Man climbing San Francisco skyscraper (live)

[AsahinaKimi]

Source: KGO TV

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A man is climbing the Millennium Tower in San Francisco.


The man, in his 50s, is believed to be Dan Goodwin, also known as "Skyscraper Man."

Goodwin started climbing around 2:15 p.m.

San Francisco police say the man has refused to come down and police are waiting at the top of the building to arrest him if he makes it to the top.

Mission Street is closed from Beale to Fremont streets.

Read more: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=7653155

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Lets hope he is careful

[hlthe2b]

1. No "Karl Wallenda- type" finishes please...

[jobycom]

2. Good luck to him. A guy in Houston tried this and fell, with the cameras rolling.

It was claimed he jumped, but I didn't think it was that clear.

[drmeow]

3. What will he be charged with

if he gets to the top?

[ManiacJoe]

6. Trespassing.

[GodlessBiker]

8. Trespassing. Reckless Endangerment.

[hlthe2b]

4. He's close to the top....

wonder how he got his lines in place without being detected....

[blue sky at night]

5. too bad he isn't going to unfurl a banner.....

saying "VOTE DEMOCRATIC!"

[AsahinaKimi]

10. He brought an

American Flag with him, which looks like he is trying to place on the building.

[smalll]

12. And the police at the top are helping him do it! Sweet to see. /nt

[AsahinaKimi]

14. For sure

There are some cops who would probably taz him. Wow the Fire department took the flag. At least they folded it correctly. He will spend a night in Jail for sure.

[hlthe2b]

13. I hope to hell he doesn't putz around and fall, with that flag...

Sheesh... Just get up and over, will ya?

[mike r]

7. One more floor to go!

[hlthe2b]

9. 58 stories...

pretty fearless.

[mike r]

11. He claimed the tower for America

[jobycom]

16. The flag is a tribute to his father, who fought in the Korean War.

I don't know if his father is still alive or not. He used to climb to make a statement about skyscraper safety. Supposedly, during the MGM fire in Vegas he tried to convince the fire department to let him climb the building and anchor cables to the upper floors so they could run baskets along the cables to helicopters. They told him he was crazy and had no idea what climbing a skyscraper would be like. So a few months later he climbed the Sears Tower in Chicago to prove it could be done. Since then he's climbed a few buildings, always with the same message, and he always tapes a flag at the top to honor his father.

Cool guy. I don't think he's done this in 20 years, though, it looks like from Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Goodwin

[mike r]

15. And... off to jail?

[AsahinaKimi]

17. "Skyscraper Man" scales San Francisco building using suction cups

Daredevil Dan Goodwin, known as "Skyscraper Man" scales San Francisco building using suction cups



A real-life Spiderman in San Francisco scaled the exterior of a 58-story skyscraper downtown.

Dan Goodwin, 54, started climbing the city's Millennium Tower building around 2:15 p.m. local time, or 5:15 p.m. EST.

"The building is 58 stories tall. Shortly before 4 p.m., he was about halfway up," police spokesman Office Albie Esparza told Bay City News.

Goodwin, who goes by the name "Skyscraperman," appeared to be using suction cups to scale the building, while wearing what looked like a superhero costume.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/09/06/2010-09-06_daredevil_dan_goodwin_known_as_skyscraper_man_scales_san_francisco_building_usin.html

[marasinghe]

19. d'_'b

thanks for the story, AK.
makes one feel the 50's ain't so past it, after all.
:toast:

[jimlup]

18. If you look you can see that he was actually being pretty careful

He was wearing a harness and had a suckon cup that was attached to the harness that he moved very carefully up the building while secure.