SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A man who free climbed San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower Tuesday morning has made it to the top of the building, where he was met by authorities and taken into custody.
He was reportedly posting on Instagram as he climbed. He’s been identified as Maison Des Champs, a rock climber who calls himself the Pro-Life Spiderman.
On his website, he says he recently started climbing sky scrapers to end abortion. He posted video during the climb against a particular OB/GYN in Washington D.C.
This climb was in response to the leaked draft in the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade abortion case.
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Police say that around 9:21 a.m., officers were flagged down about the man climbing the building. Officers observed him on the side of the building several floors up, wearing climbing gear.
There are street closures in the immediate area and authorities are asking people to stay away from the scene.
Officers attempted to make contact with the climber as he ascended to safely remove him from the building, but instead surrounded him right as he arrived at the top.
According to Salesforce’s website:
Salesforce Tower is 1,070 feet tall with 61 stories and 1.4 million square feet of office space.
It takes 39 seconds to travel by elevator from street level to the 61st floor.
Salesforce Tower’s foundation is socketed into bedrock, more than 318 feet in the ground.
12,000 tons of steel were used in the construction of Salesforce Tower.
It took over 2.5 million man hours for the construction of Salesforce Tower.
Stay with ABC7 News for updates on this developing story.
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OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The man struck by a fellow concert goer who accidentally fell from the Chase Center upper deck at Sunday night’s Phish show suffered a broken leg, but told KPIX on Tuesday the accident easily could have been fatal.
“Life and death is seriously a game of inches,” said Evan Reeves, the avid Bay Area music fan and die-hard Phish follower who was injured in the second incident.
Evan Reeves, Phish fan injured at Chase Center (CBS)
The accidental fall happened about an hour after an attendee fell to his death from the upper level into the seats of Section 116 at the Chase Center.
San Francisco authorities are still investigating that fatal fall, but the San Francisco Medical Examiner on Tuesday identified the victim as 47-year-old Athens, NY resident Ryan Prosser.
Reeves was waiting for the band’s second set when the man fell from Section 213 and landed on him at about 9:45 p.m. Sunday.
“Right inside portal 50, between sections 213 and 214, there’s a flat foyer area with one row of folding ADA seats at the very front,” explained Reeves, a 44-year-old Oakland resident. “I was sitting cross-legged on the floor right behind those seats waiting for the second set to start.”
Reeves’s assigned seat was actually in the second row of upper deck Section 217, but he said he had moved to find space elsewhere because he “…didn’t feel safe dancing there.”
“The balcony rows are super narrow, so it’s really hard to dance at your seat without fearing that you’re going to trip and fall,” he said. “I just decided to find another spot.”
His concern stemmed partly from how low the plexiglass barriers are at the front of the upper-level seating sections, what he referred to as “pony walls.”
“Those pony walls seriously need to be more than a few inches higher,” Reeves said. “When I met my friend at my assigned seat, we were commenting to each other how low and dangerous the wall is.”
That moment, he witnessed what he said could have been another fall from the upper-level seating at Chase Center during the same evening.
“In fact, during that exchange I saw a guy sitting on the pony wall facing his seat. One bump and he’d be a goner,” remembered Reeves. “It should not be possible to sit on.”
Witnesses told KPIX 5 they saw a man one level above trip and plunge over the barrier from the third level. He landed in Reeves’s lap, which helped break the man’s fall. The person who fell was seriously injured, but survived.
Reeves said the moment of impact when he was hit by the falling Phish fan was shocking.
“Well, it was a loud thud, then sharp pain in my left leg and a guy’s head in my lap,” said Reeves. “I right away dragged myself a few feet away to get some distance so he could be treated.”
Despite the surprise, Reeves quickly gathered what had transpired.
“I knew immediately what had happened, because as an usher in the music scene, I had already heard many stories of people falling from balconies over the years,” Reeves said.
Despite the pain he was feeling after being injured, Reeves told paramedics he wasn’t ready to head to the hospital for treatment.
“My first thought, after hoping the guy’s OK, was hoping I wouldn’t have to miss the second set,” he said. “With the on-site doctor’s consent, I convinced them to wheel me back in for the last 40 minutes while I waited for my wife to pick me up to take me to an Oakland hospital.”
Reeves shared a photo that showed him grooving away in a wheelchair during the band’s performance.
Evan Reeves post Chase Center injury (CBS)
After being examined at Alta Bates Summit Hospital, Reeves was unquestionably lucky to have only suffered a broken leg under the circumstances.
“Once they confirmed it was a fibula fracture with no displacement, they pretty much sent me on my way with an ACE bandage and crutches,” said Reeves.
Doctors estimate it will take six weeks for his broken leg to heal. Reeves said he’s counting his blessings.
“If I had been sitting two inches to the side, he could’ve landed right on my head and it could’ve been game over,” explained Reeves. “Or if I had been sitting two inches the other way, I wouldn’t have been there to help break his fall. It could’ve been worse for him.”
A Chase Center spokesperson released the following statement regarding the incidents Monday:
“We are working with the local authorities to determine exactly what happened, and will defer questions about the incident to the San Francisco Police Department.”
Anyone with information about either case is being asked to contact the Police Department’s tip line at (415) 575-4444 or to text a tip to TIP411 with “SPD” at the start of the message.
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – One person has died and two others were injured in separate falls during a concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Sunday night featuring the band Phish.
A San Francisco police spokesperson confirmed to KPIX 5 on Monday that around 8:55 p.m., police were alerted to a person in need of medical assistance. When officers arrived, they found a man who was suffering from injuries caused by a possible fall.
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“Medics arrived and immediately provided medical treatment, but despite the efforts of the emergency responders the victim succumbed to his injuries and was declared deceased,” the spokesperson said.
Police said there is no evidence of foul play. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was called to the scene and that the investigation into the death is ongoing.
There were reports on Reddit that had witnesses saying the first person who fell from the upper level landed on his head with enough force to break the seat he struck. They also described staff trying to quickly clean up blood from the victim’s injuries as police proceeded to question concert attendees about the incident.
Another Reddit poster said that the first jumper landed just a couple of rows behind him.
“It’s so lucky that nobody besides him was hurt,” the post read. “The sound and scene were incredible and horrifying.”
Less than an hour later, at 9:45 p.m. officers and medics responded to another fall at the arena. In that incident, an adult male who fell along with another patron who was struck by the falling man were taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. According to officers, there were no signs of any criminal violation associated with the incident.
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KPIX 5 has reached out to Chase Center arena officials for comment.
