New York police have charged two professional daredevils with felony burglary and multiple other offences after they illegally scaled the spire of the Empire State Building on Wednesday and staged a marriage proposal at the top.
Angelina Nikolau, 33, and Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, of East Orange, New Jersey, are known as "rooftoppers" who featured in a 2024 Netflix documentary. They face charges including reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and possession of burglar's tools.
Officers from the NYPD's elite Emergency Service Unit climbed the 443-metre spire in harnesses to arrest the pair just before one o'clock in the afternoon.
Mitch Mccann reports from New York.
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Mitch Mccann in New York says police have confirmed both suspects are now in custody and no injuries were reported during the incident.
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