All eyes were on the sky, this Friday evening, at the foot of the Montparnasse tower (Paris XIV).
“When I left the station around 7:30 pm, I saw the Samu, the firefighters, the police… I thought that something serious was happening”, tells the Parisian Claire.
As "everyone had their heads in the air", the young woman looks up.
“There I see a man, in a white t-shirt, climbing the skyscraper with his bare hands and without a rope.
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he is crazy he is climbing the #montparnasse tower me 10m from the ground I already fall pic.twitter.com/uNAiCWaocL
- Sohane🇩🇿 (@ sohane213) September 18, 2020
Onlookers, massed at the foot of the building, try to understand what is happening.
“At first, we were afraid it was a suicide attempt.
But the man seems particularly at ease.
"He was climbing quietly, in a very fluid way, as if he had been doing this all his life!"
Claire notes.
And to add: “We understood that it was a challenge.
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Applauded by the crowd
While the climber is in the middle of his ascent, a rescuer rappels down from the roof of the Montparnasse tower.
“The professional joined him, then accompanied him to the top.
He stayed beside, or below him, as if to assist him.
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DR
Arrived at the top of the 210m building, the reckless climber was applauded for a long time by the crowd.
"Fortunately, there was no drama", cowardly, relieved, the young Parisian.
So there is a guy he climbed the Montparnasse tower oklm pic.twitter.com/6Coiri0Jlz
- 𝑀𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑒.𝑆 (@bellassimaa) September 18, 2020
The climber was arrested by the police.