![]() ![]() “There is nobody of that name currently employed by the FCRC as an intern or in any other capacity, nor do we have a member by that name.” “It is our understanding that a Michael Ryan was an intern with our organization some time before 2014, but we cannot confirm that it was the same individual” who scaled Trump Tower, the committee’s executive director, Eric Johnson, said in a statement. The Fairfax County Republican Committee said Ryan worked there during his high school years. But, in his personal life, always really nice.”Īsked about Rogata’s politics, Davis said: “He just had standard Republican/conservative beliefs that came up in government classes and lunch conversations.” “He was a normal high school guy,” Davis said. They took honor’s classes together, had mutual friends and competed on the debate team, according to Davis. Rogata, a Great Falls resident, was formerly Michael Joseph Ryan but changed his name in 2015, according a court affidavit obtained by CNN.Ĭameron Davis, 19, remembers him from their years at northern Virginia’s Langley High School, class of 2015. This is what we know about the Trump Tower climber and his stunt: Rogata soared until a pair of hulking police officers, who had removed a glass panel on the 21st floor, snatched him back to terra firma to face criminal charges. It was a spectacle befitting Trump’s larger-than-life persona. Excellent job by & all supporting personnel /FuCi2kJ4sC- NYPD Midtown North August 10, 2016 Individual climbing #TrumpTower has been apprehended. Outlets such as Time, BuzzFeed News and New York’s ABC 7 streamed the event via Facebook Live. Millions witnessed his daredevil stunt as multiple cable networks like CNN, MSNBC and Fox News aired the climb live. Onlookers chronicled the climb with cell phones and cameras.Įvery foot of the ascent lifted Rogata to a new level of social media stardom. He stopped pedestrian and motor traffic along Fifth Avenue near Central Park. He methodically positioned suction cups above his head as he ascended the facade of the 68-story glass behemoth. ![]() The 19-year-old precariously hauled his thin frame up the side of Trump Tower on Wednesday afternoon. ![]() Whatever his intentions, Stephen Rogata had arrived – to borrow a famous Trumpism – bigly.įor three harrowing hours, the young Virginian soared high above the scorching streets of midtown Manhattan. ![]()
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