“I just really liked the adrenaline rush…And the fear factor of it,” 16-year-old Alejandro De La Torre, of East Elmhurst, told The Post in an exclusive interview.
Sixteen-year-old Alejandro De La Torre claims he’s been illegally climbing the city’s tallest buildings and bridges for two years without getting caught — until last week — when he was nabbed alongside four pals“I just really liked the adrenaline rush — and the fear factor of it,” De La Torre told The Post this week in an exclusive interview.
His ascents include the top of the 77-story Chrysler Building, the 1,066-foot high Brooklyn Tower, and the 693-foot tall Verrazano Bridge. “The amount of times I’ve ran into other people hitting the same building at the same time is a lot,” said De La Torre.Instagram @rlzzen The fateful ascent up the Williamsburg Bridge was just to grab a shot of the sunset, and went sour only because too many kids joined in, he contended.
They’d snuck past a cordoned-off staircase and climbed a ladder to the top of the bridge tower when someone spotted the kids and called cops, who quickly showed up, along with emergency boats and a helicopter.
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