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2 people scale Empire State Building, hang 'power of love' banner

2 people scale Empire State Building, hang 'power of love' banner

Two people descend the spire of the Empire State Building, in New York, Wednesday, July 1, 2026.

AP Photo/Richard Drew

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Two people climbed atop the Empire State Building on Wednesday afternoon and hung a "power of love" banner before they were apprehended by police.

Wild video shows the pair—masked and clad in black—on the antenna mast of the 102-story skyscraper around noon.


Balancing over 1,400 feet above the city, the daredevils unfurled a banner that read, "When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace."

Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images

One of them also appeared to propose to the other on one knee before they descended.

They were taken into police custody around 1 p.m., the NYPD said. Their names weren't immediately released.

No injuries were reported.