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IN DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY. WE WERE THERE WHEN A WINDOW WASHER WAS PULLED TO SAFETY. 23 STORIES UP. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M LARA MORITZ AND I’M KELLY ECKERMAN KMBC NINE S MATT EVANS IS JOINING US LIVE FROM 12TH AND BALTIMORE WHERE THAT RESCUE HAPPENED. MATT. REPORTER. YEAH, CERTAINLY SOME SCARY MOMENTS FOR THAT WINDOW WASHER AND THE CROWD OF PEOPLE WHO GATHERED HERE ON THE STREET TO WATCH THAT RESCUE TAKE PLACE, AS YOU MENTIONED, HE WAS STRANDED 23 STORIES UP AT ONE KANSAS CITY PLACE ON THE MAIN SIDE OF THE BUILDING. IT’S THE TALLEST BUILDING IN KANSAS CITY. HERE, DOWNTOWN. FIREFIGHTERS WERE FIRST CALLED HERE AT 1015 THIS MORNING WHEN THAT WINDOW WASHER SEAT BROKE, WHICH THEN BOUND UP HIS EQUIPMENT SO HE COULD NO LONGER GO UP OR DOWN. FIREFIGHTERS WERE LUCKY TO RUN INTO AN EMPLOYEE FROM SANTA FE GLASS IN THE LOBBY OF THE BUILDING, WHO HELPED THEM REMOVE A GLASS PANEL JUST A FLOOR ABOVE WHERE THAT WINDOW WASHER WAS STUCK. THEY GOT A NEW HARNESS ON HIM. THEY PULLED HIM INTO THE BUILDING AT ABOUT 1050. THIS MORNING, LESS THAN 45 MINUTES AFTER THEY WERE FIRST CALLED HERE. THE BATTALION CHIEF HERE ON THE SCENE CREDITS THAT QUICK RESCUE TO TRAINING AND HAVING DRONES THAT GAVE FIREFIGHTERS A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE SITUATION AT HAND. WE DID HAVE DRONES UP THERE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT HIS HARDWARE AND WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHICH MADE US WANT TO GET OUR OWN ROPE ON HIM RIGHT AWAY. SO WE KNEW IF HIS STUFF HAD ANY FURTHER FAILURES, WE WOULDN’T LOSE THEM. THAT BATTALION CHIEF ALSO TOLD US, AMAZINGLY, THAT WINDOW WASHER REMAINED CALM THROUGH THIS ENTIRE ORDEAL AS FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO TALK TO HIM, COMMUNICATE WITH HIM AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE WINDOW, AND THEY SAY AGAIN, HIS CALM DEMEANOR HELPED MAKE THIS RESCUE QUICK AND EASY.
Video: Window washer rescued from 23rd floor of tallest building in Kansas City, Missouri
Fire crews were called to rescue a window washer that had become stuck dangling between the 22nd and 23rd floor of the tallest building in Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday. Crews put their tools and training to work in the scary situation that unfolded in downtown Kansas City.Kansas City Battalion Chief Chad Dailey said the worker's chair failed Tuesday morning causing his equipment to bind up. The worker was unable to go up or down the side of the building, and was instead left dangling between the 22nd and 23rd floors. "We deployed our rescue resources, other fire department personnel, EMS personnel, we were able to use our drones very effectively on this, and started a rescue," Dailey said.A Kansas City glass company was also called to the scene. Of the two ways to rescue the worker: Pulling him back to the 43rd floor and top of the building, or cutting through the window to pull him through, rescue crews determined the window removal to be the safer option. Firefighters assisted the glass company to remove the large glass panel on the 23rd floor of the building. From there, the worker was attached to Kansas City Fire Department's rescue equipment, and was hauled up approximately six feet, and through the 23rd-floor window to safety. Dailey said that, in all, the whole operation took about 30 minutes. Dailey added that the worker was calm and comfortable during the situation, something not unusual for that occupation.
Fire crews were called to rescue a window washer that had become stuck dangling between the 22nd and 23rd floor of the tallest building in Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday.
Crews put their tools and training to work in the scary situation that unfolded in downtown Kansas City.
Kansas City Battalion Chief Chad Dailey said the worker's chair failed Tuesday morning causing his equipment to bind up. The worker was unable to go up or down the side of the building, and was instead left dangling between the 22nd and 23rd floors.
"We deployed our rescue resources, other fire department personnel, EMS personnel, we were able to use our drones very effectively on this, and started a rescue," Dailey said.
A Kansas City glass company was also called to the scene.
Of the two ways to rescue the worker: Pulling him back to the 43rd floor and top of the building, or cutting through the window to pull him through, rescue crews determined the window removal to be the safer option.
Firefighters assisted the glass company to remove the large glass panel on the 23rd floor of the building. From there, the worker was attached to Kansas City Fire Department's rescue equipment, and was hauled up approximately six feet, and through the 23rd-floor window to safety.
Dailey said that, in all, the whole operation took about 30 minutes. Dailey added that the worker was calm and comfortable during the situation, something not unusual for that occupation.
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