New York Daily News

Gulp! Rescue from on high

- Kerry Burke and Thomas Tracy

TWO WORKERS were left stuck on the facing of a Midtown skyscraper 62 stories abovegroun­d Tuesday when their motorized scaffold quit on them, cops said.

The two employees were replacing glass windows in the building on Broadway near 54th St., which houses two hotels, when their scaffoldin­g stopped working.

First responders secured the two men with ropes and cut through the glass to bring them in.

“They were up there for an hour and a half,” FDNY Deputy Chief Joseph Ferrante said. “They were grateful (to get inside).”

An electrical problem caused the machine to stall, officials said.

Both men refused medical attention.

 ??  ?? With News Wire Services Two workers, stuck 62 stories in air Tuesday, are rescued as first responders cut through glass (below). Bottom, passerby views rescue.
With News Wire Services Two workers, stuck 62 stories in air Tuesday, are rescued as first responders cut through glass (below). Bottom, passerby views rescue.

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