Two people, identified as Russian daredevil climbers Ivan Beerkus and Angela Nikolau, were arrested after scaling to the top of the Empire State Building’s antenna and unfurling a banner about “the power of love” at midday Wednesday.
Dressed in black and wearing masks, the two balanced on a narrow ledge and appeared to kiss atop the New York skyscraper’s antenna, which rises 1,454 feet above midtown Manhattan, news helicopter video showed.
The banner, reading “when the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace,” waved in the wind. After descending, the pair took selfies and hugged before being taken into custody by police.
No one was injured, police said. Onlookers gaped from the sidewalks near the Art Deco office tower.
Office workers wondered how the pair managed to get to the antenna, which is well above public areas of the 102-story building. The building’s management said in a statement that the episode was “unauthorized” and posed no danger to anyone in the building.
Original reporting: KCCI Des Moines — read the source article.
