In 2018, French climber Alain Robert, known as “Spiderman” for his daring stunt, was also detained after climbing the 75th floor of the Lotte World Tower.
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The fire agency statement said he suffered a cut on his skin on the right knee. The Lotte Property & Development, which operates the tower, said the man didn’t suffer any major injuries. Police confirmed they took custody of the man but didn’t provide further details. He said he picked the building because he was shocked by the flash floods that recently hit the area and wanted to raise awareness to the seriousness of climate change. In 2021, he climbed the 36-story Stratosphere Tower, a residential block in east London’s Stratford neighborhood and reached the top in less than half an hour. He was sentenced to six months in prison and served three. King-Thompson was arrested in 2019 after scaling the Shard in London - the U.K.’s tallest skyscraper at 310 meters 1,017 feet - after the owners of the building pressed charges against him for trespassing. The reports said he was carrying a parachute and told police that he wanted to BASE-jump from the top of the building.įire and police authorities didn’t immediately confirm the man’s name or his motive.ĭeath at Three Sisters Falls California woman falls to her death after trying to save teen at Three Sisters Fallsĭead fish on Texas Gulf Coast Thousands of dead fish washed ashore beaches along the Texas Gulf Coast.
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South Korean media identified the man as free climber George King-Thompson. The man, in his 20s, reached the 72nd floor, which is about 31,020 feet high, before officials took him to a gondola lift and moved him inside the building, the statement said. More than 90 emergency, police and other personnel were dispatched to the 123-story, 1,820-foot -tall Lotte World Tower, after the man was spotted scaling the building on Monday morning, the Seoul fire agency said in a statement. SEOUL, South Korea - A British man was detained after climbing more than half way up the world’s fifth-tallest skyscraper in Seoul with only his bare hands on Monday, authorities said.
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