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FDNY rescues workers trapped on scaffold outside skyscraper on Fifth Avenue

Workers rescued from scaffolding
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NEW YORK -- Two workers were rescued high over Midtown Manhattan on Friday.

The workers were trapped on a scaffold, which was not level, stuck on the 42nd floor of a skyscraper on Fifth Avenue, according to FDNY.

First, firefighters checked the lines and the motor of the scaffold, then they cut glass from a window and pulled the workers inside the building, FDNY said.

The workers were not hurt.

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