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Police grab man climbing Trump Tower in New York to meet The Donald

The climber used a harness and rope stirrups to fasten himself to the side of the 68-story Manhattan skyscraper.

By :  sadhguru jaggi vasudev
Update: 2016-08-11 05:13 GMT
A man who wanted an audience with Donald Trump spent three hours scaling the glass facade of Trump Tower on Wednesday using large suction cups, climbing as high as the 21st floor before police officers grabbed him and hauled him to safety through an open window.
The tower is headquarters to Donald Trump's Republican presidential campaign and his business empire.
The climber began his ascent from a terrace that is open to the public during the day. Police said he was taken to a hospital to be evaluated.
A day before the ascent, police said the climber posted a video on YouTube entitled, Message to Mr. Trump (why I climbed your tower).'
Police had deployed large, inflated crash pads at the scene, but it was unclear how much protection they would have offered if the climber fell.
As a crowd gasped on the street below, two officers leaned far out of a window, grabbed the climber's arm and harness, and in a flash yanked him from his dangling stirrups. He went through the opening head first, his legs pointed skyward.
The man kept his distance by methodically working his way back and forth across the facade, repeatedly repositioning suction cups resembling a type commonly used by window washers to remove big panes of glass.
For a long time, the climber played a slow-motion cat-and-mouse game with would-be rescuers. Officers smashed windows and broke through ventilation ducts to block his progress. Police also lowered themselves toward him using a window washer's platform.
The climber, identified by police as a 20-year-old Virginia man, wore a backpack and used a harness and rope stirrups to fasten himself to the side of the 68-story Manhattan skyscraper.
The climber used a harness and rope stirrups to fasten himself to the side of the 68-story Manhattan skyscraper.

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