Man arrested after climbing skyscraper

US police arrested a man who scaled the exterior of a 58-story skyscraper and unfurled an American flag at the top. San Francisco police told KCBS Radio that the man was veteran skyscraper climber Dan Goodwin. The 54-year-old Lake Tahoe resident's...

US police arrested a man who scaled the exterior of a 58-story skyscraper and unfurled an American flag at the top.

San Francisco police told KCBS Radio that the man was veteran skyscraper climber Dan Goodwin.

The 54-year-old Lake Tahoe resident's other climbing credits include Chicago's Sears Tower.

Goodwin used suction cups but no ropes to scale Millennium Tower, a 645-foot residential building overlooking San Francisco Bay. Police said he ignored orders to stop climbing.

The San Francisco Fire Department said Goodwin was too high to reach by the time firefighters got to the building.

Goodwin reached the top about three hours after he began. He affixed an American flag to the building before surrendering to waiting authorities.

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