HEALY ON BUILDING, MS TO MCU. . . PULLBACK TO EWS. HEALY ??? ... UNFURLING BANNER. DESCENDING , CUTAWAY SHOT TO SPECTATORS WATCHING, HEALY BEING ARRESTED BY COPS AND HURLED INTO PADDY WAGON AFTER DESCENT.




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Background: A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR OLD MAN CLIMBED 18 STORIES UP THE 110-STORY SEARS TOWER IN CHICAGO ON MONDAY TO UNFURL A BANNER READING +STOP KILLING THE WHALES+. . . THE LEGEND WAS IN RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE. JOSEPH HEALY MIGHT HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING BUT IT +GOT TOOO COLD. + HE WAS BRIEFLY DETAINED BY POLICE FOR THE PROTEST AND FINED THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS.