Overview
- Fire crews were dispatched around 9:17 a.m. to 7900 Tysons One Place, the Intelsat headquarters in Tysons, Virginia.
- A tilted window-washing basket left two workers suspended roughly 15 stories above the ground, according to fire department updates.
- Technical rescue personnel built twin-tension rope-lowering systems anchored to the building’s steel beams and performed controlled descents.
- The first rescue was completed at about 10:07 a.m. and the second at roughly 10:24 a.m., according to scanner traffic cited by local reports.
- Both workers were safely recovered without injuries, and officials have not released their identities or the cause of the equipment failure.