Window washer falls down – level 2

28-11-2014 07:00

A San Francisco window washer fell eleven storeys from a skyscraper in the city’s Financial District. He landed on top of a moving car.

The fall seriously injured the worker and people took him to hospital. There was only one person in the car. He or she was shocked but luckily uninjured. The fall badly damaged the car. California’s safety officials investigate the incident.
Difficult words: storey (floor), skyscraper (extremely tall building), district (part of a city).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

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