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I was screaming, make a hole, make a hole. we were trying to judge exactly where it was going to hit. we knew we had one shot. we knew it was coming in, we just didn't know which window it was going to come in at. >> the firefighters reach a broken window and prepare to grab the safety ropes to pull the scaffold into the building. now they're eye level with the scaffold, close enough to see the fear on the faces of those two men. >> they were terrified. they didn't think they were going home that day. >> firefighters try to make a bigger hole in the glass to give the window washers more room, ...

They are grateful to be alive. >> translator: we really thought the cables would snap and the scaffold would crash down. thank god it didn't. >> translator: when the wind started we tried to hold on to the cables on the building, but our arms got too tired. we lost energy, it was so cold. so we let it loose. >> everyone involved agrees the situation could have been catastrophic if not for the experience, skill and teamwork of the firefighters and for those window washers who managed to hold on tight. coming up -- a kite surfer hurled through the air. >> we saw him go up about 40 feet at leas...

Cables supporting it were going to snap and it would come crashing down to the street. >> the window washers are wearing safety harnesses, so presumably if the scaffold falls, the men would be left hanging from the top of the building. that's probably little comfort to them as the scaffold flies through the air thrashing violently. it's already plummeted about 15 feet and shards of glass from the building's windows are raining down on the street. >> to get a visual of this. you arrive on scene, you see a little bit of glass. midway through the incident it looks like an armageddon, a war zone d...

500 others injured. still, the head of the association of american railroads tells abc news that the fear is largely unfounded. and that 99.998% of all hazmat shipments reach their destination safely. alex perez, abc news, columbus, ohio. in other news this morning, a frightening scene on the streets of new york. two window washers dangled for almost an hour outside the 42nd floor of a manhattan high rise. all that after their motorized scaffolding broke down. fire crews had to cut through glass in order to reach the two men and finally pull them inside. they were examined by doctors. amazin...

500 others injured. still, the head of the association of american railroads tells abc news that the fear is largely unfounded. and that 99.998% of all hazmat shipments reach their destination safely. alex perez, abc news, columbus, ohio. in other news this morning, a frightening scene on the streets of new york. two window washers dangled for almost an hour outside the 42nd floor of a manhattan high rise. all that after their motorized scaffolding broke down. fire crews had to cut through glass in order to reach the two men and finally pull them inside. they were examined by doctors. amazin...