Bad Day For Russian Window Cleaner

A Russian man had a bad day after he was left dangling from the 15th floor after his window cleaning attempt went awry.

Terrifying Footage Shows Russian Window Cleaner Who Slipped and Dangled Helplessly While 15 Stories in the Air: The leading thought for anyone who has ever looked up at a window cleaner as he or she calmly carried out their business while quite high in the sky is, most likely, some variation of "Wow. What would they do if they slipped?" Thankfully, such horror rarely occurs and is thus just a passing thought for those chronically afraid of heights. However, as shown in this footage obtained, even the most skilled of window cleaners are not completely above making a small but detrimental error.

After hanging from the window frame for half an hour, neighbours broke down the man's door and were successfully able to pull him back inside. It is thought the man had fallen out of the window while attempting to clean the glass.

The footage, reportedly captured by someone witnessing the incident as it transpired, shows the unidentified man reportedly dangling helplessly while 15 stories high in the Russian city of Novosibirsk. With his shirt blocking his view and ability to quickly problem-solve his way out of a harrowing mishap, the man is forced to scream for help until a neighbor eventually broke down a door and pulled him to safety.

The scariest part? The man was allegedly reportedly to be left dangling for "around 30 minutes." Witnesses reportedly called local authorities after noticing the man needed assistance, though the neighbors actually beat them to the rescue. Here's to hoping this guy is taking it easy for the rest of the week.

Rescue Dallas/Fort Worth

Fort Worth firefighters had to rescue a man after he became stuck on the side of a building washing window.

Stuck Window Washer Rescued From Side of Building Near D/FW Airport: Fort Worth firefighters had to rescue a man after he became stuck on the side of a building washing window. Hanging from outside the fourth floor of a Fort Worth building, one window washer was left wondering if he would make it down safely.

“The young man was hanging about 40 minutes before somebody noticed and a phone call was made,” said Battalion Chief Roger Woodard with the Fort Worth Fire Department. The washer was cleaning outside the American Airlines Credit Union when his equipment became stuck. The man left dangling about 50 feet in the air. His harness being the only line of defense from him plunging to the ground.

“It kept him from falling,” said Woodard. “But he was not able to climb up or lower himself.” A harness was lowered to the stranded window washer. Then three fire fighters pulled him 10 feet up to the roof. “It's a lot of weight to pull in that angle, especially when you don't have a lift system,” said Woodard. The man finally was brought to solid ground, but exhausted after an unusual workday. “If you were hanging there by a harness for 30-40 minutes, you might be a little exhausted too,” said Woodard. MedStar checked out the window washer on the scene and he is said to be doing OK. But it's still not clear why his equipment became stuck.

Window washer rescued off Fort Worth building: A window washer was trapped on the side of a building south of DFW Airport for 40 minutes before firefighters rescued him by lifting him up to a roof, a fire official said Monday. The worker was taken to a local hospital for observation, Battalion Chief Richard Harrison said Monday. Firefighters responded to a high angle rescue call at 12:37 p.m. Monday from 4151 Amon Carter Boulevard, just to the south of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.

Window washers had been working at the American Airlines Credit Union, a four-story building, Monday morning, officials said. “One window washer was on a single harness and somehow he got tied up,” Harrison said. Another window washer saw that his co-worker was trapped and dropped down to help, fire officials said. “He had lowered himself to help his co-worker relieve the pressure,” Harrison said. “When you’re in that situation, you begin to have circulation problems because of the harness on you.” Firefighters arrived on the scene, and from the roof managed to untangle the harness and lift the worker up, Harrison said.

 

Man Found Hanging With Window Cleaning Equipment

Firefighters recover the body of a man who was found hanging by a rope from the edge of a balcony of a downtown building at 12th and J Streets Monday morning April 1, 2013, in Sacramento, Calif. Officials said they believe the death was accidental.

Dead man is found dangling from downtown Sacramento high-rise: Sacramento authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found dangling outside a downtown building. At some point Monday morning, it appears the man tied a rope around himself, authorities said. However, he was tied in seated position like a rappeller. The rope was tied off with a window washing anchor, and fire officials believe that that anchor could have held his weight. But they don't think he was a window washer.

Around 7:45 a.m., a person in another building reported seeing the man hanging near 12th and K streets. Rescuers soon reached the man, took him down, and confirmed that he was dead. The man was at least nine stories above the ground. The Sacramento Bee reported that the man had two pieces of rope looped around his body in a style used by rock climbers. Battalion Chief Marc Bentovoja told the Bee the department had no reason to believe the man's death was a suicide. "It looks like accidental more than anything else," said Bentovoja.

Man found hanging from Sacramento high-rise: SACRAMENTO - There was a spray can and an etching tool found on the roof where a man was found hanging from a window-washing hook high above downtown Sacramento Monday morning, police said. The dead man may possibly have been a graffiti "tagger", according to police officer Michelle Gigante.

Police and firefighters were called to the building at 1201 K Street after employees in an adjacent building spotted the man hanging around 7:45 a.m. Firefighters brought in a tactical rope team for a possible rescue, but quickly determined the man was dead.

Rescue workers were able to retrieve the man's body and determine his death had likely been accidental. "The rope was clover-leafed around his body, it's a common knot that we use, and it tends to be self-cinching, the knot is, and with his body weight hanging on the rope, it looks like that might have been what tightened the rope up on him," said Battalion Chief Marc Bentovoja. According to Bentovoja, responders believed the man had anchored himself to a window-washer's hook on the 17th floor and then rappeled over the edge. Investigators were examining evidence to determine why the man was rappeling in the first place.

Man found hanged from downtown building identified by coroner: The Sacramento County Coroner's office has released the name of the man whose body was discovered Monday morning hanging from rope outside the 16th floor of a downtown building. He was identified as Craig Michael Fugate, 30, of Vancouver, Wash. The coroner's website lists the cause of death as undetermined. Sacramento police spokeswoman Michele Gigante said Fugate apparently died accidentally while trying to vandalize the building's exterior.

Battalion Chief Craig Wiedenhoeft, of the Sacramento Fire Department, said Fugate accidentally asphyxiated himself. Wiedenhoeft said the rope that looped around his chest and legs had constricted him. "He got pulled into a fetal position when the rope cinched up on him," he said. It wasn't known Monday how Fugate reached the top of the high-rise, known locally as the "Ban Roll-on building," 1201 K St.

According to the Wiedenhoeft, the man used an antiquated mountaineering technique to begin his descent. He used a rope left by window washers to descend to a landing on the 17th floor. Then, after retying the rope, he descended to the 16th floor, Wiedenhoeft said. Local climbing experts said the "classic rappel" technique is seldom practiced. It uses friction from the rope against the body at various points to slow the descent. The victim was noticed at 7:50 a.m., and firefighters recovered the body. Gigante said markers, glass etching tools that could be used to deface glass, and spray paint were found at the scene.