Man climbs skyscraper

Jul 10 2008

A man scaled a portion of The New York Times' 52-storey headquarters today, becoming the third person to do so in a span of a few weeks, police said.

The climber made it to the 11th floor of the building in midtown Manhattan before descending to a lower floor and spending hours making mobile phone calls and talking to police.

At one point, the climber unfurled a banner on the "T" of the Times sign which referred to al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, the Times reported.