A man spent hours climbing Trump Tower using suction cups before police pulled him into a window on Wednesday.
Police grabbed the man, identified as white and in his twenties or thirties and clad in a green shirt, as he tried to climb past them around 6:30 p.m. An NYPD spokesman said he was in police custody.
Individual climbing #TrumpTower has been apprehended. Excellent job by @NYPDSpecialops & all supporting personnel
The man had made it to the sixth floor sub roof of the building’s south side around 4:30 p.m. and was continuing his climb, using a device made of suction cups, according to the NYPD. Authorities appeared to break a glass window above the man, but he quickly pivoted to the side and continued to climb.
A witness told ABC that the man was standing on the sub roof garden, which is open to the public, when he started climbing on the building’s East 56th Street side.
Police were on the scene and attempting to talk to the man, an NYPD spokesman told TIME. The NYPD inflated airbags to catch the man in case he fell.
Witnesses were confused about the climber’s purpose and posted several pictures of the climber on Twitter.
