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Two Americans said, Americans. Oh, they're making us. Come on guys. I know guys, two Americans said, hold my beer and let's get arrested for spending the night on the Eiffel Tower. Come on, go ahead. Go ahead. All right, security found the pair asleep in an off limits area between the 2nd and 3rd level of the tower. Early Monday morning. Police say the pair jumped security barriers while taking the stairs down from the top platform late Sunday night getting stuck in *** restricted area because of how drunk they were. Firefighters were called to recover the two men because of how high up they were. So the company that owns and operates the Eiffel Tower says it will file *** criminal complaint against the men. They have to really make sure that other people don't do this so they have to punish them for that. So our floor director said they can't use the excuse. I fell asleep. Oh, that was great. Good job.
Two intoxicated US tourists 'trapped' overnight up the Eiffel Tower
Two American men were discovered on Monday after spending a drunken night up the Eiffel Tower, the monument’s management told CNN on Wednesday.The two men, who had Sunday evening tickets for Paris’ famous iron tower, were “allegedly trapped there due to their excessive alcohol consumption,” the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN.The tourists were found asleep early on Monday morning by Eiffel Tower security staff doing their rounds ahead of the monument’s opening, according to the prosecutor’s office and SETE (Société d’Exploitation de la tour Eiffel), the operator that runs the site.Video above: History of the Eiffel TowerThe tourists were then "quickly removed" and handed over to Paris police, SETE said in a statement to CNN. SETE will press charges for the intrusion, the operator said, although they admitted that the two men presented "no threat.""As no damage was found, the fine for trespassing on a historic or cultural site was dismissed," the Paris prosecutor’s office added.Video above: Taking photos of the Eiffel Tower at night could be illegal As a result of the men's overnight stay, the tower opened late on Monday, SETE confirmed.
PARIS —
Two American men were discovered on Monday after spending a drunken night up the Eiffel Tower, the monument’s management told CNN on Wednesday.
The two men, who had Sunday evening tickets for Paris’ famous iron tower, were “allegedly trapped there due to their excessive alcohol consumption,” the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN.
The tourists were found asleep early on Monday morning by Eiffel Tower security staff doing their rounds ahead of the monument’s opening, according to the prosecutor’s office and SETE (Société d’Exploitation de la tour Eiffel), the operator that runs the site.
Video above: History of the Eiffel Tower
The tourists were then "quickly removed" and handed over to Paris police, SETE said in a statement to CNN. SETE will press charges for the intrusion, the operator said, although they admitted that the two men presented "no threat."
"As no damage was found, the fine for trespassing on a historic or cultural site was dismissed," the Paris prosecutor’s office added.
Video above: Taking photos of the Eiffel Tower at night could be illegal
As a result of the men's overnight stay, the tower opened late on Monday, SETE confirmed.
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