After being seen climbing San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower, 1,070-foot high, without any harness, an anti-abortion activist was arrested.
Witnesses first noticed Maison Deschamps (22) around 9:21 AM on Tuesday. They then alerted police.
DesChamps was placed in police custody after reaching the roof of the tower and climbing all 61 floors. As several tower employees recorded footage, DesChamps was seen only in a hoodie.
According to DesChamps’ website, he is an accomplished rock climber. He also stated that he wanted the tower to “put a doctor behind bars” and raise money for pro-life charities.
‘I am a rock climber that has recently started climbing Skyscrapers to end abortion,’ his website – www.prolifespiderman.com – says.
It also happens less than a full day after Roe vs Wade (which legalized abortion in the U.S.A since 1973) was overturned by Supreme Court.
Madison DesChamps (22 years old) climbed the entire Salesforce Tower without using a harness to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday that Roe vs Wade was invalid.
DesChamps recorded himself climbing all the stories on Instagram. He said in one of his videos: “Everything is going well, but I wish I had more food.”
He also revealed to his supporters that he was climbing to put Dr Cesare Sangelo behind bars and support anti-abortion organizations.
After reaching the top of San Francisco’s tallest building, the 22-year old was taken into police custody (pictured).
On Tuesday morning, police closed streets around the area and asked residents to avoid the building.
“Officers” have evolved [probable]The San Francisco Police Department stated in a statement that there was cause for the arrest of the subject, but the charges were still being pending. “At the minimum, he will face criminal charges for trespassing.”
DesChamps also filmed his own Instagram videos throughout his rise to the top. On his Instagram story, DesChamps can be seen saying “Everything is going well. I just wish that I had more water.” He then raises awareness for anti-abortion group in another video.
The climb was completed at 10.50 am.
DesChamps started climbing rock at 16 years old. Now, he is studying finance at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Although it is not clear why DesChamps is here, he claims that he climb the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas in protest of COVID-19 mandates.
Tom Metcalfe of Oakland witnessed the majority of the scale as he walked down Mission Street at 9 :35 am on his way to work.
Metcalfe stated that she noticed that the police had sealed off the area around Salesforce Tower. A few people looked up, so I noticed a man ascending the tower. He reached the top of the tower about a third of a mile ahead and made rapid progress. His movements looked effortless. He was climbing up to the exterior
In 2018, Salesforce Tower became the second-tallest building in San Francisco after the Wilshire Grand Centre in Los Angeles. Salesforce is also the headquarters of this cloud-based company.
The tower also boasts a $4million, multi-million dollar permanent art installation created by Jim Campbell of San Francisco.
This installation features more than 11,000 LED lights, which display low-resolution color imagery.
DesChamps was the first to scale all 61 floors of Salesforce Tower.