Seattle fire crews rescue trapped window washers from high-rise
May 31, 2016, 2:31 PM | Updated: 11:28 pm
A window washer repels down the side of the Century Link building in downtown Seattle. (Seattle Fire Department)
(Seattle Fire Department)
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.
#Seattle window washer slowly rappelling down from 23rd floor. @KIRO7Seattle pic.twitter.com/G0SvyuaJcP
— DeborahHorne (@DeborahKIRO7) May 31, 2016
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