See These Dramatic Rescues of the Past

Stranded window washers hang on the side of One World Trade Center in New York on Nov. 12, 2014.

Rescuers help window washers trapped on the Hearst Tower in New York in 2013.

A Las Vegas Fire Department high-angle rescue worker works to rescue window washers stranded outside the 35th floor of the Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas in 2012.

A local construction worker, suspended from a crane, rescues a woman who fell into the Des Moines River in Des Moines, Iowa in 2009.

Firefighter Billy Mitchell rescues an injured construction worker in Charlotte, N.C., in 2005.

Firefighters rescue two construction workers dangling 8 floors off the ground from a building in Midtown Manhattan in New York City on Oct. 12, 1999.

A firefighter dangles from a helicopter to rescue a stranded crane operator in Atlanta in 1999.

Firefighters in the Bronx borough of New York rescue a cat that was stuck in a tree for 26 hours in 1962.