Like agravity - resist cartoon character , a humankind named " Steve " — as reported by TV networks — has assay to scale the exterior of Trump Tower in New York using sucking cups . Steve , a Virginia native and very nimble man , began rise a minuscule before 3 pm on Wednesday , harmonize toaccounts on Twitter . He worked at scale the 58 - story building for over two - and - a - one-half hour as the NYPD attempt to speak him down and block his agency . He has to be a complete madman to have tried this at all , but especially because he used no refuge equipment at all , not even a helmet .
As the climb continued , the NYPD sawed out a windowpane above the crampon hoping to make it unsufferable for him to continue . He moved to the adjacent building wall , foiling their efforts . They had to knock out another windowpane there . But even that did n’t slow down his upgrade . He moved back to the original bulwark and tried to go around the open windowpane .
However , that plan did n’t work out so well for Steve . Once he was close enough to the constabulary , they hooked a karabiner around the climber and pulled him through the open window .
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Though the video has not been confirmed to be the existent climber , Steve appears to have put avideo on YouTubein advance of his climbing . In the video , he express that he has an " important substance " for Donald Trump , who lives in Trump Tower , but was in Florida on Wednesday . He hope the mount would get Trump ’s attention and professes to be a Trump supporter .
Multiple channels in New York lead with live reporting of his acclivity for minute . By the end , most broadcasts were get down to sound a little angry , with one CBS spreader deplore the fact " he ’s tie up dealings [ and ] news air travel time . "
Steve climbed without any rubber equipment at all , so he ’s not super vivid , but he ’s clearly got some climbing skills . Maybe it ’s clip to consider making suction cup mount an Olympian athletics . Dressage is an Olympic variation , so there is n’t much that should be off limits .
A close-up of the climber from the ABC broadcast.|ABC
