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Cops capture man who attempted to scale Trump Tower with suction cups (video)
Yahoo ^ | Aug 10, 2016 | Lauren Johnston

Posted on 08/10/2016 6:39:18 PM PDT by Albion Wilde

The daredevil climber who attempted to scale Trump Tower on Wednesday is a 20-year-old man who traveled to Manhattan from Virginia and staged his stunt in the hopes of winning a meeting with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, police said...

He was taken to Bellevue hospital in Manhattan for a psychiatric evaluation, and it was not yet clear what charges he might face for his high-rise high jinks....

The Spider-Man-like escapade began around 4 p.m., as the candidate was holding a rally in Virginia....

he climber’s ascent ended abruptly around 7 p.m., when emergency responders were able to yank him in through a 21st-floor window of the glass skyscraper after a harrowing two-hour negotiation. He had been hoisting himself slowly up the glass facade using giant, hand-held suction cups...

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 201608; climber; investigator; leventhumps; messenger; michaeljosephryan; michaeljryan; michaelryan; nyc; stephanrogata; trump; trumptower
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Lots of photos and a video at the link.
1 posted on 08/10/2016 6:39:18 PM PDT by Albion Wilde
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2 posted on 08/10/2016 6:39:50 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will no longer surrender this country to the false song of globalism. --Donald Trump)
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Too bad, WD-40 would have done wonders for him.
You mean that wasn’t windex?


3 posted on 08/10/2016 6:43:44 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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4 posted on 08/10/2016 6:46:51 PM PDT by Donglalinger
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There is something disturbing gay about that shot...


5 posted on 08/10/2016 6:48:53 PM PDT by Noumenon (We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
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Another nutcase.


6 posted on 08/10/2016 6:53:07 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Donglalinger

lol! Kinda like the ‘Bat Pole’.....


7 posted on 08/10/2016 6:53:38 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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It was crazy. I watched it live on Fox today!
glad he made it okay.
YAY to NYPD and ALL.


8 posted on 08/10/2016 6:53:42 PM PDT by djstex (TRUMP MUST WIN or We'll be the END of ANYTHING GREAT ABOUT AMERICA!))
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They should have let him go.

Liberally apply baby powder to windows.


9 posted on 08/10/2016 6:58:05 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly white woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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I hope when the got him inside the punched him in his tea bags


10 posted on 08/10/2016 6:58:53 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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You have to give him props for actually making it to the 23rd floor. That is daring. He needed equipment and took his life in his hands, er, cups. Suction cups.


11 posted on 08/10/2016 7:00:01 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will no longer surrender this country to the false song of globalism. --Donald Trump)
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To: al baby

Why the hostility? He is 20 years old and did something very spectacular, albeit batshite.


12 posted on 08/10/2016 7:01:26 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will no longer surrender this country to the false song of globalism. --Donald Trump)
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I think he would have made it and much faster if he hadn’t had those big balls dragging him down.


13 posted on 08/10/2016 7:03:57 PM PDT by disndat
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He should have had the ‘Make America great Again’ hat on, for even more of a dramatic affect. This way, ABC News could have done an extreme zoom on it.


14 posted on 08/10/2016 7:04:33 PM PDT by corlorde
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15 posted on 08/10/2016 7:04:34 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will no longer surrender this country to the false song of globalism. --Donald Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde
Some great video here, and more photos:

Police Capture Man Climbing Trump Tower After Hours-Long Standoff

Once they captured him, they took him to Bellevue strapped to a gurney:


16 posted on 08/10/2016 7:09:09 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will no longer surrender this country to the false song of globalism. --Donald Trump)
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Message to Mr. Trump (why I climbed your tower)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP493LmSJrE

This was made the night before.


17 posted on 08/10/2016 7:10:48 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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Call me Karnac. I predicted he would spend the night at Bellevue. LOL!


18 posted on 08/10/2016 7:14:44 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Noumenon

Batman for sure wasn’t gay(I think he had the hots for Catwoman) but Robin always seemed a little queer to me


19 posted on 08/10/2016 7:17:32 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Donglalinger

That’s not gay.


20 posted on 08/10/2016 7:18:17 PM PDT by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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