June 5, 2008
Breaking: Activist Scaling the NY Times Building
Photos via Wally G's Flickr and WNBC.
At approximately 11:57 a.m. a news alert came in saying there was a large crowd gathered at 620 8th Avenue and West 40th Street. "LEVEL 1 CALLED FOR CROWD CONTROL, AND A POSSIBLE PERSON ATTEMPTING TO JUMP DOWN FROM A BLDG." A reader wrote in minutes later saying, "Someone is climbing the exterior of the NY Times building."
It was unsure if this was a stunt, or a suicide mission. If the former, Peter Vallone, Jr. will use it as another reason his proposed no-stunt bill should be passed into law.
CityRoom is now reporting that the climber is an activist and is holding a banner that says: “Global warming kills more people than 9/11 every week.” It's likely that this has to do with World Environment Day, which is also what the Times Square pop up is for. He also is wearing a t-shirt plugging the website thesolutionissimple.org, and is believed to be Alain Robert -- who has scaled many buildings in his time, including the Empire State Building..
If anyone has any photos from scene, send them our way.
UPDATE: The NYPD's Emergency Service Unit has him in custody on the upper floor support beam.
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620 8th Avenue and West 48th Street - that's not correct. Don't you mean and West 40th St?
But I can hear the helicopter.
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damn smelly frenchie
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Great, as if the congestion around the Port Authority isn't already crazy enough...
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Hi All,
Global warming is a myth and a clever ruse created by Al Gore to generate $s. The earth was never suppose to last forever.
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Can't they just shoot him down like a bear in a tree?
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cigarettes kill more people daily than murder!
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edEx, Do you realize that death kills more people than any other cause world wide?
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Vote for Senator Obama ,end pollution.
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I do beleive that global warming is a very serious problem but i can't take his little weekly death toll "factoid" very seriously.
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#8 that's a fucking lie! ;P
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snoopy, don't you mean a raccoon in a tree?
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God, I hate activists.
In my experience, anyone who sees an issue from a very black or white perspective, ie thesolutionissimple.org, has no idea what they are talking about, is an ass, or both.
I vote for shooting him down as well.
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It's like a law of the the universe: freak-shows always gather around Port Authority.
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"Global warming kills more people than 9/11 every week"
Annnd he's made me care even less about Global Warming thanks to the stunt and his use of September 11th.
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the idiot should pay for the people who were stuck in traffic and cops time.
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Global warming kills me every single day.
Think of me..and the children.
Please.
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contro, are you ... Jesus?
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Global Warming is a hoax created for profit by the Elite in order to Tax the people with their Carbon Tax.
The Earth has been actually cooling in the last 10 years (do the research!)
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The world's most recognizable news source building features a giant ladder facade. Did we not see this coming?
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I vote for shooting down all the commenters who voted for shooting down the activist. I am sure they can relate to the sentiment.
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I vote for shooting the scummy developer responsible for the Times building.
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I vote for shooting the NY Times. If it wasn't for that sanctimonious rag, little Alain would be scaling a Duane Reade.
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If there was a god, a crane would have fell on him just as a helicopter piloted by Cory Lidle crashed into him.