“I just can’t believe they made it through security”: masked couple climbed the Empire State Building’s antenna, got engaged, then calmly walked into custody
A masked couple climbed the Empire State Building's 1,454-foot antenna without safety tethers, proposed marriage at the top, and were arrested by the NYPD.
“I just can’t believe they made it through security”: masked couple climbed the Empire State Building’s antenna, got engaged, then calmly walked into custody
A masked couple climbed the Empire State Building's 1,454-foot antenna without safety tethers, proposed marriage at the top, and were arrested by the NYPD.
Two people scaled the Empire State Building’s antenna on Wednesday, unfurled a banner near the top, appeared to get engaged on a narrow ledge, and were arrested on their way back down, according to reporting by the Associated Press published in the Brooklyn Eagle.
News helicopter footage showed the pair balanced on a ledge near the tip of the antenna, which rises 1,454 feet above Midtown Manhattan. They were dressed in black, wearing masks, and appeared to have no safety tethers. From there they unfurled a banner that read “when the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace,” according to AP.
They then began climbing down to a wider ledge, where one appeared to set up photography equipment and got down on one knee. After the pair kissed and hugged, the other person took selfies with an outstretched left hand, as if examining a ring. When Police Emergency Services Unit officers climbed up the antenna’s latticework to intercept them, an off-camera voice replied with what sounded like, “We are engaged.”
Police body camera footage showed an officer greeting the pair and explaining, “Well, you can’t be up here.” The two climbers came down a ladder calmly…
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