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VIDEO- NYC Window Cleaners-BBC


Thursday, November 13, 2014

Being a NYC Window Cleaner

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30046663 

 

 

World Trade Center: Secrets of a skyscraper window cleaner

13 November 2014 Last updated at 23:23 GMT 
After two window cleaners endured a terrifying ordeal 68 storeys above the ground at the World Trade Center, many watching around the world wondered who would do such a dangerous job. 
Juan Lizama and Juan Lopez held onto the nearly vertical platform for almost two hours after a cable holding the platform malfunctioned.

The pair were eventually rescued after firefighters cut a hole in the glass.
The BBC spoke to Andy Horton, a veteran window cleaner and safety trainer in New York, about the dangers of working hundreds of feet above the city streets. 

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