Window washers fall 47 floors; 1 dies
From Times Wire Reports
Two brothers working as window washers fell 47 stories when the scaffolding on a high-rise apartment building gave way, authorities said. One died and the other was critically injured.
The men were getting onto the scaffolding from the roof of the 47-story building when the platform gave way, Fire Department spokesman Seth Andrews said.
“They apparently fell all the way from the top,” Fire Department spokesman John Mulligan said. The brothers had worked at the building for several years.
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