there was a lot of gasps, a lot of horror. people were staring out at the street saying, no, no, no. heather halpin works on the 18th floor. at one point it was swinging out towards the street. and it actually went up vertical like this. i think that was the scariest point for me because i was thinking for sure somebody would fall out. it really had kind of an apocalyptic feel to it. photojournalist kirby howell works only a few blocks away and gets to the scene quickly, capturing it all on camera. the scaffold swung out maybe halfway between these two buildings here. and my biggest fear was that the cables supporting it were going to snap and it would come crashing down to the street. the window washers are wearing safety harnesses, so presumably, if the scaffold falls, the men would be left hanging from the top of the building. that s probably little comfort to them as the scaffold flies through the air thrashing violently.
there was a lot of gasps, a lot of horror. people were staring out at the street saying, no, no, no. heather halpin works on the 18th floor. at one point it was swinging out towards the street. and it actually went up vertical like this. i think that was the scariest point for me because i was thinking for sure somebody would fall out. it really had kind of an apocalyptic feel to it. photojournalist kirby howell works only a few blocks away and gets to the scene quickly, capturing it all on camera. the scaffold swung out maybe halfway between these two buildings here. and my biggest fear was that the cables supporting it were going to snap and it would come crashing down to the street. the window washers are wearing safety harnesses, so presumably, if the scaffold falls, the men would be left hanging from the top of the building. that s probably little comfort to them as the scaffold flies through the air thrashing violently. it s already plummeted about 15 feet and shard
to them as the scaffold flies through the air thrashing violently. it s already plummeted about 15 feet and shards of glass from the building s windows are raining down on the street. to get a visual of this. you arrive on scene, you see a little bit of glass. and then midway through the incident it looks like an armageddon. it looks like a war zone down there. firefighters immediately cordon off the area. you had a wild, swinging arc of the scaffolding. looked like a locomotive in between the buildings. the obvious question was someone s going to get seriously hurt and someone could die. and something had to be done quickly. crews rush inside the building, hoping they can catch the scaffold the next time it hits. we started running down the hallway. i was in the lead. i was screaming, make a hole, make a hole. we were trying to judge exactly where it was going to hit. we knew we had one shot. we knew it was coming in, we just didn t know which window it was going to come in
into the windows. there was a lot of gasps, a lot of horror. people were staring out at the street saying, no, no, no. heather halpin works on the 18th floor. at one point it was swinging out towards the street. and it actually went up vertical like this. i think that was the scariest point for me because i was thinking for sure somebody would fall out. it really had kind of an apocalyptic feel to it. photojournalist kirby howell works only a few blocks away and gets to the scene quickly, capturing it all on camera. the scaffold swung out maybe halfway between these two buildings here. and my biggest fear was that the cables supporting it were going to snap and it would come crashing down to the street. the window washers are wearing safety harnesses, so presumably, if the scaffold falls, the men would be left hanging from the top of the building. that s probably little comfort to them as the scaffold flies through the air thrashing violently.
heather halpin works on the 18th floor. at one point it was swinging out towards the street. and it actually went up vertical like this. i think that was the scariest point for me because i was thinking for sure somebody would fall out. it really had kind of an apocalyptic feel to it. photojournalist kirby howell works only a few blocks away and gets to the scene quickly, capturing it all on camera. the scaffold swung out maybe halfway between these two buildings here. and my biggest fear was that the cables supporting it were going to snap and it would come crashing down to the street. the window washers are wearing safety harnesses, so presumably, if the scaffold falls, the men would be left hanging from the top of the building. that s probably little comfort to them as the scaffold flies through the air thrashing violently. it s already plummeted about 15 feet and shards of glass from the building s windows are raining down on the street.