Firefighters rescued a window washer who had become stuck and was hanging by a safety line off of a building at 903 E. 104th Street, south of Interstate 435 near Homes Road, in south Kansas City, a fire department spokesman said Wednesday. The window washer was not injured.
Kansas City Fire Department
A window washer became stuck and had to be rescued after he was left hanging by a safety line Wednesday morning about eight floors up a high-rise building in south Kansas City, a fire department spokesman said.
Firefighters responded about 8:40 a.m. to the building at 903 E. 104th Street, south of Interstate 435 near Homes Road, said Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins with the Kansas City Fire Department.
Firefighters tried to use a ladder truck with an aerial platform to rescue the stuck worker, but it could not reach the height needed to rescue him, Hopkins said.
Firefighters tried to use a ladder truck with an aerial platform to rescue a window washer stuck on the side of a building at 903 E. 104th Street, south of Interstate 435 near Homes Road, in south Kansas City. The ladder was not able reach the height needed to rescue him, a fire department spokesman said. A rescue firefighter went off the roof and attached another line to the worker, who was lowered down. Kansas City Fire Department
A rescue firefighter went over the roof’s ledge and attached a second line to the worker. Hopkins said fire crews then lowered the worker to the ground.
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