Abstract: This device is an emergency escape apparatus to be utilized in escape from elevated levels of buildings in case of fire, or the like, and incorporates a cord, or the like, including hand-hold elements, together with a window mounting support. It is featured by light weight and ease of use, and is so constructed as to comprise principal mounting bar, mountable within a window casement, wherein the apparatus is always ready for use, contrary to removable and storable ladders, and the like, and wherein the configuration is such that it essentially blends with the window casement and framework and is virtually concealed along an edge of the window.