Originally published Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 12:13 PM
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Safety ropes saves Seattle window washer
The Seattle Fire Department says a safety rope helped save the life a window-washer who fell eight stories from a downtown building.
The Associated Press
The Seattle Fire Department says a safety rope helped save the life a window-washer who fell eight stories from a downtown building.
Spokeswoman Dana Vander Houwen (HOW'-en) says the rope caught at the second story and softened the impact when the man hit the ground.
She says the 34-year-old man was conscious and talking to paramedics who took him to the hospital Thursday with non-life threatening injuries.
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