Mike Ortega and Bob Ward had been washing windows on the 21st floor of One Park Plaza, an building located at 3250 Wilshire Boulevard, when a steel side cable on their scaffold slipped, causing it to drop to a 45-degree angle. Luckily both men were attached by a safety line to the roof of the building and only fell a short distance. City firemen rescued the men by knocking out a tempered glass window, pulling them to safety. Though visibly shaken, neither man was hurt. Photograph dated May 31, 1984.; One Park Plaza was designed by Holmes & Narver and completed in 1972. An unidentified person peers out of a window broken by firefighters to rescue two window washers. Photograph dated May 31, 1984.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 27 cm. on sheet 29 x 30 cm. Photographic prints
One Park Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Window cleaners (Persons)--California--Los Angeles Buildings--Cleaning--California--Los Angeles Window cleaning--California--Los Angeles Window cleaning--Equipment and supplies Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Rescues--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Holmes & Narver
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