‘Spiderman’ does it again
NZPA-Reuter Chicago Daniel Goodwin, aged 25, dressed up as “Spiderman” yesterday and climbed a 100storey building in defiance of fireman spraying, him with water from high-pressure hoses. Earlier this week he climbed a skyscrapper in Dallas. Thousands of spectators cheered as he reached the top of the 337-metre John Hancock Building, where the police arrested him on charges of criminal trespass and “committing an acrobatic act without safety equipment.” The crowd became angry when firemen tried to stop Mr Goodwin, wearing a cos-
tume resembling the Spiderman comic book character, by dousing him with water as he reached the 26-storey level. Then the firemen blocked his ascent for a time at the thirty-seventh floor by opening windows and holding him in place with poles. The Mayor of Chicago, Mrs Jane Byrne, stepped in at that point. As the crowd shouted “Let him climb,” she told fire and police officials to allow Mr Goodwin to go on. “I am used to climbing in the rain,” Mr Goodwin said after reaching the top. Last May he scaled the 484-metre Sears Tower in Chicago, the world’s tallest building.
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