A window washer found out just how dangerous his job could be after he ended up dangling from a high-rise office building on the Northwest Side Tuesday afternoon. The man was trapped and tangled on the side of the Bank of America Building at I-10 and Wurzbach. With a serenade of applause from a crowd of people gathered outside, the worried-looking window washer was rescued from the side of the building."He couldn't pull himself back up," a witness told News 4. Witnesses said the man was trapped, scared, and tangled in his rope right outside the 10th floor of the building. "He said 'help', you know. I kept hearing 'help'. I thought the guys were making a joke. You know what I mean?, said Joseph Derricio, who called 911. "So, I walked out there, and this guy is just hanging onto the rope."The man was left dangling in the air for about 20 minutes. Investigators don't know how the window washer got tangled in his own rope. But they do know he dropped about 20 feet. The window washer tried anything to keep calm until firefighters got him down safely. "He did a lot of stuff up there. He was praying and smoking a cigarette," said Derricio. The man did not appear to be injured. People inside the building told News 4 the man was a professional who worked alone all the time. Investigators believe the wind may have been a factor in the accident. Watch the video here.
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Window Washer Rescued After Dangling From High-Rise
A window washer found out just how dangerous his job could be after he ended up dangling from a high-rise office building on the Northwest Side Tuesday afternoon. The man was trapped and tangled on the side of the Bank of America Building at I-10 and Wurzbach. With a serenade of applause from a crowd of people gathered outside, the worried-looking window washer was rescued from the side of the building."He couldn't pull himself back up," a witness told News 4. Witnesses said the man was trapped, scared, and tangled in his rope right outside the 10th floor of the building. "He said 'help', you know. I kept hearing 'help'. I thought the guys were making a joke. You know what I mean?, said Joseph Derricio, who called 911. "So, I walked out there, and this guy is just hanging onto the rope."The man was left dangling in the air for about 20 minutes. Investigators don't know how the window washer got tangled in his own rope. But they do know he dropped about 20 feet. The window washer tried anything to keep calm until firefighters got him down safely. "He did a lot of stuff up there. He was praying and smoking a cigarette," said Derricio. The man did not appear to be injured. People inside the building told News 4 the man was a professional who worked alone all the time. Investigators believe the wind may have been a factor in the accident. Watch the video here.
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