BELLEVUE, Wash. — Bellevue and Redmond fire rope technician crews were able to safely rescue two window washers who were stuck at the 39th floor of a downtown Bellevue high-rise on Friday evening.
The Bellevue Fire Department (BFD) says that one of the window washers called 911 just after 4:45 p.m., stating the windy conditions had become dangerous and were requesting help, as they were stuck near the top of the Amazon Sonic office building.
10 rope rescue technicians from BFD and three from the Redmond Fire Department, were sent up the building’s roof, and prepared to descend three floors from the roof to reach the workers’ scaffold…