Empire State: Russian couple Angela and Ivan, who proposed at Empire State, have been arrested by the police.

Viral Empire State Proposal News: On July 1, 2026, a very shocking incident happened at the 1,454 feet (about 443 meters) high Empire State Building in New York. Famous rooftoppers Angela Nikolaou and Ivan Birkus, hailing from Russia, got engaged after reaching the top of this skyscraper without any safety equipment.

Ivan, 32, proposed to Angela, 33, on the spire of the 103rd floor, at a height of 443 meters. Both of them also hoisted a big banner there on which a special message of love and peace was written very clearly.

The videos of this big and risky stunt are going viral very fast on social media and it is being discussed extensively all over the world. But as soon as the couple came down from there after completing their amazing feat, the New York Police immediately took both of them into their custody.

Police said that both of them had entered the highly restricted and secure part of the building illegally without any official permission. Very strict charges like criminal trespass, recklessly endangering the life of others and serious theft have also been imposed on him.

Management of the Empire State Building

The management of the building has clarified that during this entire incident there was no direct threat to the tourists or any employee present there. The management also clearly said that if anyone wants to make their marriage proposal memorable, then the observation deck is already available for this. There is no need to adopt such deadly and extremely dangerous methods because it can lead to a major and serious accident at any time.

History of the world’s famous rooftoppers

This is not the first time that Angela and Ivan have shown the world their dangerous and shocking feat on such a tall building. Both of them have already successfully climbed buildings like the world’s second tallest building Merdeka 118 in Malaysia and Goldin Finance 117 in China. On this very dangerous and exciting life of these two, in the year 2024, Netflix has launched ‘Skywalkers: A Love Story’. Also made a famous documentary named.

Major arrests have already been made

Ivan believes that rooftopping gives him great inspiration to live, while Angela also considers this dangerous work as her special art. Both of them themselves have admitted that they have already been arrested by the police during such dangerous stunts in many other countries. Angela says that when everyone else follows the rules, they get a real thrill by going above and beyond the system.

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Who had done such a climb before?

Reaching the top of the Empire State Building has been accomplished by very few people before, including French climber Alain Robert in 1994. Apart from this, in the year 2023, Hollywood actor Jared Leto had also climbed there with official permission for heavy promotion of one of his world tours. But like Angela and Ivan, this incident of crossing the gate of the 102nd floor and reaching the spire without permission is very rare.