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The two radical taken into custody for climbing New York City's Empire State Building wherever they seemingly got engaged Wednesday day person been identified arsenic Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, and Angelina Nikolau, 33, of East Orange, N.J., instrumentality enforcement sources told CBS News.
The 2 person a past of conducting akin stunts, climbing gangly buildings without ropes oregon different information equipment. They were antecedently featured successful a documentary astir climbing Malaysia's Merdeka 118 Tower, which is 2,227 feet tall.
The mates managed to marque their mode each the mode to the apical of the Empire State Building's transmission tower, which provides vigor and tv signals to section stations.
A witnesser told CBS News New York she saw them walk done a gross connected the reflection platform to statesman their climb.
Climbing the operation portion it is powered up and transmitting poses peculiar hazards.
The mates posted astir their escapade connected societal media portion it was happening.
The images see 1 showing Kuznetsov connected 1 genu proposing to Nikolau, and Nikolau holding up her ringing portion looking southbound crossed the New York City skyline.
The Empire State Building was nary excessively pleased with the incident.
"The unauthorized incidental astatine the gathering has been resolved with the constructive and adjuvant coordination of the NYPD. There was astatine nary clip information to tenants, visitors, and Empire State Building Observation Deck guests. It is to beryllium emphasized that the Empire State Building Observation Deck, atop the World's Most Famous Building successful the halfway of New York City, does connection a applicable mode for the astir memorable matrimony proposals," a spokesperson said.
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