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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.
To: Albion Wilde
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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)
To: Albion Wilde
Too bad, WD-40 would have done wonders for him.
You mean that wasn’t windex?
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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.)
To: Albion Wilde
To: Donglalinger
There is something disturbing gay about that shot...
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:48:53 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
To: Albion Wilde
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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.)
To: Donglalinger
lol! Kinda like the ‘Bat Pole’.....
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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!)
To: Albion Wilde
It was crazy. I watched it live on Fox today!
glad he made it okay.
YAY to NYPD and ALL.
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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!))
To: Albion Wilde
They should have let him go.
Liberally apply baby powder to windows.
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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.")
To: Albion Wilde
I hope when the got him inside the punched him in his tea bags
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posted on
08/10/2016 6:58:53 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: djstex
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.
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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)
To: al baby
Why the hostility? He is 20 years old and did something very spectacular, albeit batshite.
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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)
To: al baby; Albion Wilde
I think he would have made it and much faster if he hadn’t had those big balls dragging him down.
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posted on
08/10/2016 7:03:57 PM PDT
by
disndat
To: Albion Wilde
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.
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posted on
08/10/2016 7:04:33 PM PDT
by
corlorde
To: Albion Wilde
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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)
To: Albion Wilde
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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)
To: Albion Wilde; All
To: Albion Wilde
Call me Karnac. I predicted he would spend the night at Bellevue. LOL!
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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)
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
To: Donglalinger
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posted on
08/10/2016 7:18:17 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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