He also lives there.
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Trump Tower is Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s highest-profile property, and where his campaign is headquartered – next to Central Park in Manhattan.
At a news conference later the New York Police Department said the unidentified man did not express a desire to harm anyone and said his mission was to get a meeting with Trump. Officers also lowered themselves toward him using a window washer’s platform.
The stunt drew hundreds of onlookers onto the sidewalks below and countless more to computer screens, where they watched as officers finally grabbed him and pulled him through a 21st-story window after removing the glass panel.
And at about 6:30 p.m., two officers roughly hauled the climber into the window opening. “I reached out. I took hold of his hand and I said, ‘Sir, would you come with me, ‘” said detective ChristopherWilliams.
Police deployed large, inflated crash pads at the scene but made no visible attempt to grab him as he passed their positions until the very end.
Police have identified the climber as a 20-year-old Virginia man and say he’s being evaluated at a hospital.
NY police have arrested a man who tried to scale Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan using rope and suction cups, BBC reported. “I guarantee that it’s in your interest to honor this request”, he said. “If my goal was not insignificant, I would not risk my life pursuing it”.
Witnesses say the climber gained access to the tower via the lower level roof garden, which is accessible to the public, and then began climbing the all-glass facade using a series of suction cups and ropes. “If I had sought this via conventional means, I would be much less likely to have success because you are a busy man with many responsibilities”.
“We’re working with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to determine the appropriate charges”, he said.
Trump was not home at the time, but released a statement saying the man’s stunt was ridiculous and risky.
“I’m 100 percent certain the NYPD had better things to do”, he said.
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Trump later tweeted Wednesday about the incident, saying, “Great job today by the NYPD in protecting the people and saving the climber”.
