Window cleaners take ride of their lives
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TWO window cleaners endured a terrifying 15 minutes yesterday when the platform they were working from hundred of meters above ground began swinging violently.
The pair were suspended between the 91st and 92nd floors of the Shanghai World Financial Center — the city’s second-tallest building at 492 meters — when their cradle slammed into a curtain wall, sending glass flying into the building and down to the ground.
The white-knuckle ride, which began at 9:15am, lasted about 15 minutes before the platform stopped swinging and could be lowered to a place where the cleaners were able to get off, Shanghai TV reported.
The men have some bruises and one sprained his wrist, but they were otherwise unharmed by the ordeal, Yao Hui, a press officer with the building, told Shanghai Daily.
The men work for a cleaning company and were carrying out regular maintenance, he said.
Some glass fell inside the building, so people on the 91st floor were evacuated, Yao said.
While the cause of the incident is unknown, it was “confirmed that no ropes of the platform had snapped,” he said.
A person inside the financial center managed to capture part of the incident on a cellphone and later uploaded the clip to the Internet.
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