side of the Century Link building in downtown Seattle. (Seattle Fire Department) A window washer rappels down the side of the Century Link building in downtown Seattle. (Seattle Fire Department) One window washer makes it to the ground. (KIRO 7) A second window washer is rapelled down the side of the high rise. (Seattle Fire Department) A second window washer makes it to the ground. (KIRO 7) A Seattle firefighter rapelled down the side of the Century Link building in downtown Seattle to rescue two window washers that were trapped 23 floors high. (KIRO 7)

The Seattle Fire Department had to aim high to rescue two window washers from a downtown Seattle high-rise Tuesday afternoon.

Two window washers became stuck 23-floors high on the side of the Century Link building in downtown Seattle when their equipment stopped working. Fire department crew members helped both the window washers rappel down the side of the building in the 1600 block of 7th Avenue. Both men were on the ground by 2:45 p.m., after one firefighter climbed down to their platform, helped them rappel to the ground and rappelled down after them.

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