Five teens were arrested after the NYPD said they climbed a tower of the NYC bridge.
Police responded Wednesday around 7 p.m. to 911 calls of individuals climbing on the tower.
According to police, four 16-year-old boys and one 13-year-old boy were issued summonses for criminal trespass.The NYPD had to stop traffic during rush hour after a man started climbing the Brooklyn Bridge.The incident created a traffic nightmare for commuters. The 29-year-old man, wearing a red baseball cap and pants, started scaling the bridge around 6:30 a.m.NYPD officers climbed out above the man and eventually coaxed him off of the cables.His motives were not clear but photos taken from the scene showed him wearing a HHCares t-shirt. HHCares is the Howard Hughes Corporation's company-wide social responsibility program.
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