Window Washer High Rise Drama

Channel 7 News (ABC) ^ | 11/30/05 | unknown

[cong. dance leader]

Pretty amazing video of high winds playing havoc with a couple of window washers that were either brave (or foolish) enough to attempt some window cleaning today in downtown Denver.

A high wind advisory was in effect for today.

Two men finally rescued by firefighters who broke out some windows on 11th floor of building and stabilized the gondola.

[Popman]

Wow

[July 4th]

Holy crap!

[Jasper]

Oh $h#t!!

[nuconvert]

WOW

[diggerwillow]

Ditto all of the above

[Dog Gone]

That was pretty wild.

[Lando Lincoln]

I'll bet a couple of guys soiled their armor.

[Larry Lucido]

Welcome to FR, um, tomorrow? So is it Conga Dance Leader or Congressinal Dance Leader?

[Termite_Commander]

I saw that on The Fox Report. What the heck were they doing up there in such high winds?

[Bahbah]

Grab something and hold on for dear life. Can you imagine sitting there in your office talking on the phone 30 stories up and a ramrod coming through the window? Holy moley.

[SIDENET]

Cool video. I liked the two guys that were interviewed towards the end of it.

[cong. dance leader]

I don't know regulations, but I assume OSHA would look into why these two guys were even out there today. The wind gusts were reported to be up to 45 mph.

[Sally'sConcerns]

I always hated it when the window washers were right outside my window when I worked in downtown Dallas. That video put a major knot in my stomach.

Shudder!

[A.A. Cunningham]

[cong. dance leader]

I just signed up tonight, have been lurking on and off for the past few years. My wife and I are the congregational dance leaders at a Messianic Synagogue we attend.

[Larry Lucido]

Note to self: Put off window cleaning until Spring.

2009.

[Atlas Sneezed]

What the heck were they doing up there in such high winds?

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The report sounded like there was some kind of mechanical failure, and the wind was not the prime cause.

[Larry Lucido]

I see. I figured you wouldn't need to abbreviate conga. :-)

Is it my imagination, or did the scaffold just happen to finally come to rest right next to a hole it had punched in the building, where a couple waiting fireman were able to lasso and secure it?