Police: Harness contributed to death

When Arnold Redmond fell to his death Wednesday while washing windows on the eighth floor of a Baltimore building, he was using safety equipment that was nearly 40 years old, according to his supervisor.

When asked if the 55-year-old window washer was protected by any backup equipment in case the window belt rope he was using snapped, James Hunter, president of Buddy Window Washing Service Inc., said, “no, because you just hang from one hook.”