Photo: APThe Eiffel Tower was evacuated and closed on Monday after a man scaled nearly to the top of the Paris monument and refused to come down for several hours. Members of a special firefighter climbing unit and police negotiators eventually persuaded the man to surrender, a Paris police official said. Managers said the tower would reopen on Tuesday morning as usual and promised to reimburse people with reserved tickets whose visits were thwarted. The tower has seen occasional suicide attempts in the past. The tower, the tallest structure in Paris, is about the same height as an 81-storey building.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 20, 2019 21:11 UTC