Window Washer Rescue In Maryland

Window washers had to be rescued from the side of an NIH building after their scaffolding collapsed.

BETHESDA, Md. - Two window washers were rescued from a building in Maryland after the scaffolding platform they were on partially collapsed. Montgomery County fire department spokesman Pete Piringer says officials were called around 11 a.m. Wednesday to a building on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda. Piringer says the two men who had been on the scaffolding were suspended in place by safety equipment and were about 75 feet above the ground.

The National Institutes of Health fire department was able to rescue the men using a bucket ladder. The two were taken to the hospital to be evaluated and did not have life threatening injuries. It was not clear what caused the scaffolding to collapse. The building the men were rescued from is a clinical center.

Two window washers were rescued after a window washer scaffolding partially collapsed: A rescue operation was underway in Bethesda Wednesday around 11:00 a.m. after a window washer scaffolding partially collapsed, approximately 75 feet from the ground.The "high angle" rescue happened at the NIH Building 10 on Rockville Pike. Two window washers were secured and removed via NIH Tower Ladder, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said. There were no life-threatening injuries reported. This is a developing story; stay with FOX45 for details.