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Video: Man Climbs Spire Of Air Force Memorial As Part Of Maintenance Work
A video posted to Twitter captures a free climber scaling one of the Air Force Memorial spires Wednesday morning in Arlington.
ARLINGTON, VA — People traveling in the area of the Air Force Memorial in Arlington Wednesday morning witnessed a rare sight. Someone was climbing one of the structure's three spires.
Peter Doran, a former Republican gubernatorial candidate for Virginia, was paying his first visit to the memorial on Wednesday morning when he spotted someone climbing the spire. He then posted the video of it on Twitter.
Doran learned from someone at the scene that a group of free climbers were scaling the memorial to clean it, which is something that happens twice a decade.
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Sgt. Green of the Arlington County Police Department, who is also an Air Force veteran, stopped by the memorial to confirm that maintenance indeed was underway.
Someone is climbing the Air Force Memorial in Arlington. That's new.
You watching this @ArlingtonVaPD? @WTOP@PFPAOfficial #AirForce pic.twitter.com/f16VQgOWGw
— Peter Doran (@PeterBDoran) November 10, 2021
Sgt. Green, an Air Force Veteran, stopped by the memorial earlier and confirmed maintenance is underway. pic.twitter.com/C9irYvGqr6
— ArlingtonCountyPD (@ArlingtonVaPD) November 10, 2021
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