{"id":3460,"date":"2026-07-01T19:43:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:43:45","slug":"russian-daredevils-unfurl-banner-atop-new-yorks-empire-state-building-in-proposal-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460","title":{"rendered":"Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York&#8217;s Empire State Building in proposal stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>NEW YORK, July 1 (Reuters) &#8211; A Russian couple of daredevil artists climbed to the \u200btop of the Empire State Building&#8217;s towering spire in New York City on Wednesday \u200cto unfurl a large banner urging world peace in what appeared to be an elaborate marriage proposal that ended in their arrests.<\/div><div>Dressed in sleeveless black outfits and documenting their time in the sky on social media, Angela Nikolau and \u200bVanya Beerkus hung onto the landmark skyscraper&#8217;s antenna spire near the glowing red light at \u200bits tip some 1,454 feet (443 meters) above the sidewalks of midtown Manhattan.<\/div><div>They held \u2060a black banner with a message in all-capital white letters that flapped in the wind that said: &#8220;When \u200bthe power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.&#8221;<\/div><div>It was not clear how \u200bthey got up there.<\/div><div>New York landmarks including the Empire State Building have heightened security since the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, and the city is currently bracing for the twin tsunamis of the expected wedding of pop phenomenon \u200bTaylor Swift and National Football League star Travis Kelce, as well as crowds for the July \u200b4 celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.<\/div><h2>A DIZZYING PROPOSAL<\/h2><div>A little after 12:30 p.m., the pair \u200ccould be \u2060seen on aerial video footage slowly climbing down to a slightly lower platform in the antenna structure, where they paused. Beerkus then appeared to propose to Nikolau, getting down on one knee, before the couple embraced and kissed.<\/div><div>Nikolau, wearing her trademark Catwoman-style headgear, could then be seen admiring her hand and \u200btaking photographs on her \u200bphone to share on \u2060Instagram. The couple were the subject of a 2024 documentary called &#8220;Skywalkers: A Love Story.&#8221;<\/div><div>The New York Police Department closed down streets around the building. At \u200bleast one police officer could be seen at an observation deck, more than \u200b200 feet (61 \u2060meters) below the towering spire&#8217;s pinnacle, and police later said they had taken the couple into custody &#8220;without incident&#8221; and expected to bring unspecified charges.<\/div><div>The Art Deco tower, the tallest building in the world until it was \u2060surpassed \u200bin the 1960s, sells tickets to tourists who want to \u200bascend to an enclosed observation deck on its 102nd floor. The outside observation deck that is open to the public is on \u200bthe building&#8217;s 86th floor.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Maria Tsvetkova\" class=\"wp-image-338\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a2f9e6381103688488e036801120f284.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Maria Tsvetkova<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Instagram<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3458\">House Republican leaders urge Trump to let Jones Act waivers expire as scheduled in August<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3456\">US declines to extend North American trade deal, starting clock to end it while seeking changes<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3454\">S&amp;P 500, Dow rise after Warsh says inflation risks have eased<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Russian couple of daredevil artists climbed to the \u200btop of the Empire State Building&#8217;s towering spire in New York City on Wednesday \u200cto unfurl a large banner urging world peace in what appeared to be an elaborate marriage proposal that ended in their arrests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-3460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York&#039;s Empire State Building in proposal stunt - Reliable Moving Crews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York&#039;s Empire State Building in proposal stunt - Reliable Moving Crews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Russian couple of daredevil artists climbed to the \u200btop of the Empire State Building&#039;s towering spire in New York City on Wednesday \u200cto unfurl a large banner urging world peace in what appeared to be an elaborate marriage proposal that ended in their arrests.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Reliable Moving Crews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-01T19:43:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/34f02a869ba60b78ae3d994f205e0d24\"},\"headline\":\"Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York&#8217;s Empire State Building in proposal stunt\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-01T19:43:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460\"},\"wordCount\":457,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/9354330a769aca6330583314a30815c5.avif\",\"keywords\":[\"World\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460\",\"name\":\"Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York's Empire State Building in proposal stunt - Reliable Moving Crews\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/9354330a769aca6330583314a30815c5.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-01T19:43:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/34f02a869ba60b78ae3d994f205e0d24\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/9354330a769aca6330583314a30815c5.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/9354330a769aca6330583314a30815c5.avif\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1005},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=3460#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York&#8217;s Empire State Building in proposal stunt\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Reliable Moving Crews\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/34f02a869ba60b78ae3d994f205e0d24\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York's Empire State Building in proposal stunt - Reliable Moving Crews","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York's Empire State Building in proposal stunt - Reliable Moving Crews","og_description":"A Russian couple of daredevil artists climbed to the \u200btop of the Empire State Building's towering spire in New York City on Wednesday \u200cto unfurl a large banner urging world peace in what appeared to be an elaborate marriage proposal that ended in their arrests.","og_url":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460","og_site_name":"Reliable Moving Crews","article_published_time":"2026-07-01T19:43:45+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/34f02a869ba60b78ae3d994f205e0d24"},"headline":"Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York&#8217;s Empire State Building in proposal stunt","datePublished":"2026-07-01T19:43:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460"},"wordCount":457,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9354330a769aca6330583314a30815c5.avif","keywords":["World"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460","url":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460","name":"Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York's Empire State Building in proposal stunt - Reliable Moving Crews","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9354330a769aca6330583314a30815c5.avif","datePublished":"2026-07-01T19:43:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/34f02a869ba60b78ae3d994f205e0d24"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9354330a769aca6330583314a30815c5.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9354330a769aca6330583314a30815c5.avif","width":1920,"height":1005},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3460#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Russian daredevils unfurl banner atop New York&#8217;s Empire State Building in proposal stunt"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/","name":"Reliable Moving Crews","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/34f02a869ba60b78ae3d994f205e0d24","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com"],"url":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}