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  • Watch arrest, foiled escape attempt of man dangling from Gallier Hall flagpole

    07/01/2017 2:14:13 PM PDT · by BBell · 2 replies
    http://www.nola.com/ ^ | 7/1/17 | KEN DALEY
    A mentally ill man who spent nearly four hours dangling from a Gallier Hall flagpole on Saturday (July 1), shutting down a downtown section of St. Charles Avenue, finally ended his disturbance around 1 p.m. and was arrested by New Orleans police. The unidentified man had snarled holiday weekend traffic on one of the city's most well-known streets, after harnessing himself about 25-30 feet above the hall's marble base around 9:15 a.m. and threatening to hang himself or jump. New Orleans police closed St. Charles Avenue between Poydras and Julia streets to all auto, pedestrian and streetcar traffic during the...