Fortunate for three window washers that when their scaffolding gave way yesterday in downtown Anaheim, Calif. some 125 feet above the ground, the building they were working on was across the street from police headquarters, reported the Los Angeles Times.

The scaffolding "broke loose from an anchor point," leaving the platform tipped in a vertical position, suspended by only one anchor point, Anaheim Fire Marshal Jeff Lutz told a reporter. The workers were wearing safety harnesses, and two of them "were in the process of climbing up" a rope in an effort to reach safety

Chief John Welter and three of his officers rescued the two and firefighters plucked the third worker, who was dangling some 125 feet above the ground, to safety, authorities said.

The emergency at the 11-story office building in the 300 block of South Harbor Boulevard was reported about 6:30 a.m., according to the article.

OSHA will investigate the accident, Lutz said.