Tokyo gondola carrying 2 window cleaners dangles in midair

Tokyo gondola carrying 2 window cleaners dangles in midair

TOKYO, Japan - Rescuers try to rescue two window cleaners from a gondola near the top of a 43-story condominium building in Tokyo's Minato Ward that had been dangling for about an hour and a half after it developed mechanical trouble.

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