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.
“Oh that’s awesome,” the LaGuardia air traffic controller responded.
“It’s not some worker changing a light, is it?” he asked.
“No, it’s a male and female dressed in black, they had some flag they were waving when they were up at the top and he just proposed to her,” the clearly unimpressed officer replied.
