Police said the men got stuck on the ninth-floor ledge for more than an hour after fleeing a man with a gun
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- Two Maryland men got stuck on a ledge for more than an hour in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day after allegedly fleeing an armed robber who broke into their ninth-floor hotel room
- The two men were rescued around 2:30 a.m. by local fire and rescue workers
- A suspect was later arrested in connection with the armed robbery
Two men in Maryland had to be rescued from a ninth-floor hotel ledge on New Year’s Day after a man allegedly burst into their room and tried to rob them at gunpoint.
The dramatic scene played out in the early morning hours of Jan. 1, as first responders used a fire truck ladder to rescue the two men from the ledge outside their hotel room window, according to local reports from WUSA, WTOP, and WJLA.
According to the outlets, the Montgomery County Department of Police said authorities received a call at approximately 12:43 a.m. about an alleged armed robbery at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Democracy Blvd. in Bethesda, Md…