“He’s just been up in the tree for a few hours now, cussing at people and throwing pine cones" [View all]

[brooklynite]

Just a note that, as people squabble about the election, life goes on...

Man climbs Macy’s Christmas tree downtown, hurls apple at medics

Seattle police have spent more than two hours trying to coax a man down from an 80-foot-tall tree outside the downtown Macy’s store.

Police and firefighters responded to Stewart Street and Third Avenue around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday after receiving reports that the man had climbed about 70 feet up the sequoia tree in a street median.

Police negotiators used an extended ladder from a ladder truck to approach the man and try to persuade him to get down. The man has responded by yelling obscenities and at one point hurled an apple at fire department medics. Witnesses say the man also has thrown pine cones and pieces of tree branch.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/firefighters-work-to-rescue-man-stuck-in-tree-in-downtown-seattle/