What to Know
- A scaffold carrying two window washers somehow collapsed more than a dozen stories high in Manhattan Wednesday
- Video posted to the Citizen app showed the scaffold dangling perilously as one person held onto a rope
- Neither man was hurt; a cause of the accident is under investigation
A window washer had to be rescued when a scaffold somehow collapsed more than a dozen stories high in Manhattan, leaving the equipment dangling perilously as he held onto a rope, according to officials and video posted to the Citizen app.
A call about the collapse near West 31st and Eighth Avenue came in shortly before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Two workers had been on the scaffold at the time; one was able to get off himself; the FDNY had to assist the other.
Both men were unharmed. Citizen app reported the scaffold collapsed around 16 stories high. A cause is under investigation.
