{"id":5939,"date":"2014-04-03T15:52:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T07:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=5939"},"modified":"2014-04-05T19:12:23","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T11:12:23","slug":"4-world-trade-center-hosts-72-floor-tower-climb-for-charity-about-700-expected-to-participate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/04\/03\/4-world-trade-center-hosts-72-floor-tower-climb-for-charity-about-700-expected-to-participate\/","title":{"rendered":"4 World Trade Center hosts 72 floor tower climb for charity; about 700 expected to participate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4 World Trace Center, New York in 2013. (Wikipedia photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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NEW YORK – It’s a scramble to the top.<\/p>\n

About 700 people will be taking the long way up to the 72nd floor at 4 World Trade Center on Thursday evening – hiking up the stairs.<\/p>\n

The event is called the “Runyon Up,” a fundraiser for the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.<\/p>\n

Elite climbers will lead off the event. The general field will go up after that, with climbers heading off one at a time every few seconds.<\/p>\n

Participants can either do a full climb, all 72 floors, or a partial climb to the 54th floor. There’s also a virtual climb, for those who want to take the elevator to the 54th floor.<\/p>\n

Tower climbs are held in high-profile buildings around the world, including the Empire State Building.<\/p>\n

The event is sanctioned, unlike a recent spate of thrill-seekers making unauthorized visits to the site.<\/p>\n

Sixteen-year-old Justin Casquejo, of Weehawken, N.J., was arrested last month after getting through a hole in the fence surrounding the 104-story 1 World Trade Center and taking the elevator to the spire.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, a judge decided Casquejo would be assessed in a program for youthful offenders. He faces charges including criminal trespass.<\/p>\n

In another incident, three people parachuted from the building in September, producing a video of their jump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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