Abstract: Safety apparatus for lowering one or more persons from a window or a hotel room or the like characterized by structural framework that is affixed inside the room and disposed adjacent the window, an extensible arm that is pivotally connected with the structural framework and having a free end that is pivotally moveable exteriorly of the window, a rotating drum having a lineal member disposed thereabout and connected therewith for controllably dispensing the member and any person at the end of the lineal member, sheaves suitably mounted with the lineal member traversing thereover, body harness means for holding the person or persons and connected with the lineal member, such as the cable, and means for controlling the rate of descent of the person without requiring a separate control cable, radio control with elaborate receiving equipment inside the room or the like.