>>> LIVE GETTING RESULTS. >>> NOW AT NOON SCHOOL START TIMES, PARENT WILL HAVE A CHANCE
TO WEIGH IN ON BELL CHANGES.
>>> WE’RE FOLLOWING A BREAKING
NEWS IA MAN HAS SCALED THE TV
TOWER OUTSIDE OF OUR STUDIO HERE
ON NEWS SICK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US,
HERE I’M BRIDGETT ELLISON.
>> Justin: THE SITUATION HAS
PROMPTED POLICE TO CLOSE OUR
PARKING LOT.
HERE IS THE VIDEO SHOWING THE
MAN ON THE PLATFORM ON THE
400-FOOT TOUR, SHIRT LESS AT
THIS MOMENT, MOMENTS LATER, HE
PUTS HIS SHIRT BACK ON, AND
CONTINUES CLIMBING BACK A LADDER
BEFORE SITTING ANOTHER PLATFORM.
TROOPER 6 WITNESSED THE MAN
COMING ON AND STEVE JOINS US
NOW, WALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU
SAW INITIALLY AND WHAT IS GOING
ON RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL, IT’S OBVIOUSLY A VERY
EVOLVING SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
WE WERE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT
SHOOTING A PROMO A WHILE AGO
WHEN SUDDENLY WE SAW AN
INDIVIDUAL SPRINT INTO THE
PROPERTY AREA, AND BEGIN TO DROP
A BACKPACK, AND SCALE A BASH BAR
WIREBWIRE FENCE, AND I JUMPED BA
TROOPER MODE THIS. SINGE HAVE
HAVING SOME SORT OF ISSUE GOING
ON.
WE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED ORLANDO
AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY
HAD SUCH A QUICK RESPONSE HERE
TO OUR STATION, AND NOW, RIGHT
NOW, THEY HAVE CRISIS
NEGOTIATORS ON SCENE TRYING TO
MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM.
HE IS LITERALLY JUST SITTING
THERE ALL THE WAY UP TOP.
THE LAF CHECKED HE WAS ABOUT
380, CLOSE TO THE VERY TOP BUT
NOT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP JUST
YET.
THEY’RE ACTIVELY TRYING TO TALK
TO HIM.
I JUST LEFT OUT THERE ON THE
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM TRYING TO
GET HIM TO KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE
SOMETHING, JUST TO BE, HEY,
WE’RE HERE TO HELP YOU.
THIS INDIVIDUAL IS NOT IN ANY
TROUBLE.
HE IS DEALING WITH SOME TYPE OF
CRISIS SITUATION, AND AT THIS
POINT, WE’RE JUST TRYING TO GET
HIM TO ACKNOWLEDGE US A LITTLE
BIT.
>> Bridgett: WE WANT TO STRESS
THAT THE VIDEO WE’RE SHOWING
PEOPLE IS FROM SEVERAL MINUTES
AGO, WE’RE NOT SHOWING YOU LIVE
PICTURES, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE OF
DELICATE NATURE OF THAT
SITUATION.
>> RIGHT NOW WHO KNOWS WHAT HIS
SITUATION IS.
WE DON’T KNOW AND AT THE END OF
THE DAY WE JUST WANT TO KNOW.
THEY’RE HERE TO HELP, FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS ON SCENE ALSO,
THERE’S SEVERAL LADDER TRUCKS
OUTSIDE.
THE KEY TO REMIND EVERYBODY,
THIS IS AN EVOLVING PROCESS.
THIS INDIVIDUAL IS HAVING SOME
TYPE OF CRISIS IN THEIR LIVE AND
THE ONLY GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO
HLP HIM.
IT’S AMAZING TO KIND OF SEE WHEN
SOMEONE PUTS HIMSELF IN THIS
TYPE OF SITUATION HOW DANGEROUS
AND QUICKLY IT CAN GET.
>> Justin: THE LEVEL OF
DIFFICULTY WITH THIS, FOR THOSE
CRISIS NEGOTIATORS, YOU KNOW
THIS, IS A VERY, VERY HIGH AS WE
MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE 400-FOOT
TOWER OUTSIDE OF OUR STUDIOS,
THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY IS HIGH
FOR THE CRISIS NEGOTIATORS.
>> Bridgett: THIS IS NOT JUST A.
