Police have slammed a self-proclaimed 'dare-devil' who scaled London's Tower Bridge with no security tools in a bid to win extra social media followers.
YouTube consumer CassOnline filmed himself climbing the 200ft bridge on Saturday, bringing visitors to a standstill for 15 minutes as crowds of bystanders watched on.
The net vlogger, who says he has 'plans' for The Shard, made the video after promising followers he would climb the bridge if his final stunt reached 250 likes.
Police have slammed a self-proclaimed 'dare-devil' who scaled London's Tower Bridge in a bid to win extra followers for his video weblog
Although the final video, which sees him 'rooftopping' on a tower block in Camberwell, did not hit the goal, he determined to do it anyway.
Police, who have been pressured to shut off the highway in the course of the stunt, have now issued a warning to pranksters who inconvenience the general public and put themselves at risk.
A Met Police spokesman stated: 'Not solely does this have a big impact on different individuals who use the property, anybody doing so dangers critical hurt to themselves.'
The video blogger promised to scale Tower Bridge if his final video, displaying him climbing onto the roof of a block of flats in Camberwell, reached 250 YouTube likes.
Whereas it did not attain the goal, CassOnline accomplished the stunt anyway, saying to the digital camera: 'We did not hit it however she's proper there. I feel we must always do it.'
Within the video, which has been seen four,000 occasions, he first visits a Costa espresso store that he describes as 'Costa-f***ing-fortune' then sneaks into an workplace in London.
He then turns the digital camera to The Shard, saying: 'Not gonna lie I've received a plan for that constructing (sic).'
Footage then reveals him climbing up one of many helps as bemused passersby look on, questioning what he's doing.
CassOnline continues to climb up the aspect of the bridge, filming it with a head digital camera, then takes some selfies and waves to the crowds beneath.
After climbing again all the way down to the decrease helps in the course of the bridge, he admits that his fingers are completely numb as he 'indicators out'.
Posting it on-line, the consumer, who calls himself an 'city explorer', wrote: 'I believed that I'd do a insanity and climb my favorite bridge in London - Tower Bridge!
Tower Bridge is 200ft excessive fro,m the water and police warned pranksters who pose a hazard to themselves, in addition to inconvenience to the general public
'An enormous shoutout to the officers who responded to whoever known as the climb in, your response time was superb & i've 100% religion within the security of Londoners on this socio-political local weather! Hope you take pleasure in!'
Video of the scene, filmed by a bystander, reveals police are additionally on the bridge with their sirens on and individuals are standing within the highway wanting up.
Joe Deniable, who filmed it from the bottom, wrote: 'I actually should discourage you from doing issues like this as a result of hazard of damage.
'You possibly can have slipped on the steel. I assume you could not have identified how slippery it was earlier than you climbed it.'
Ian Hughes-Rowlands wrote: 'And whereas the Police have been having to take care of you somebody who actually wanted them was getting shafted!
'Effectively accomplished! Security of Londoners my a***! Self promotion extra like!!'
0 Response to "YouTube blogger climbed Tower Bridge and halted traffic"
Post a Comment