Politics

Police capture man climbing Trump Tower in NYC

By Eyewitness News
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Watch as the NYPD pulls the Trump Tower climber into the building. (WABC)

NEW YORK -- Police have removed a man from the facade of the 58-story Trump Tower in New York City.

Special operations officers could be seen grabbing the unidentified climber into an opened window on the building's 21st floor Wednesday evening.
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After he was hauled into the window onlookers gathered on the streets below the Fifth Avenue tower cheered.

Police say he's now in custody.

Here are photos showing the climber:
A man scales the all-glass facade of Trump Tower using suction cups Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, in New York.AP
New York Police officers struggle as they pull a man through a window as he scaled the east side of Trump Tower using suction cups, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, in New York.AP
An emergency response officer reaches to pull a man's legs over as New York Police officers struggled to pull the man through a window as he scaled Trump Tower using suction cups.AP
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Pedestrians stop to watch as a man scales the all-glass facade of Trump Tower using suction cups Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, in New York.AP
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Witnesses say the man started climbing Donald Trump's namesake skyscraper at about 4 p.m. He was wearing a backpack and used suction cups, ropes and a harness to slowly climb the building from an outdoor terrace just a few floors up.

The tower is headquarters to the Republican presidential nominee's campaign and his business empire. He also lives there.

Man climbing Trump Tower; police on the scene


Trump was not in the building.



Police said once in custody, the climber faces charges such as reckless endangerment, criminal trespass and more.
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