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Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York's Empire State Building in proposal stunt

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Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York's Empire State Building in proposal stunt

Jonathan Allen and Maria Tsvetkova Reuters
Jul 1, 2026
Jul 1, 2026 Updated 2 hrs ago

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Need your heart rate up without leaving the couch? Two masked daredevils climbed to the very top of the Empire State Building for what appears to be a proposal ... and TMZ has the live stream of the whole jaw-dropping stunt.

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NEW YORK — A Russian couple of daredevil artists climbed to the top of the Empire State Building's towering spire Wednesday in New York City to unfurl a large banner urging world peace in what appeared to be an elaborate marriage proposal that ended in their arrests.

Two people display a banner atop the Empire State Building in the Manhattan borough of New York — Two people display a banner Wednesday atop the Empire State Building in the Manhattan borough of New York.
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Two people stage a protest atop the Empire State Building in the Manhattan borough of New York — People look up at two people displaying a banner as they stage a protest Wednesday atop the Empire State Building in the Manhattan borough of New York.
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The Empire State Building after two people climbed to the top of its spire, in the Manhattan borough of New York — A police vehicle, believed to be transporting the people who climbed to the top of the Empire State Building spire, departs the building Wednesday in the Manhattan borough of New York.
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The Empire State Building after two people climbed to the top of its spire, in the Manhattan borough of New York — The Empire State Building after two people climbed to the top of its spire Wednesday in the Manhattan borough of New York.
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