Firefighters save trapped window cleaners from falling, outside the new World Trade Centre, last week, in 2014.
http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/window-washers-rescued-from-dangling-scaffolding-at-world-trade-center-1.9611481
And so the world's vision still appears to be maintained by brave, skilled professionals.
Another link to the above story, this time asserting positive associations with 9/11 and the Comet Lander space tale. The pictures of people taking pictures are classic...
http://www.npr.org/2014/11/15/364110646/comet-lander-firefighters-execute-dazzling-feats-above-the-earth