Many of you may have read Sue’s comments on a previous post. Apparently there was a problem with a window washer. This person was cleaning the windows on the Sheraton on the Falls, and the wires/ropes were blown around the side of the building and damaged the Pink Panther ride. Here is Sue’s original comment:
hi all..
we just got back from a few days in the falls..on tuesday 25th..we had just bought waffle cones at the bottom of the hill and went into the park to eat them..all of a sudden we heard all kinds of sirens..they were very close..like right across the street close..right in front of the spiderman/marvel museum..we had noticed a window washer earlier at the top of the sheraton..even commenting on how windy it was to do that…anyhow..turns out that his ropes got blown into the top of the pink panther ride and caught up in the orange ride..ripping all the bulbs off the top of the car (ride)…his ropes were all messed up and blowing around..he was on the 21st floor..by this time..there were countless rescue vehichles all over the bottom of clifton hill and 100’s of people looking up…they pulled the man to safety thru the window..we saw a reporter kinda looking man..camera..notebook and pen talking to the police and the fire rescue..i even told my daughter that maybe it was graham..but watched the news in the hotel..but nothing..i even called my son at home and told him to check the blog…anyhow..we have pics..but i have no idea how to enter them here…it was an exciting but scary hour or so..and believe it or not..the windows were getting washed again on wednesday..
I asked Sue to send along the pictures. Here they are, along with a couple of other comments she sent me:
you can see where all the bulbs were torn off the orange car and the guide ropes hanging beside the hulk sign
you can see his guide ropes hanging beside the hulk sign that were straight to the sidewalk on the outside windows
you can see the window washer outside the 21st storey window after his ropes are all caught up in the sign
another pic of the bulbs ripped off