Two window cleaners were left dangling 69 floors up on New York’s tallest sky scrapper after the cradle they were using developed a fault.<br /><br />The men were trapped for two hours after a cable appears to have snapped. The open topped platform was left hanging almost vertically, until rescuers cut a hole in a window of the newly opened One World Trade Center.<br /><br />With firefighters standing by presumably considering whether to lower another cradle to come to the men’s aid, the two cleaners were eventually pulled through the cut window to safety.<br /><br />Tenants began moving into the new 104-floor tower only last week. A construction manager said of Wednesday’s incident things like this happened all the time in the city but not usually this high up.
