Two people climb to top of NYC's Empire State Building

A mates dressed successful achromatic masks appeared to get engaged atop New York's Empire State Building connected Wednesday.

The brace climbed to the apical of the celebrated building's spire unneurotic and unfurled a ample banner that read: "When the powerfulness of emotion beats the emotion of powerfulness the satellite knows peace."

After they descended to a tiny platform, 1 idiosyncratic got down connected 1 genu and seemed to suggest matrimony to the other, presenting a ring. They past kissed earlier continuing to ascent down.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) told the BBC the 2 individuals person been taken into custody. They were atop the 1,454 ft (443 m) gathering for astatine slightest 10 minutes.

The mates appears to beryllium climbers Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, according to aggregate media reports. The two, subjects of the 2024 documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story, person scaled buildings each implicit the satellite and reportedly unrecorded successful New York.

A spokesperson for the gathering said ''unauthorized incident'' had posed nary information to tenants, visitors, oregon guests connected the reflection platform conscionable beneath the spire.

''It is to beryllium emphasized that the Empire State Building Observation Deck, atop the World's Most Famous Building successful the halfway of New York City, does connection a applicable mode for the astir memorable matrimony proposals," the spokesperson said successful a statement.

The NYPD archer the BBC that they person not filed immoderate charges yet.

With further reporting by Ana Faguy