March 21, 2023, 11:06 AM
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Two workers ended up stranded on a gondola at the 40th floor of Capital Tower in Tanjong Pagar on Monday (Mar. 20).
The workers were rescued by officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), including officers from the elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) and the Marina Bay Fire Station.
An SCDF Facebook post detailed how the rescue operation was carried out, after SCDF was activated at about 1:40pm.
SCDF officers set up a height rescue system on the roof of the 52-storey, 254m-tall building and lowered ropes to a platform on the 41st floor.
A DART specialist on the building's 41st floor, with ropes lowered from the building's rooftop. Photo via SCDF on Facebook.
A DART specialist then descended onto the gondola and the workers were brought up to the 41st floor to safety.
A DART specialist at the stranded gondola. Photo via SCDF on Facebook.
The first worker hoisted from the 40th to the 41st floor. Photo via SCDF on Facebook.
One of the workers had difficulty moving, and had to be secured onto a rescue stretcher before being brought up to the 41st floor.
The rescue stretcher. Photo via SCDF on Facebook.
Both workers were assessed by an SCDF paramedic and conveyed to the Singapore General Hospital, said SCDF.
Top image via SCDF on Facebook
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