When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A cat survived jumping from a window during a high-rise fire in Midtown this weekend. The blaze broke out at an apartment on 45th Street on Sunday night. The cat jumped ...

Firefighters raced to rescue two window washers trapped on broken scaffolding blowing in the wind on the side of a high-rise building in Manhattan’s Columbus Circle Friday morning. First responders ...

Terrifying footage from Shaanxi, China, captured the moment two high-rise window cleaners were left stranded on an aerial platform as violent winds struck on August 20. The men were seen swinging ...