The Eiffel Tower was forced to shut down Monday after a man attempted to climb it, the Associated Press reports. The male who climbed the iconic Paris monument was reportedly seen âdanglingâ below the structureâs highest level, and a rescuer dressed in red was seen saving him from above. A spokeswoman for Paris police said firefighters and a âclimbing specialistâ were on the scene and were âin touchâ with the climber, whose motives for scaling the tower are unclear. It is also unclear how the climber managed to get past the monumentâs security system, or when the towerâthe cityâs tallest structureâwill re-open. British âfreerunnerâ James Kingston also climbed the Eiffel Tower in 2015 without permission or safety ropes.
