Livestream:
— Jason Chu (@JasonC1219) August 10, 2016
— Jason Chu (@JasonC1219) August 10, 2016
Via NY Post:
An adrenaline junkie using suction cups ignored cop’s pleas as he scaled Trump Tower in Midtown Wednesday afternoon.
The bearded, 20-something climber – dressed in high-end mountain climbing gear – started his ascent around 2:45 pm and by 5 pm had reached what appeared to be the 12th floor, a witness said.
Cops climbed through the building’s air conditioning vents to reach him, but he suctioned his way away from him.
At one point, a cop broke a window two floors over him and stuck his head out to talk to him.
“He keeps going,” said Gerald Iorio, who works across the street from the Fifth Avenue building, told The Post. “The cops can’t get him.”
A video posted to Twitter showed cops and security looking up helplessly from the ground as the daredevil scaled the glass building. Yet another photo showed police trying to talk the man down.
Iorio described the climber as being between 18 and 25 and in “great shape.” He said he saw the man take out signs from his backpack and show it to those working inside the offices.
“He looks really determined,” he said.
Iorio said he also saw the man take a computer out of his backpack and throw it to the ground.
Update:
He got to the 21st floor, but he was finally reeled in by the cops. His name is reportedly Steve Rogata.
Captured! NYPD pulls the Trump Tower climber into building through window https://t.co/lxnWquC6nbhttps://t.co/PqejrpKgrI
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) August 10, 2016
Apparently he was trying to get the attention of Donald Trump.
The man, thought to be from Virginia, was out of luck. Trump wasn’t in NYC. He was in…Virginia.