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Why Would Anyone Climb on Top ofThe Empire State Building?

(11 Posts)
Padstow13 Wed 01-Jul-26 19:00:36

But two people did.

The video clip on BBC News is more than hair-raising!

MT62 Wed 01-Jul-26 19:09:31

What happened?

Magenta8 Wed 01-Jul-26 19:17:15

Two people, a man and a woman, climbed to the highest point on the ESB and unfurled a banner which read "When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace."

They stayed up there for a while and the man was seen to go down on one knee so he could have been proposing. They climbed down and were immediately arrested.

MissAdventure Wed 01-Jul-26 19:18:46

I won't even climb on a chair!

GrannyGravy13 Wed 01-Jul-26 19:20:40

Scary enough going up the ESB in the lift and going out onto the observation deck 🫣

Visgir1 Wed 01-Jul-26 19:34:35

As the song says.." When you're young and in love " 😂

Georgesgran Wed 01-Jul-26 19:35:40

DD2 was proposed to and engaged on the ESB at midnight (some years ago now).

M0nica Wed 01-Jul-26 22:12:42

Because it is there.

SueDonim Wed 01-Jul-26 23:47:57

I stupidly watched the video earlier this evening and almost threw up with fright. My stomach was heaving, I had to shut the page down. They must be insane!

MT62 Thu 02-Jul-26 00:51:06

That’s nice! How did they get back down? Did they base jump?
I can’t watch anything like that as I am frightened of heights, I get the weirdest feeling all the way up my legs.

MT62 Thu 02-Jul-26 00:53:04

Oh climbed down! What on the outside of the building?