SFPD: Man Arrested After Climbing Millennium Tower With Suction Cups "seemed to know what he was doing"
7:51 PM: A climber known as "Skyscraperman" used suction cups to scale a luxury residential tower in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood this afternoon....
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kl2real said:
September 6, 2010 10:02 PM
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I live in the building, and am the person who first discovered him from the 3rd floor terrace and reported the situation to building security. Building management is wrong in saying this isn't a breach of security. The building is surrounded by surveillance cameras, valets, door staff, concierge, and security. Despite all that, he scaled a glass wall from the sidewalk to a 3rd floor terrace common area. (MP: That's access to the building.) From there, he accessed the corner where he made his climb, literally right over my bedroom window. When I first noticed him, he was at about the 5th or 6th floor, already beyond reach.
I'm glad it turned out okay, but his point is well made that there is a lack of security in these buildings. In the post-9/11 era, these sorts of things shouldn't be happening, especially not the week before the anniversary of 9/11.