Man scales Eros statue in the midst of London’s Piccadilly Circus
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This is the second a person scaled a statue in Piccadilly Circus and began scrolling by means of his telephone.
Onlookers have been shocked to see a bald man with a beard in blue denims and a gray jacket climb up the Eros statue in London.
He appeared unperturbed by a big police cordon and the thrill beneath, preferring to scroll on his telephone as an alternative.
Footage from later within the night time confirmed firefighters on a cherry picker talking the person.
Piccadilly Circus Underground station was closed for greater than an hour whereas reply to the incident.
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This is the second a person scaled a statue in Piccadilly Circus and began scrolling by means of his telephone
Onlookers have been shocked to see a bald man with a beard in blue denims and a gray jacket climb up the Eros statue in London
The Metropolitan Police advised MailOnline: ‘Police are in Piccadilly Circus after a person climbed the Eros Statue at round 6pm.
‘Officers are involved for his welfare. Cordons are in place whereas they converse to the person.
‘The London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade are additionally on scene.’
A London Fire Brigade spokesperson stated: ‘Firefighters have been referred to as at 1812 to experiences of a person who had climbed a fountain in Piccadilly Circus.
He appeared unperturbed by a big police cordon and the thrill beneath, preferring to scroll on his telephone as an alternative
Footage from later within the night time confirmed firefighters on a cherry picker talking the person
Piccadilly Circus underground station was closed for greater than an hour whereas reply to the incident
Two hearth engines have been despatched to the scene and one of many Brigade’s 32 metre turntable ladders additionally attended.
Crews liaised with Metropolitan Police officers earlier than leaving the incident within the care of the Met shortly after 2000.’
The Eros statue has been climbed on plenty of occasions because it was put in in 1893.
The well-known London statue rising above the vacationers and site visitors in Piccadilly Circus has been the sufferer of mistaken identification for nearly its whole existence.
Commonly known as Eros, the Greek god of affection, the statue is in reality (and has at all times been) an outline of Anteros – Eros’s brother.
Other names for the statue embrace the Shaftesbury Monument and the Angel Of Christian Charity.
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