Dangling workers rescued from World Trade Center

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City officials don't yet know why a cable malfunctioned and left a scaffold dangling precariously on the 1 World Trade Center tower, where two window washers were stuck for nearly two hours before a dramatic rescue.<br /> <br /> Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro (NEYE'-groh) says firefighters used diamond cutters to saw through a two-layered glass window and bring the workers to safety Wednesday afternoon.<br /> <br /> He says the workers had mild hypothermia after their ordeal outside the 69th floor of the nation's tallest building.<br /> <br /> It started around 12:40 p.m., when one of four cables holding the scaffold developed some slack. The open-topped platform tilted to a nearly vertical position and swayed slightly in the wind.<br /> <br /> The workers were harnessed to the platform, and firefighters also lowered ropes from the roof.

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