{"id":87319,"date":"2026-07-02T12:13:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/who-climbed-the-empire-state-building-heres-what-we-know-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:13:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:13:23","slug":"who-climbed-the-empire-state-building-heres-what-we-know-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/who-climbed-the-empire-state-building-heres-what-we-know-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Who climbed the Empire State Building? Here&#8217;s what we know."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/empire-state-building-climbers-banner-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">two people arrested for climbing New York City&#8217;s Empire State Building where they apparently got engaged<\/a><\/span> Wednesday afternoon have been identified as Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, and Angelina Nikolau, 33.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They live in East Orange, N.J. but are originally from Russia, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Kuznetsov&#8217;s social media page identifies him as Ivan Beerkus and Nikolau&#8217;s page identifies her as Angela.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They have each been charged with burglary, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, violation of local law, possession of burglar&#8217;s tools, criminal tampering, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>The two have a history of conducting similar stunts, climbing tall buildings without ropes or other safety equipment. They were previously featured in a documentary about climbing Malaysia&#8217;s Merdeka 118 Tower, which is 2,227 feet tall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The couple managed to make their way all the way to the top of the Empire State Building&#8217;s transmission tower, which provides radio and television signals to local stations. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Climbing the tower while it is powered up and transmitting <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/video\/former-wcbs-broadcast-engineer-discusses-dangers-of-climbing-empire-state-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">poses particular hazards<\/a><\/span>. There was a possibility of being exposed to radio waves and the Empire State Building shut down the antenna, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nikolau posted about their escapade on social media while it was happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The images include one showing Kuznetsov  on one knee proposing to Nikolau, and Nikolau holding up her ring while looking south across the New York City skyline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;They knew they were going to get caught&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The Empire State Building was none too pleased with the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The unauthorized incident at the building has been resolved with the constructive and helpful coordination of the NYPD. There was at no time danger to tenants, visitors, and Empire State Building Observation Deck guests. It is to be emphasized that the Empire State Building Observation Deck, atop the World&#8217;s Most Famous Building in the center of New York City, does offer a practical way for the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esbnyc.com\/buy-tickets\/happily-ever-after\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memorable marriage proposals,<\/a>&#8221; a spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/empire-state-building-climbers-nypd-bodycam\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Video released by the NYPD<\/a><\/span> shows the couple didn&#8217;t resist arrest. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hector Alvarez saw them being walked out of the skyscraper&#8217;s loading dock in handcuffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wearing all black, they came out. They didn&#8217;t say anything. They were not hurt,&#8221; Alvarez said. &#8220;I&#8217;m guessing they knew they were going to get caught.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just two days ago, Nikolau posted a video from another Manhattan skyscraper, saying she was celebrating her birthday. A post from June details how they got in trouble for kissing on top of a spire in China. Other posts include similar incidents in Miami and Malaysia, where the post says the two waited for more than 20 hours without a bathroom, food or water to be able to pass security.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>What is rooftopping?<\/h2>\n<p>The scaling of tall buildings is known as &#8220;rooftopping.&#8221; Tom Durante said he&#8217;s been rooftopping for a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The consequences for getting caught on the Empire State Building, I think, outweigh the risk for a majority of people, and that&#8217;s really the line people are walking when doing something like this,&#8221; Durante said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The couple, who got engaged in the middle of the stunt Wednesday, have talked about doing the daredevil stunts as an art form.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a true gem and if you get the opportunity to experience, then you&#8217;re one in a million,&#8221; rooftopper Victor Thomas said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/empire-state-building-climbers-ivan-kuznetsov-angela-nikolau\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two people arrested for climbing New York City&#8217;s Empire State Building where they apparently got engaged Wednesday afternoon have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[9132],"class_list":["post-87319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-empire-state-building"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who climbed the Empire State Building? 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