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"  A stalled window-washing rig left two workers stranded this afternoon on the side of New York City&amp;#039;s Hearst Tower, Popular Mechanics&amp;#039; home base. The two maintenance workers were inspecting the scaffold when the rig stalled next to the tower&amp;#039;s 44th floor. The two men were unharmed, but were stuck on the scaffold for just under two hours. To rescue the two workers, the New York City Fire Department needed knock out a window near the roof from inside the tower&amp;#039;s 44th floor conference room and used a hydraulic scissor lift bring them back down to safety. By 4:45 the two workers were back on the ground floor talking with first responders. The scaffold stalled on the flat, east-facing side of the building, partly collapsed in the middle, forming a V-shape. TV footage showed the two men on either sides; one standing, talking with first responders, and the other seated. Both workers were securely fastened to the scaffold with safety harnesses throughout the entire ordeal. Our Editor-in-Chief Jim Meigs rode on a similar scaffolding outside the tower several years ago. &amp;quot;When I spent a few hours on the crane I was impressed with the professionalism of the window washing crew,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;It is certainly a dramatic job, hanging high above the street, and working away separated both from the people on the other side of the glass inside the Tower, and from the tiny figures on the street below.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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