Summit Anchor’s News

Spying on political rivals, a web of intrigue and a cover-up leading all the way to the top of United States government — the tantalizing details echo stories blanketing today’s news headlines. But Summit Anchor Company’s latest project involves a building in the shadow of an infamous political scandal of yesterday: installing anchors on top of one of the Watergate buildings. Summit Anchor recently installed a rope descent system on the roof of the Watergate office building at 600 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, in Washington, D.C.

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A Chicago window washer recently faced a harrowing situation. Fire crews rescued the window washer after one of his two support ropes broke, he fell two floors, and was left hanging from a 54-floor building, according to the Chicago Sun Times. Heavy winds, rains and lightning added to the urgency of rescuing the desperate window washer from the 33 W Ontario Street building. A special operations team went to the roof and pulled the man over 80 feet to the roof after initial efforts to pull him inside a window did not work.

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