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Window Washer

FDNY breaks windows 78 floors above street level to rescue workers

  • Feb 28, 2025

FDNY rescues 2 workers from building in Lower Manhattan

  • Nov 13, 2024

2 window washers rescued from NJ building after rig collapse

  • Aug 31, 2022

Police: Man falls from apartment while trying to clean window

  • Jul 17, 2022

2 window washers rescued from scaffolding 42 stories up in Midtown

  • May 20, 2022

Window washer falls 19 floors to his death in Brooklyn

  • Dec 11, 2021

Window washers fall 15 stories off scaffolding in NYC

  • Nov 15, 2020

2 workers rescued from 10th floor after scaffolding gives out

  • Sep 16, 2020

Latest Videos

1:14

FDNY trying to rescue 2 workers from building in Lower Manhattan

  • Nov 13, 2024
2:22

2 window washers rescued from NJ building after rig collapse

  • Aug 31, 2022
0:19

Police: Man falls from apartment while trying to clean window

  • Jul 16, 2022
0:38

2 window washers rescued from scaffolding 42 stories up in Midtown

  • May 20, 2022
0:16

Window washer falls 19 floors to his death in Brooklyn

  • Dec 11, 2021
0:27

Window washers lucky to be alive after scaffolding malfunction

  • Nov 15, 2020
2:04

2 workers rescued from 10th floor after scaffolding gives out

  • Sep 16, 2020
3:18

2 window washers rescued from highrise on Upper West Side

  • Sep 15, 2020

Latest Stories

Worker left dangling after window-washer platform smashed into skyscraper in Canada

A worker was left dangling after gusty winds smashed a window-washer platform into a skyscraper in Canada.

  • Oct 28, 2019
KOCO

Window washers rescued from basket swinging at top of tower in Oklahoma City

At one point, the out-of-control basket moved wildly back and forth like a pendulum, even hitting the side of a building.

  • May 15, 2019

Window washer survives 3-story fall from Manhattan scaffolding

It happened on Fifth Avenue near 22nd Street in the Flatiron District. The worker was said to be alert and conscious as he was taken to the hospital.

  • May 8, 2019

Worker struck in head by brick, killed while doing point work on Manhattan building

A construction worker has died after he was struck in the head by a piece of the building he was working on Monday morning.

  • Apr 8, 2019

Window washers rescued from scaffolding at United Nations

Global diplomacy took a back seat to a high rise rescue at the United Nations.

  • Sep 16, 2018