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.
    Brendan Mcdermid—Reuters
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  • Rescuers help window washers trapped on the Hearst Tower in New York in 2013.
    Brendan McDermid—Reuters
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  • 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.
    John Locher—AP
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  • A local construction worker, suspended from a crane, rescues a woman who fell into the Des Moines River in Des Moines, Iowa in 2009.
    Mary Chind—AP
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  • Firefighter Billy Mitchell rescues an injured construction worker in Charlotte, N.C., in 2005.
    Patrich Schneider—AP
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  • 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.
    Susan Watts—New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News/Getty Images
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  • A firefighter dangles from a helicopter to rescue a stranded crane operator in Atlanta in 1999.
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  • Firefighters in the Bronx borough of New York rescue a cat that was stuck in a tree for 26 hours in 1962.
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November 12, 2014 3:30 PM EST

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