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Dangling workers rescued from World Trade Center

A partially collapsed scaffolding hangs from the 1 World Trade Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. New York City firefighters have been called to the nation's tallest skyscraper, where two workers are stuck on scaffolding 69 stories above street level. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) A partially collapsed scaffolding hangs from the 1 World Trade Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. New York City firefighters have been called to the nation's tallest skyscraper, where two workers are stuck on scaffolding 69 stories above street level. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

By Associated Press November 12, 2014 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – New York City firefighters have cut window glass and rescued two window washers trapped on scaffolding dangling 69 stories up the side of 1 World Trade Center.

The fire department says the workers were tethered and communicating with rescuers during their ordeal.

A cable on the scaffolding apparently broke around 1 p.m. They were pulled inside the building around 2:15 p.m.