A man who scaled the Eiffel Tower and forced the national monument to abruptly close for several hours on Monday has been taken into custody, the authorities said. About 2,500 people were evacuated from the structure while the Paris Fire Department tried to capture the climber, officials said. By 9:30 p.m., the authorities said, they were able to reason with the man, who had been lodged for hours near the third tier of the 1,063-foot structure. It was unclear why the man climbed the landmark. The Eiffel Tower will reopen on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., according to La Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, which runs the landmark’s official website.

Source: New York Times May 20, 2019 17:57 UTC