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Cliffhanger
Police Grab Man Climbing Trump Tower in New York City
New York Police officers attach a climbing rope and carabiner to a man who was attempting to scale Trump Tower, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, in New York. The
man spent more than 2 hours scaling the glass facade of Trump Tower, climbing as high as the 21st floor before police officers grabbed him and hauled him to
safety through an open window.
(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Associated Press him to safety through an and-mouse game with the facade, repeatedly re- arm and harness, and in a
NEW YORK (AP) — A man open window. The climber, would-be rescuers. Officers positioning suction cups re- flash yanked him from his
who wanted an “audi- identified by police as a smashed windows and sembling a type commonly dangling stirrups. He went
ence†with Donald Trump 20-year-old Virginia man, broke through ventilation used by window washers to through the opening head
spent three hours scaling wore a backpack and ducts to block his progress. remove big panes of glass. first, his legs pointed sky-
the glass facade of Trump used a harness and rope Police also lowered them- The chase ended dramati- ward. “I reached out. I took
Tower on Wednesday us- stirrups to fasten himself selves toward him using a cally just after 6:30 p.m. hold of his hand and I said,
ing large suction cups, to the side of the 58-story window washer’s platform. As a crowd gasped on the ‘Sir, would you come with
climbing as high as the 21st Manhattan skyscraper. For The man kept his distance street below, two officers me,’†said detective Chris-
floor before police officers a long time, the climber by methodically working his leaned far out of a window, topher Williams, who made
grabbed him and hauled played a slow-motion cat- way back and forth across grabbed the climber’s the grab. q