🚨Two people stood atop the Empire State Building’s antenna and unfurled a banner🚨The pair balanced on a narrow ledge 1,454 feet above midtown Manhattan🚨Authorities and building managers had no immediate explanation

Two people got to the top of the Empire State Building’s antenna and unfurled a banner about “the power of love” at midday Tuesday, news helicopter video showed.

Dressed in black and wearing helmets and masts, the two balanced on a narrow ledge atop the New York skyscraper’s antenna, which rises 1,454 feet (443 meters) above midtown Manhattan. The banner, reading “when the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace,” waved in the wind.

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It wasn’t clear how the pair gained access to the antenna, which rises well above public areas of the 102-story building.

Police and firefighters had no immediate information, and there was no immediate reply to a message to the building’s management.

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