Thursday, November 30, 2006

really at ease with heights

woah nelly, he's GOOD!applause


Window washer falls asleep 20 stories high

A window washer working on a downtown high-rise building attracted attention Friday after he apparently fell asleep on the job.

The man was cleaning the glass on the 20th floor of the Fifth Third Bank building on Church Street when several onlookers noticed he was not moving.

"I figured he had just either passed out or maybe he had fallen asleep," said Leroy Anderson, who said he had been watching the man for 30 minutes before fire engines arrived. "It's sunny and warm up there, and there's no wind."

The man came to after firefighters tugged on his ropes, then held up a sign from inside the window to get his attention. The worker lowered himself to the sidewalk, where he walked over to an ambulance to be examined by paramedics.

"It's unusual to fall asleep outside while on scaffolding that high up," Booker said. "Believe me, I'm afraid to step off that curb, let alone go 15 stories up."

read about it HERE

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