Dogodek je sprožil obsežen odziv newyorške policije, ki je območje okoli nebotičnika zavarovala. Po prihodu policistov sta protestnika transparent odstranila in se spustila na nižjo ploščad.

Dogajanje pa je nato dobilo nepričakovan preobrat. Eden od njiju je iz nahrbtnika vzel zaročni prstan, pokleknil in na vrhu ene najbolj prepoznavnih stavb na svetu zaprosil partnerja oziroma partnerico za roko.

BREAKING: Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building in New York City, holding a banner from the skyscraper's antenna reading, "When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace."

As of now it's unclear how the pair reached the top of the… pic.twitter.com/rUPZ6nc1eK

— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 1, 2026

Za zdaj ni znano, kako je dvojici uspelo priti na vrh stolpnice oziroma mimo varnostnih ukrepov.

Pred nebotičnikom je ostalo več deset policistov, del območja na Peti aveniji pa je bil začasno zaprt. Številni mimoidoči so se zbrali okoli stavbe in spremljali nenavadno dogajanje, še poroča Fox News.

Empire State Building z vrhom in anteno meri 443 metrov ter je eden najbolj prepoznavnih simbolov New Yorka.

JUST IN: After two people climbed to the top of the Empire State Building and unfurled a banner on top of its spire Wednesday afternoon, one of the climbers appeared to propose to the other. https://t.co/ngG3jOeTBU pic.twitter.com/PhubQpnRH6

— ABC News (@ABC) July 1, 2026

Love was literally in the air.

Two masked climbers scaled the Empire State Building's transmission tower, unfurling a banner reading, "When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace" ... and then appeared to get engaged at the very top.

Following a… pic.twitter.com/xTT68Tlino

— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 1, 2026