Man Spotted Scaling Side of Trump Tower in New York

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: ABC News

A man was spotted scaling the side of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan this afternoon.

One witness said the man was standing on a lower level roof garden, which is accessible to the public. He then started climbing, using a contraption made up of five suction cups, and went up a few stories.

Police and the fire department have responded to the scene. Further information was not immediately available.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/man-spotted-scaling-side-trump-tower-york/story?id=41278389

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[Angry Dragon]

1. He just thought it was the tower of Babel

[In_The_Wind]

2. Ha

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. You mean 'Babble'? nt

[Angry Dragon]

6. sounds the same

[AgadorSparticus]

20. That's about right. Lol

[Sanity Claws]

4. Headline on Gawker: Area Fly Attracted to Pile of Shit

I thought that was a winning headline.

[dhol82]

9. Good one!

[LeftishBrit]

5. It wasn't The Donald, was it?

[Sanity Claws]

7. I found a live feed

http://gothamist.com/2016/08/10/trump_climber.php

[BumRushDaShow]

13. I can't believe you got me watching this feed!

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He's still out there slowly making his way to the gondola.

Edit: ~6:30ish he's back inside now.

[dhol82]

8. Frankly, sounds like a publicity stunt of some sort

Bet the smirking Cheeto is thrilled.

[Earth_First]

10. People do crazy shit all the time...

Same shit. Different day.

[DawgHouse]

11. I was just flipping through the channels and it's on every cable news station.

Supposedly his name is Steve and he's from Virginia.

[Blue_Tires]

12. If he was black, I'm pretty sure the NYPD would have sniped him by now

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. The Chicago Fire department got in a little hot water...

.... for trying to knock a guy off a building with a hose. IIRC, it was Spider-Man Dan. It was the '80s.

Found it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Goodwin


On November 11, 1981, wearing a wetsuit disguised as a Spider-Man suit and using a climbing device he designed for the building, Goodwin scaled the 100-story John Hancock Center in Chicago. To elude firemen who were descending toward him in a window-washing machine, Goodwin swung across the building with a rope. The fire department responded by attempting to knock him off the building with water from a fire hose. When this effort failed, the fire department on the inside of the building used fire axes to shatter window glass near Goodwin and then, through the openings in the glass, attempted to dislodge Goodwin from the building with grappling hooks attached to long poles. Chicago’s Mayor, Jane Byrne, intervened, allowing Goodwin to continue to the top. Goodwin said he made the climb to call attention to the inability to successfully fight fires in high-rise buildings.[2][4][5]

[Eugene]

15. Man scaling Trump Tower in New York City pulled inside by police

Source: Reuters

World | Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:36pm EDT

Man scaling Trump Tower in New York City pulled inside by police

NEW YORK | BY GINA CHERELUS

A man who scaled the Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday for more than two hours using what looked like suction cups and a climbing harness was pulled inside through a window by police who had tried to coax him into the building throughout the escapade.

The 58-story tower on Fifth Avenue is headquarters for the election campaign of Donald Trump, the U.S. Republican presidential nominee.

As the man, who wore a backpack, climbed the tower's glass exterior police removed large window panels above him and several officers, some wearing helmets, stood at the windows. The climber shifted his route several times in what appeared to be an attempt to get around the police.

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"The reason I climbed your tower was to get your attention," he said in the video and then encouraged people to vote for Trump.

(Writing by Joseph Ax; Editing by Toni Reinhold)

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKCN10L2HQ

[47of74]

16. Methinks somebody was watching a bit too much Superman

[hamsterjill]

17. You can't fix stupid.

I'm guessing this man is mentally unstable and has been incited by Trump's rhetoric to pull this stunt.

That said, I'm glad he didn't fall. Now, he needs to be responsible for ALL costs associated with this stupid stunt, including costs to first responders.

[glennward]

18. So what was found in his home and on his FB page that they won't tell us about? nt

[sofa king]

19. DUer joshcryer offers this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028088830

Looks like the Don may have found his Vincent Mancini.