{"id":284051,"date":"2026-07-01T20:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/284051\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T20:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:29:08","slug":"2-arrested-after-apparent-empire-state-building-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/284051\/","title":{"rendered":"2 arrested after apparent Empire State Building proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two masked individuals climbed to the top of the Empire State Building&#8217;s antenna in <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/new-york\/t-40086194\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York City<\/a> on Wednesday, where they displayed a banner promoting peace\u00a0before making their way back down and eventually being arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Dressed entirely in black and appearing to climb without visible safety harnesses, the pair stood on a narrow ledge near the summit of the antenna, approximately 443 meters (1,454 feet) above <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/new-york-mayor-mamdani-skips-annual-israel-day-parade\/a-77368652\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manhattan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>News footage shot from a helicopter then showed them embracing and appearing to kiss after unfurling a banner reading: &#8220;When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after 12:30 p.m., the climbers began descending the metal framework of the antenna to a wider platform. There, the man appeared to set up a piece of electronic equipment before kneeling in front of the other, after which the pair kissed and hugged again.<\/p>\n<p>The woman then took several selfies while holding out a left hand, suggesting she was admiring a ring.<\/p>\n<p>The Reuters news agency reported that the apparent couple was from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>What have New York\u00a0police said about the incident?<\/p>\n<p>Police detained both climbers shortly after 1 p.m. following their descent from the skyscraper.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said no injuries were reported, though the identities of those arrested were not immediately released.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not explained how the pair accessed the antenna, which is located well above the building&#8217;s public observation areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two individuals were taken into custody without incident. There are no injuries reported. Charges are pending, and the investigation is still ongoing,&#8221; a New York police spokesman told the French AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The Empire State Building was designed in the Art Deco style in the early 1930s and remained the tallest building in the world until the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>Tourists who wish to enjoy the view of New York from its main deck on the 86th floor must buy tickets for $44 (roughly \u20ac38.6) or can pay an extra $35 to access an enclosed observation deck on its 102nd floor.<\/p>\n<p>Like several other New York landmarks, the building has had heightened security since the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Edited by: Rana Taha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two masked individuals climbed to the top of the Empire State Building&#8217;s antenna in New York City on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-284051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}