Window cleaners rescued from 1 World Trade Centre
Firefighters cut panes of glass to rescue the pair from the south side of the newly-opened 1 World Trade Centre in New York.
The city’s fire department said the men were tethered and communicating with rescuers during their ordeal.
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Hide AdJoe Pentangelo, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the building, said it appeared that a cable on the cradle had broken.
Police official John Miller said the cradle was hanging at “a 75-degree angle”.
The cable apparently snapped at around 1pm local time and the workmen were pulled inside the building at around 2.15pm.
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