Two workers were in a window-washing basket on a high-rise building in Tysons, Virginia, when one side of it came loose, leaving them dangling precariously for at least an hour before they were rescued, according to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department.
#FairfaxsBravest are on scene of a technical rescue in the 7900 blk of Tysons One Place in Tysons. Units arrived to 2 workers trapped on a malfunctioning window washing basket. Workers were lowered by Technical Rescue Operations Team members into tower ladder bucket. No injuries. pic.twitter.com/FxOGT9wJSN
— Fairfax County Fire/Rescue (@ffxfirerescue) December 4, 2025
The department received a call about the incident in the 7900 block of Tysons One Place at around 9:15 a.m. Thursday, said department spokesperson Ashley Hildebrandt. First responders lowered the workers down from the side of the building in a tower ladder bucket, and they were on the ground by 10:30 a.m., she said.
There were no injuries, Hildebrandt said. It is unclear what caused the scaffolding to become unmoored, she said.
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