After two hours and 45 minutes, crazy climber “Steve from Virginia” was pulled to safety inside Trump Tower by police and taken into custody.
IT’S OVER: NYPD grabs Steve the climber guy pic.twitter.com/Ih5C3KGt3H
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 10, 2016
Police pull in the man who was scaling Trump Tower https://t.co/zH2QVoRF1w pic.twitter.com/oaxvwwe38r
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 10, 2016
U/D Manhattan: 525 5th Ave, Man climbing up on trump's tower has now been taken into Police custody by ESU. pic.twitter.com/Ecw846Gc2z
— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) August 10, 2016
UPDATE: Man climbing Trump Tower apprehended by NYPD on 21st floor https://t.co/18jnVtJyla pic.twitter.com/mTO5aMx78A
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 10, 2016
That’s it. #suctioncupsteve’s Trump Tower adventure ends. pic.twitter.com/XSBbJKhjzJ
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) August 10, 2016
BREAKING U/D Manhattan: 5th Ave & east 56, Man who climbed trump tower is in NYPD custody. great job by @NYPDSpecialops
— New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) August 10, 2016
Crowd cheers as climber Steve from Virginia pulled into Trump Tower by NYPD
— Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) August 10, 2016
They got him. Climby was pulled into the building – 21 stories up.
— Randy Clemens™ #MJMStrategiesRadio (@bostonrandy) August 10, 2016
Those officers are heroes. #TrumpTower #Stevetheclimber pic.twitter.com/dPG3NVpuM4
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) August 10, 2016
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Indeed, the police deserve a hand. But what about Steve? Will he become some sort of social media folk hero (for the next couple of hours), or just some nut who wasted the police’s time and put the public and himself in danger?
https://twitter.com/DanFosterType/status/763503995075727360
NYPD 1, bitch climber 0
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) August 10, 2016
NYPD bags a douche bag. America is great again.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) August 10, 2016
It really is odd how compelling Steve’s climb was, despite competition from the Olympics.
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/763505302943793152
There's something oddly satisfying about watching that dumbass being pulled into the building by police
— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) August 10, 2016
Scene on 56th and Park as the mass of humanity clears out after watching the Trump Tower climber. pic.twitter.com/IPGWwYQPeC
— Kate Bolduan (@KateBolduan) August 10, 2016
Now that Steve is safely inside, time for some hot takes?
If one guy can climb Trump Tower, how would a President Trump stop a horde of Mexicans from climbing his Wall? #DeepThoughts
— Rob GobbleGobble (@RobGeorge) August 10, 2016
hot take: this was an awesome thing for NYPD to do https://t.co/h3MPVpBvZM
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) August 10, 2016
Excited to read Shaun King's piece tomorrow on what would have happened if the Trump Tower climber was black.
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) August 10, 2016
Steve’s next act? Being rolled out the ground floor exit on a stretcher, accompanied by police.
#TrumpClimber leaving #TrumpTower on stretcher. He was pulled safely by @NYPD from window high above ? @PaulNBlake pic.twitter.com/sYHS3E7WWI
— Rebecca Jarvis (@RebeccaJarvis) August 10, 2016
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This MEANS something! Trump Tower climber gifts us with perfect 2016 metaphor https://t.co/YbnyAQi1UW
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 10, 2016