Man Rescued After Hanging 10 Stories From Herndon Building

Fairfax County firefighters rescued a man hanging from the 10th story of an office building on Dulles Corner Boulevard in Herndon at around 6:30 p.m. this evening.

Capt. Robert Konczal of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department said a crew was working on the windows of the building when an equipment failure caused a member of the crew to dangle from the building, about 10 stories above the ground.

Konczal said Members from two technical rescue companies, No. 436 and No. 421, were at the scene. He said rescuers were able to go to the roof of the building to lower a rescue worker to where the victim was hanging. They put a harness on the victim and the two were lowered to a fire truck with an aerial bucket. The victim was not in any physical distress and was largely unharmed, Konczal said.