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November 20, 2009

Safety rope saves window washer

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Fire Department says a safety rope helped save the life a window-washer who fell eight stories from a downtown building.

Spokeswoman Dana Vander Houwen says the rope caught at the second story and softened the impact when the man hit the ground.


 
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