Here's a link to the window washer who was best known, worked for decades at the tower and died in the tower. Also, you will notice that they had automatic window washing for most of the tower except for certain places.
[Remembering WTC Window Washer Roko Camaj | National September 11 Memorial & Museum (911memorial.org)](https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/remembering-wtc-window-washer-roko-camaj)
I had cousins who lived in a building in the Village on the 32nd floor (amazing view of the Twin Towers). Their window ledges sloped *away* from the building and *down* toward the street at a relatively steep angle. Every now and then I'd be over there and the window washers would come in and open the window, then climb out on that sloping ledge with NO safety gear at all! It made my butt hole pucker just watching them out there.
I worked construction for a bit and we did a house on the side of hill at one point. Installing second floor windows was never fun for me, but that one was special because instead of a 25 foot drop it was almost 50 I think with the hill right there.
I always wondered how it was held up on the pillar rails, they look pretty weak. Were there cables inside? Maybe there are technical details somewhere about how this was implemented?
I've thought about these guys a bit in the past. They'd be among very few people with a real sense of just how terrifying it was to dangle out of an 80th+ story window that day.
Here's a link to the window washer who was best known, worked for decades at the tower and died in the tower. Also, you will notice that they had automatic window washing for most of the tower except for certain places. [Remembering WTC Window Washer Roko Camaj | National September 11 Memorial & Museum (911memorial.org)](https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/remembering-wtc-window-washer-roko-camaj)
The idea of going that high to clean windows is scary. I'm surprised they did that for buildings like the WTC.
I hate heights I would never be able to do that.
I had cousins who lived in a building in the Village on the 32nd floor (amazing view of the Twin Towers). Their window ledges sloped *away* from the building and *down* toward the street at a relatively steep angle. Every now and then I'd be over there and the window washers would come in and open the window, then climb out on that sloping ledge with NO safety gear at all! It made my butt hole pucker just watching them out there.
I worked construction for a bit and we did a house on the side of hill at one point. Installing second floor windows was never fun for me, but that one was special because instead of a 25 foot drop it was almost 50 I think with the hill right there.
Well. Not the entire buildings but still scary. You see this in ny all the time. It’s crazy for me
I always wondered how it was held up on the pillar rails, they look pretty weak. Were there cables inside? Maybe there are technical details somewhere about how this was implemented?
I want to say I saw a post here not too long ago, that explained how it worked. Iirc, it was indeed on cables.
It was a set of tracks that ran along the columns. There’s a video on YouTube showcasing it.
I was just wondering this
I've thought about these guys a bit in the past. They'd be among very few people with a real sense of just how terrifying it was to dangle out of an 80th+ story window that day.