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Two protesters arrested after scaling top of Empire State Building antenna
Key takeaways
- Their charges are not immediately clear.
- New Yorkers watched in confusion as the man and woman, who wore masks, scaled the 1,454-foot-tall structure untethered and displayed a banner reading, When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.
- When they reached one of the lower platforms on the building s transmission tower, the man got on one knee in an apparent marriage proposal.
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Their charges are not immediately clear.
New Yorkers watched in confusion as the man and woman, who wore masks, scaled the 1,454-foot-tall structure untethered and displayed a banner reading, When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.
When they reached one of the lower platforms on the building s transmission tower, the man got on one knee in an apparent marriage proposal.
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