Two masked climbers scaled all the way to the top of the Empire State Building around noon on Wednesday, stopping traffic below and setting social media on fire. Once they reached the spire, they unfurled a flag reading: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.”
Then it got personal. On the way down, one of the climbers appeared to propose to the other on a spire platform — over 1,400 feet in the air, with NYPD helicopters circling and officers climbing up after them.
Both were taken into custody once the NYPD reached the top. Charges are pending and an investigation is underway, and their identities and how they even got up there are still unknown.
Two masked climbers scaled all the way to the top of the Empire State Building around noon on Wednesday, stopping traffic below and setting social media on fire. Once they reached the spire, they unfurled a flag reading: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.”
Then it got personal. On the way down, one of the climbers appeared to propose to the other on a spire platform — over 1,400 feet in the air, with NYPD helicopters circling and officers climbing up after them.
Both were taken into custody once the NYPD reached the top. Charges are pending and an investigation is underway, and their identities and how they even got up there are still unknown.
