SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) – A man who climbed freely at the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco on Tuesday morning reached the top of the building, where he was intercepted by authorities and detained.
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He was quoted as being released on Tuesday afternoon, according to the SFPD.
He reportedly posted on Instagram while climbing. He is identified as Maison DesChamps, a rock climber who calls himself a “Pro-Life Spiderman.”
He says on his website that he has recently started climbing skyscrapers to end abortions.
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The climb came in response to a leaked draft in Supreme Court’s Rowe Wade abortion case.
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San Francisco police interviewed De Champ while he was in police custody. He was charged with two counts of crime – one for violating the border and the other for resisting a police investigation, for failing to comply with police orders to disembark or stop climbing.
Police say police were alerted to the man as he climbed the building around 9:21 p.m. Officers spotted him upstairs, wearing climbing gear.
There are closed streets nearby and authorities are asking people to stay away from the scene.
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VIDEO: A man climbs freely on the 1070-foot Salesforce tower, reaches the top and is then detained
Officers tried to make contact with the climber as he climbed to get him out of the building safely, but instead surrounded him just as he arrived at the top.
Police say they are discouraging anyone from trying something like this because of the dangers to the person and others who could be involved in a possible rescue.
According to the Salesforce website:
- Salesforce Tower is 1,070 feet high with 61 floors and 1.4 million square feet of office space.
- The elevator ride from street level to the 61st floor takes 39 seconds.
- The base of the Salesforce Tower is built into the rock, more than 318 feet into the ground.
- 12,000 tons of steel were used in the construction of the Salesforce Tower.
- It took over 2.5 million man-hours to build the Salesforce Tower.
The San Francisco Fire is in place with other public safety agencies at 415 Mission, Sales Force Tower for a reported climber climbing the 60-story tower. This man puts the lives of firefighters and the safety of society at risk. AVOID THE AREA and join us in condemning this action. pic.twitter.com/QDpkfrYs4E
– MEDIA OF THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT (@SFFDPIO) May 3, 2022 If you are in the ABC7 News app, click here to watch live
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