Rescuers were trying to talk down a man who scaled the Eiffel Tower on Monday an...
An unidentified man climbs the Eiffel Tower, which had to be evacuated, in Paris, France, May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Live television images showed one specialist fireman and another rescuer perched on the 324-metre tower’s wrought-iron struts, just below the highest viewing platform trying to persuade the unknown man to give himself up. “The man entered the tower normally and started to climb once he was on the second floor,” a spokeswoman for the tower’s operator told Reuters.
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