ever look up at the window washers working on high rise buildings and wonder, how can they do that? this is one dangerous job. the work requires no fear of heights, nerves of steel and, as our next story shows, a tight grip. downtown denver, strong winds sends a scaffold careening out of control with two window washers holding on for dear life. just boom, boom, boom. everything just happened quick, man. we turned around, what the hell s going on here, you know? it s november 30th, 2005 and onlookers stand in disbelief outside the denver plaza tower. i m still shooken up just watching all that happen. it was so freaky. it was scary. sudden wind between 25 and 30 miles an hour have a scaffold swinging out 40 feet from the high rise office building, then crashing like a battering ram into the windows.
ever look up at the window washers working on high rise buildings and wonder, how can they do that? this is one dangerous job. the work requires no fear of heights, nerves of steel and, as our next story shows, a tight grip. downtown denver, strong winds sends a scaffold careening out of control with two window washers holding on for dear life. just boom, boom, boom. everything just happened quick, man. we turned around, what the hell s going on here, you know? it s november 30th, 2005 and onlookers stand in disbelief outside the denver plaza tower. i m still shooken up just watching all that happen. it was so freaky. it was scary. sudden wind between 25 and 30 miles an hour have a scaffold swinging out 40 feet from the high rise office building, then crashing like a battering ram into the windows.
i m contessa brewer. ever look up at the window washers working on high rise buildings and wonder, how can they do that? this is one dangerous job. the work requires no fear of heights, nerves of steel and, as our next story shows, a tight grip. downtown denver, strong winds sends a scaffold careening out of control with two window washers holding on for dear life. just boom, boom, boom. everything just happened quick, man. we turned around, what the hell s going on here, you know? it s november 30th, 2005 and onlookers stand in disbelief outside the denver plaza tower. i m still shooken up just watching all that happen. it was so freaky. it was scary. sudden wind between 25 and 30 miles an hour have a scaffold swinging out 40 feet from the high rise office building, then crashing like a battering ram into the windows.
trapped on the platform. downtown denver on november 30th, 2005, a news camera captures a scaffold swinging 12 floors above the ground. you can see the metal twist every time. you just never know each time it strikes is the building if it s going to fail or not. high winds snap a support line holding it in place. stranding a pair of window washers hundreds of feet above the ground. how do you get them? how do you stop this from happening? firefighters man the windows broken by the scaffold hoping to grab it when it comes near. after 15 frightening minutes, the scaffold lines up with one of the windows and firefighters are able to secure it. the two workers jump back into the building. i got to think if halfway through your work day you re
i m contessa brewer. ever look up at the window washers working on high rise buildings and wonder, how can they do that? this is one dangerous job. the work requires no fear of heights, nerves of steel and, as our next story shows, a tight grip. downtown denver, strong winds senda scaffold careening out of control with two window washers holding on for dear life. just boom, boom, boom. everything just happened quick, man. we turned around, what the hell s going on here, you know? it s november 30th, 2005 and onlookers stand in disbelief outside the denver plaza tower. i m still shooken up just watching all that happen. it was so freaky. it was scary. sudden wind between 25 and 30 miles an hour have a scaffold swinging out 40 feet from the high rise office building, then crashing like a battering ram