Arresting view at the top
PA San Francisco Two sightseers were arrested after they tried to get a unique view of the sun setting over San Francisco Bay by climbing a tower on the San Fran-cisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 170 metres above the bay. Both men climbed up a cable to the top of one of the bridge’s towers, authorities said. One man came down quickly, but the other climber, identified as Floyd Throckmorton, aged 33, decided to hang around for a while. . Police cars and San Francisco Fire Department rescue units rushed to the scene, and Throckmorton was coaxed down after almost two hours. The two men vzere arrested for trespassing and being drunk in public.
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Press, 7 May 1980, Page 4
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