Terrifying moment woman hangs from skyscraper after slipping while cleaning window

A woman was left hanging from the 16th floor of a building after slipping while trying to clean a window.

The lady began screaming for help and was eventually pulled back inside. The incident took place in Guarujá, a coastal town near São Paulo, , on October 15. According to local reports, the woman was dangling from the windowsill for five minutes before being rescued.

Footage filmed by a man in another building across the street shows the woman hanging by her fingertips from the building. People can be heard shouting out in the street below before she is finally pulled back inside the building by the men, described as neighbours.

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It is believed she was only saved because her feet were resting on the window below. In the video, the cleaner can be seen trying to reach the windowsill to pull herself back in but cannot do it by herself.

The man filming can be heard counting the floors before saying the firefighters should be called. But luckily, a few minutes later, three men appeared in the window and pulled the woman back inside as people down the street below clapped.

Local media reports said that the woman had slipped while cleaning windows in the apartment. She was reportedly left dangling and screaming for help for about five minutes in total before neighbours managed to break into the flat. At the time of writing, it was unclear if the police were investigating the incident.

In November 2022, we reported the story of a woman who had to be on . Heroic firefighters were caught on camera helping residents escape a high-rise block of flats in New York that left more than 30 people injured - including five firefighters.

Two people were rushed to hospital in critical condition and two others were in a serious condition after becoming trapped on the 20th floor of the 37-story building on East 52nd Street in Manhattan. According to the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, there were 34 patients rushed to hospital and 28 had been discharged as of Sunday evening. The New York Department praised their workers after remarkable footage showed firefighters using a rope to help a woman trapped in the inferno.

Patti Ryan, who shot the video, wrote on X, formerly called : "In my entire life I have never seen anything more #HEROIC than what I just witnessed from #NYC apt…Trying to escape smoke, she slipped, hanging 15-20 stories up. THANK U to our heroes!!!#FDNY@FDNY." Darren Harsch, one of the four firefighters involved in the dramatic rescue, said it is very unusual for firefighters to use rope. He admitted: "This is an extremely rare type of rescue. We don't do this often."