{"id":3811,"date":"2024-08-11T22:48:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T22:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3811"},"modified":"2024-08-11T22:48:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T22:48:59","slug":"shirtless-man-seen-climbing-up-eiffel-tower-hours-before-olympics-closing-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3811","title":{"rendered":"Shirtless man seen climbing up Eiffel Tower hours before Olympics closing ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man seen climbing up the Eiffel Tower in\u00a0Paris<\/a>\u00a0has prompted mass evacuations near the famous Paris landmark hours before the\u00a0Olympics<\/a><\/span>\u00a0closing ceremony<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The shirtless man was seen scaling the 1,083-foot-tall tower. It was not immediately clear where he began his ascent but he was spotted just above the Olympic rings adorning the second section of the monument, just above the first viewing deck.<\/p>\n

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Police escorted visitors away from the area around 3 p.m. Some visitors who were briefly locked on the second floor were allowed to exit around 30 minutes later.<\/p>\n

“An individual started climbing the Eiffel Tower at 2:45 p.m., police intervened and the person was detained,” a Paris police official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of an ongoing investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n

French authorities, which are on high alert as the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics is set to kick off around 9 p.m. local time, evacuated the Eiffel Tower. Hours earlier, the athletes in the women’s marathon ran past the Tower.<\/p>\n

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The famous landmark was a centerpiece of the opening ceremony last month with Canadian superstar\u00a0Celine Dion serenading the city<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from one of its viewing areas. The Tower is not expected to be part of the closing ceremony, which will take place at the Stade de France.<\/p>\n