NEW YORK – Police have removed a man from the facade of the 58-story Trump Tower in New York City.
Special operations officers could be seen grabbing the unidentified climber into an opened window on the building's 21st floor Wednesday evening.
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After he was hauled into the window onlookers gathered on the streets below the Fifth Avenue tower cheered.
Police say he's now in custody.
UPDATE: After 3 hours, police snatch the man climbing up Trump Tower, pulling him inside. https://t.co/vi87GA7Bvr pic.twitter.com/FSmN7Y9ejN
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Witnesses say the man started climbing Donald Trump's namesake skyscraper at about 4 p.m. Eastern Time. He was wearing a backpack and used suction cups, ropes and a harness to slowly climb the building from an outdoor terrace just a few floors up.
The tower is headquarters to the Republican presidential nominee's campaign and his business empire. He also lives there.
Trump was not in the building.