An Alabama window cleaner was rescued Monday after his equipment malfunctioned, leaving him dangling more than 450 feet outside the state’s tallest building, authorities said.
According to the Mobile Fire Department, the man was washing windows outside the 35-story RSA Battle House Tower in downtown Mobile when the descent vehicle got stuck.
The man was unable to move either up or down and called for help from a colleague and 911, saying he was simply stuck and was not in any danger of injury or falling.
Multiple firefighters, including rescue engineers trained in high-altitude rescues, were dispatched to the skyscraper.
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Rescue crews are lowered to a window cleaner trapped 33 stories below the RSA Tower in downtown Mobile, Alabama, on Monday. (Mobile Fire and Rescue)
Firefighters set up a rope system on the small roof of the building’s 35th floor and lowered rescuers to reach window cleaners stranded more than a floor below.
Fire officials said the window cleaner was stranded more than 450 feet above the ground. He was not injured and was not in danger of falling. (Mobile Fire and Rescue)
Rescue crews attached the window cleaner’s harness to a fire department pulley system and hoisted him to safety on the roof on the 33rd floor, after which the cleaner was able to walk unassisted through an open window into the building.
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The window cleaner was unharmed and no firefighters were injured during the rescue.
“It worked like clockwork. It was amazing,” District 1 Police Chief Brandon Jackson said of the rescue effort. “Everybody walked safely back home.”
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RSA Tower will be 745 feet tall and contain 433,165 square feet of office space.