>> THIS IS NOT JUST A WALK UP
MUTUAL ENCOUNTER, AND THIS IS
GOING TO BE A JOINT EFFORT.
WE’RE TALKING THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS TEAMED UP
WITH TACTICAL RESCUE CREWS AND
STUFF LIKE THAT TO GO UP THIS
HIGH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK
IN THE COUNT WHEN THEY START
SCALING, NOW MULTIPLE PEOPLES
LIVES ARE IN DANGER.
ALSO THE ONLY GOAL THAT EVERYONE
WANTS OUT OF THIS IS FOR THIS
INDIVIDUAL TO COME DOWN SAFELY,
CALMLY AND TO KIND OF WORK
EVERYTHING OUT.
THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT IN ANY
TROUBLE, IT’S JUST WHEN YOU JUMP
FENCES ON TO PRIVATE PROPERTY
AND SCALE A 400-FOOT TOWER, YOU
START TO WORRY PEOPLE A LITTLE
BIT.
>> OUR ENGINEERS GO UP THERE
PERIODICALLY FOR MAINTENANCE AND
THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THIS IS
NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART TO
GET UP TO THAT TYPE OF HEIGHT.
AND NOW LOOKING AT HOW TO GET
HIM DOWN SAFELY.
>> 100% RIGHT.
WE WERE OUT THERE, AND ASKING
SOME OF OUR ENGINEERS, CAN THEY
BE HURT JUST BY STANDING OUT
THERE.
THEY INDICATED THERE ARE LIVE
TYPE-POWER ELEMENT OUT THIS THAT
COULD CAUSE HARM TO HIM WHILE HE
IS UP THERE, TOUCHING SOMETHING
HE DOESN’T KNOW.
THEY GO UP THERE WITH SAFETY
HARNESSES, PROTECTING
THEMSELVES, THEY KNOW WHAT TO
TOUCH, WHATNOT TO TOUCH.
AND EVEN THE TIME OF DAY.
WHAT HAPPENS IN A STORM WAS
HAPPENING.
THAT IS NOT THE PLACE I WOULD
WANT BE TO.
THIS IS FOOTAGE OF EARLIER.
THIS IS ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR AGO
WHEN HE WAS CLIMBING, NOT A LIVE
IMAGE, BUT OPD IS ACTIVELY
TALKING TO HIM RIGHT NOW AND
WILL BE THERE UNTIL HOPEFULLY WE
HAVE A SAFE ENDING.
>> Justin: WHAT IS THE MASSAGING
THAT THEY’RE TRYING TO GET TO
THIS GENTLEMAN, WHAT ARE THEY
TRYING TO TELL HIM?
JUST GIVE US, AS YOU HAVE BEEN A
PART OF THESE SITUATIONS BEFORE,
WHAT IS THE MASSAGING LIKE?
>> INITIALLY, ANYTIME THE POLICE
SHOW UP, YOU INSTANTLY THINK
YOU’RE IN TROUBLE.
THE INITIAL WORDS FROM OPD, HEY,
THIS IS WHO WE ARE, YOU ARE NOT
IN ANY TROUBLE, AND SPECIFICALLY
WE’RE HERE JUST TO HELP YOU.
AND THIS IS THE TIME THAT
THEY’RE NOT HERE TRYING TO TELL
A STORY ABOUT IT.
THEY’RE TRULY JUST TRYING TO
HELP THIS INDIVIDUAL.
IF ANYONE PASSES BY, THEY WILL
SEE THIS, IT’S NOT A MASS
RESPONSE, THEY’RE NOT TRYING TO
SCARE HIM.
WE’RE TRYING TO HELP YOU, COME
ON DOWN, LET’S SETTLE THIS.
THEY DO BELIEVE THEY ARE IS
IDENTIFIED WHO HE IS AND TRYING
TO CREATE DIALOGUE.
THAT IS ALL THEY WANT.
IF THEY’RE TALKING TO HIM,
THEREFORE, THEN HE IS LISTENING.
THE EARS ARE OPEN, THE
CONVERSATION IS HAPPENING.
>> Bridgett: ALL RIGHT, THANK
YOU, TROOPER STEVE.
WE KNOW YOU WILL KEEP US
UPDATED.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE
WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS
DEVELOPING STORY HAPPENING ON
OUR TOWER AT YOUNG PARKWAY, WE