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WTC window washers rescued after being trapped 69 floors up

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Laura Italiano
Published Nov. 12, 2014, 1:22 p.m. ET
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Firefighters pull the first of a pair of window washers to safety through a hole cut in the glass of One World Trade Center Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, in New… Chad Rachman
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A firefighter from Rescue Co. 1 pulls a second window washer to safety through a hole cut in the glass of One World Trade Center Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, in… Chad Rachman
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Stranded window washers hang on the side of 1 World Trade Center in New York
Stranded window washers hang on the side of 1 World Trade Center in New York November 12, 2014. New York City firefighters rescued the two window washers on Wednesday who… Reuters
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A scaffold carrying two workers hangs 69 floors up at One World Trade Center on November 12, 2014 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 12: A scaffold carrying two workers hangs 69 floors up at One World Trade Center on November 12, 2014 in New York City. The workers… Getty Images
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World Trade Center Scaffolding
A firefighter reaches through a cut-out window into a dangling work basket to rescue two workers from the 60th floor of 1 World Trade in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 12,… AP
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A firefighter looks out an opening cut into the glass of the window on the 60th floor of 1 World Trade Center after rescuing two workers from their collapsed scaffolding… AP
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Window washers trapped alongside the Freedom Tower
epa04487129 A window washer (C) is seen being rescued by NYPD and NYFD rescue after his carriage came dislodged from his cables along side the One World Trade Center in… EPA
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Window washers trapped alongside the Freedom Tower
epa04487118 A window washer (C) is seen being rescued by NYPD and NYFD rescue after his carriage came dislodged from his cables along side the One World Trade Center in… EPA
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A woman looks out from her car at the dangling scaffold.
A woman looks out from her car at the dangling scaffold. Getty Images
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People look up at a scaffold carrying two workers hanging 69 floors up at One World Trade Center
People look up at a scaffold carrying two workers hanging 69 floors up at One World Trade Center. Getty Images
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Window washers trapped alongside the Freedom Tower
epa04487117 A window washer (C) is seen being rescued by NYPD and NYFD rescue after his carriage came dislodged from his cables along side the One World Trade Center in… EPA
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Onlookers take cellphone pictures of stranded window washers
Onlookers take cellphone pictures of stranded window washers. Getty Images
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Stranded window washers hang from scaffolding on the side of One World Trade Center in New York November 12, 2014. The pair were rescued at the new World Trade Center… Getty Images
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Stranded window washers hang from scaffolding on the side of One World Trade Center in New York November 12, 2014. The pair were rescued at the new World Trade Center… Getty Images