UPDATE: Police have removed and arrested the man from the facade of the 58-story Trump Tower. Special operations officers could be seen grabbing the unidentified climber into an opened window on the building’s 21st floor Wednesday evening.
NEW YORK—A man is trying to scale the all-glass face of Trump Tower in New York City using suction cups.
A video recorded by a bystander and streamed online Wednesday shows police observing the man from an outdoor terrace.
A police spokeswoman says officers responded to Donald Trump’s namesake skyscraper on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan but had no further information.
The 58-story building is headquarters to the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign. He also lives there.
A campaign spokeswoman didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
A Man Is Climbing The Exterior Of Trump Tower With Giant Suction Cupshttps://t.co/tY0uY3VJ0p pic.twitter.com/OXAO22rWsH
— Gothamist (@Gothamist) August 10, 2016
WATCH #NOW: Man climbing Trump Tower on Fifth Ave. in NYC. https://t.co/o4LxPor9Fz pic.twitter.com/2E40vjaDiN
— WPEC CBS12 News (@CBS12) August 10, 2016
Guy trying to climb the side of #TrumpTower in Midtown using suction cups. #NYPD ESU ready to intercept. pic.twitter.com/ELiNc74B3K
— Stefan Holt (@stefholt4NY) August 10, 2016
A man is scaling Trump Tower with suction cups, prompting tourists to tweet #onlyinNewYork https://t.co/OtnSfNDtvR pic.twitter.com/CypVWvQGAS
— New York Post (@nypost) August 10, 2016
Parts of the building, including the terraces, are open to the public during the day.
A video posted on Twitter showed police and security looking up from the ground as the man scaled the building.
The Trump Tower human fly is now resting his legs while also trying to avoid cops that popped out of the vents pic.twitter.com/Mjv4dHjaom
— Clemzingis (@TheClemReport) August 10, 2016
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