In a video that was uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday (local time), a man dressed in a hooded sweatshirt discusses climbing the tower in a message addressed to Mr Trump. The man who climbed Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, August 10, has been identified as 20-year-old Steve from Virginia, NYPD’s Manhattan South Chief William Morris confirmed during. Over the following hour, police appeared to try various ways of coaxing the man inside, first by throwing a rope in his direction and then by opening a large grate directly above his position. Reports of the climber first surfaced on Twitter and social media around 4:00pm (6:00am AEST). The New York Police Department said on Twitter that the department's special operations division and emergency crews had responded at Trump Tower's address to the man climbing the building. Live television footage showed uniformed officers reaching out and grabbing the young man around three hours after he started his ascent. Police also placed an inflatable landing pad on East 56th street between Madison and Fifth avenues. New York police shut down several streets surrounding the building in one of the city's busiest neighbourhoods, while officers climbed to a section of the building above the man. by members of the New York Police Department after reaching the 21st floor. The man, wearing shorts, a black shirt and a backpack, was climbing the tower's glass exterior, above an outdoor terrace around five storeys off the ground, according to reporters at the scene. CNN A man scaling Trump Tower using giant suction cups was roughly pulled into the building at about 6:30 p.m. CNN’s Brynn Gingras reports that the 20-year-old man who climbed Trump Tower had a video message where he says the reason he scaled the tower was to get Trump’s attention. Cops tried to corral the man - creating a. 'The climber has been taken into custody,' a police spokesman tweeted. 13K 2M views 6 years ago The Trump Tower Climber was spotted scaling the side of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan this afternoon. The 58-storey building in midtown Manhattan is headquarters for the election campaign of Donald Trump, the US Republican presidential nominee.

A man has been captured by police after he scaled the side of Trump Tower in New York City with what looked like suction cups and a climbing harness, drawing hundreds of onlookers.

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