Earlier this morning, two workers on a window washing rig were dangling 71 stories above midtown streets. WNBC reports that the NYPD and FDNY "had to use glass cutters to remove a window and pull the workers through to safety." The incident occurred at the 78-story Metropolitan Tower, which is between 56th and 57th streets and 5th and 6th Avenues. The Department of Buildings has yet to comment. WNBC has a slideshow of the rescue and here's another dramatic picture at Curbed. Last week, a construction worker died in a scaffolding collapse in Morningside Heights. more ›

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and state Department of Labor were at the World Financial Center yesterday, investigating yesterday's accident where two window washers were killed when a cherry picker toppled. While it is believed the device toppled due to a dip in the ground, another worker told the Post fluid was leaking from it last week and then it was fixed. The men, cousins who were longtime window washers, were working for Total Buildings Service, which told a Daily News reporter who called for comment, "There's really no story here." more ›

The two men who fell more than 40 stories, when the window washing rig they had just stepped onto collapsed, were brothers. Edgar and Alcides Moreno were Ecuadorians who had come to the U.S. and lived in Linden, NJ. They worked for City Wide Window Cleaning and were regular fixtures at the Solow Tower Apartments building on East 66th St. The brothers were just starting work yesterday morning when they may have stepped on to... more ›