Man climbing Trump Tower with suction caps is captured after three-hour ascent
A man spent three hours scaling Trump Tower, the New York home and headquarters of the Republican nominee for US president, before police captured him through an open window Wednesday.
Live television footage showed uniformed New York police officers reaching out and grabbing the young man - dressed in grey shorts, an olive T-shirt and white cap - around three hours after he started his ascent using five suction cups.
The man with curly auburn hair had been edging his way up the side of the building gingerly -- at times with his feet dangling precariously as he gripped the suction cups - on a hot and steamy afternoon.
New York billionaire Donald Trump was outside the city on Wednesday, holding a rally in Virginia with another event planned later in Florida.
The climber, whose identity and motive was not immediately known, was watched by a crowd of mesmerised onlookers, as well as reporters and police, who cordoned off the block between Fifth and Madison Avenues.