![]() ![]() "I'm 100 percent certain the NYPD had better things to do," he added in the statement. There's damage to the building and he caused the unnecessary deployment of New York's finest to protect his safety and the safety of everyone in the building," said Trump Organization Executive Vice President Michael Cohen, according to ABC. "This man performed a ridiculous and dangerous stunt. Great job today by the NYPD in protecting the people and saving the climber.Ī Trump Organization executive issued a statement as reported by ABC News. Police and emergency responders tried talking to the man who climbed the side of Trump Tower on Wednesday. He did not appear to be threatening.Ī man climbed the side of Trump Tower on Wednesday afternoon. A man who climbed Trump Tower last summer in an apparent bid to meet then-Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump pleaded guilty Monday but will avoid jail time. Rogata's backpack contained a bottle of Gatorade, according to sources. Police said he was dehydrated and they were taking him to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. ![]() ![]() Rogata was brought out on a stretcher after he was apprehended. "I reached out and I took hold of his hand and said, 'Sir, you have to come with me,'" said NYPD Officer Christopher Williams, who was one of the officers who pulled the climber in from the 21st floor. Officials - who were also seen using drills on the building vents - tried to lower a safety harness to take the climber off the tower, but police said he would not cooperate.Įmergency officials worked to isolate the climber, eventually lowering a scaffold to his left and opening up the glass above him before getting close enough to grab him. in response to the incident outside of Trump Tower, shutting down the block around the building, the NYPD said. He intended to meet with the presidential candidate and had traveled from Virginia and got himself a hotel room Tuesday night, police said. 10, 2016 A lone man’s climb up the side of Trump Tower became a New York City spectacle on Wednesday afternoon after. Officials believe he's the same Donald Trump supporter identifying himself as the Trump Tower climber in a YouTube video, the NYPD said. Santiago Mejia/The New York Times By Eli Rosenberg and Megan Jula Aug. Stephen Rogata, 19, of Great Falls, Virginia, was identified as the climber by police sources. MIDTOWN - After a nearly three-hour ordeal, police caught a man who used suction cups to climb up as far as the 21st floor of the Trump Tower on Wednesday. Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook. ![]()
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