An NYPD helicopter pilot and a LaGuardia air traffic controller’s radio chatter about the attention-seeking couple who scaled the Empire State Building Wednesday has gone viral as a quintessentially New York City exchange.
“Yeah what’s all the hoopla going on over there?” the air traffic controller asked the pilot as the death-defying stunt got underway.
“Two geniuses climbed the Empire State Building to the top of the spire,” the NYPD pilot responded with mild contempt.
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