Two people scale Empire State Building to fly peace banner and kiss

The climbers are in police custody and face felony burglary, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief charges according to the NYPD.

Two people were taken into police custody Wednesday afternoon after climbing to the top of New York City’s famed Empire State Building, where they unfurled a peace banner and appeared to start making out nearly 1,500 feet above the city.

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The pair, a man and a woman in dark outfits and masks, displayed a flag that read: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.”

In one especially surreal moment, the man got down on one knee and appeared to propose. The two embraced and kissed as an NBC New York helicopter circled overhead.