Man caught climbing NYTimes building


	Man caught climbing NYTimes building

ericskiff

6-5-2008 6:35 PM

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climbing, nytimes, news, funny, environment

ericskiff says:

I've got friends who work in that building, I wonder if they saw him!

All things considered, with the ladder-like bars that go in front of the windows there, I don't know if this was that much of a challenge.

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6-6-2008 2:07 AM

ericskiff

Wow, I had no idea what Rey was up to when I was clipping this!

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