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Watching in awe. i couldn t believe that the kayakers were really putting themselves out there. you know, they weren t moving out of the way, and you saw the coast guard boat coming and physically pulling them out of the kayaks, towing the kayak out of the way. it definitely didn t look safe. they were definitely risking their safety out there. as the ship was going under the bridge, there were still about nine or ten rappellers dangling from the bridge. a couple dozen kayakers just on the side of the river, and as soon as the fennica started pulling through, moving towards the middle of the river. definitely a scary situation. i was worried about the safety of the kayakers out threat middle. we ve been watching from the various live shots that we can get. as far as i can tell, i can t actually tell if there are still ....
We re good? we re good. what s happening? so this is elijah, the wall and i m going over it somehow. supposedly there is a ladder. am i on it? your somehow and supposedly are concerning me. you and me both. all right. you don t need the ladder, just put your foot against the wall. we re doing it without a ladder this year. are you going to tweet as you go down this thing or what? hold on. there we go. so no ladder this time, guys. we re getting better. we re seeing you at the very top. we see that three other rappellers are a little leer than you. this is the fourth year he s done it. it s the tallest building in stamford as they welcome the christmas season. 19 storyies high. i m not doing the weather. you re going to sit on me. what is the weather? ....
From maine to georgia. investigators are looking for cracks needing emergency repairs and maybe even some weather proofing while they are at it. kelly wright is live at the washington monument with more. reporter: let me give you some perspective of what this looks like. there is something very dramatic unfolding at the monument today. rick if you will begin to tilt up, some 555 feet in the air, bordering the east side you see a man up there, he s actually putting out some very important things that rappellers will be using. the national park service says, weather permitting we will see engineers coming out where that man is, they will rappel down the four sides of the washington monument, and for the past two hours we have seen this man at the very top of the monument, that is 550 feet in the air. he was been working to prepare a nylon anchor for those who will be rappeling down. they are going to do the assessment from the top down so they don t miss any little ....