An activist calling himself “Pro-Life Spider-Man” was arrested this week after climbing the Accenture Tower in Chicago, which houses Israel’s Consulate General in the Midwest.
A shocked crowd first noticed the climber, whose real name is Maison Des Champs, at around 10am local time on Tuesday.
He climbed the nearly 600-foot building without a rope or any safety equipment and was quickly arrested after reaching the top, police said.
An activist climber who calls himself “Pro-Life Spider-Man” scaled the nearly 600-foot Accenture Tower in Chicago, which houses Israel’s Consulate General to the Midwest.ABC
Chicago fire and police departments were dispatched to the scene, and streets in the area were blocked for about an hour, according to ABC 7 Chicago.
Escalators and elevators were shut down as authorities, including SWAT team members, entered the building, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
The climber, whose real name is Maison Des Champs, has performed more than half a dozen similar stunts in cities across the US to raise awareness for various causes.ABC
Tuesday’s stunt isn’t the first time Des Champs has impersonated Marvel’s famous web-slinger. The anti-abortion activist has done more than half a dozen similar hikes across the country to raise awareness and money for the pro-life movement and other causes, usually live-streaming her antics to her Instagram page.
In 2021, Des Champs was arrested after climbing the Aria hotel in Las Vegas, reportedly to protest the COVID-19 restrictions. In May 2022, Des Champs was arrested in San Francisco after he scaled the 1,070-foot Salesforce Tower, the second tallest building in California.
Just two days later, he was at it again, climbing the 721-foot-tall New York Times building on Eighth Avenue near West 40th Street to hang a pair of anti-abortion banners.
One of his most high-profile stunts came ahead of this year’s Super Bowl in Phoenix, when he was arrested after climbing the vacant 40-story building formerly known as the Chase Tower.
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