Egress Window.

In order to bring this bedroom up to code, we had to install an egress window to provide an exit in case of emergency. This involved cutting the foundation which was the first (of many) scary and invasive things to be done to the house.

But we were told our foundation was solid. That was reassuring.

Window well. Wish we had $ to make all the basement window wells look like this.

Egress window installed.