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Crane climbing is the act, usually illicit, of climbing a Crane (machine). It is a worldwide phenomenon that was said to be growing in popularity in the mid-2010s, in a category with the illicit climbing of skyscrapers and tall monuments. Canada's York Regional Police view crane climbers as thrill seekers influenced by the popularity of crane climbing video on YouTube, and warns that in addition to putting themselves at risk, crane climbers put the lives of first responders at risk. Crane climbers are routinely arrested and charged.

Following a highly publicized climb of a twelve storey crane, next to a busy subway station, that included an unexplained descent of its crane hook, on April 26, 2017, the Toronto Globe and Mail published an article by Frank Farley, a psychologist and L.H. Carnell Professor at Temple University, which used the climber, Marisa Lazo as an example of what he called a Type T personality. Lazo's excursion called upon Toronto's emergency responders to perform a dangerous rescue, the first of its kind in the city's history. According to Farley, crane-climbing individuals, like Lazo, who engage in destructive risk taking, shared characteristics in common with individuals drawn to terrorist organizations like ISIS, in contrast to the positive risk taking of her rescuer, fire captain Rob Wonfor.

References

1. Ngabo, Gilbert (9 May 2017). "Toronto police advise people to stop climbing cranes". Metro. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
2. Barbero, Michael (27 June 2008). "Council Seeks Harsher Penalty in Urban Climbs". New York Times. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
3. Freeman, Joshua (12 June 2017). "Crane climbing a dangerous new trend among young 'thrill-seekers': York police". CP24. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
4. "Police arrest crane climber at downtown Calgary construction site". Canadian Press. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
5. "Crane climber arrested for taking selfie above Madison construction site". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. AP. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
6. "Man arrested for drinking beer atop crane in downtown Edmonton 'just wanted a selfie'". Edmonton Journal. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
7. "3 spotted on crane near Riverdale Park, no injuries reported: Toronto Police received hazard call on Sunday afternoon, site now secured". CBC News. 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2017-06-09. Latest crane incident follows April crane climber -- on April 26, a 23-year-old woman was found dangling on a crane, requiring emergency services to spend 2½ hours rescuing her during a meticulous operation. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
8. Frank Farley (2017-05-04). "Could the Toronto crane-climber use thrill-seeking as a tool for social good?". Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-05-02. Creative crane-climbing is undoubtedly pushing the limits of risk. I don't condone it, but I do wish that many of those who have a major capacity for risk might find ways to channel these unique qualities in socially important T positive directions – that is, helping society understand and creatively confront the other side of the T equation, the T negative horrors before us, as in terror, crime and violence. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
9. Heather Mallick (2017-05-01). "Why I love taxes — and so should you: Mallick". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2017-05-02. I salute both of them, Wonfor, the affable athlete, the quintessential good Canadian heading off after the rescue to tend goal in a recreational hockey league, and risk-hound Marisa Lazo who, like all 23-year-olds, thinks she will never die. Long may she think this. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
10. Ellen Brait, Peter Goffin (2017-04-27). "Crane climber, described as an 'adventurous girl,' released on bail". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2017-04-27. Lazo, whose stranding atop the sky-high crane and dramatic rescue from it, transfixed onlookers for hours on Wednesday morning, was released on $500 bail Thursday. She faces six charges of mischief. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
11. Sam Pazzano (2017-04-27). "Woman on crane adventure seeker: Pal". Toronto: Toronto Sun. Archived from the original on 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-04-27. Marisa Lazo, 23, captured the world's attention as she was rescued by a Toronto firefighter after spending hours stranded on a crane at a construction site in the Wellesley-Church Sts. area on Wednesday. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
12. "Woman crane climber named by police as Marisa Lazo, 23". South Bayview News. 2017-04-26. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2017-04-27. On Wednesday, April 26, 2017, shortly after 3 a.m., police responded to 50 Wellesley Street East for a person allegedly climbing a crane in a construction site. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
13. Jeff Lagerquist (2017-04-26). "Who is Toronto's now-infamous 'Crane Girl'?". Toronto: CTV News. Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2017-04-28. Marisa Lazo, who has since been dubbed 'Crane Girl,' is believed to have slid down a cable to the crane's pulley device, where she became stranded. Firefighters are currently saying there was no indication why she scaled the crane in the middle of the night. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2017-04-29 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
14. Jessica Caparini (2017-04-26). "Woman stuck on Toronto crane rescued after tense mission for firefighters". Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-04-28. She had been perched on a gently swaying, thin and short pulley device for at least five hours and was clinging to a steel cable when Acting Fire Captain Rob Wonfor reached her. Police have not released motivation for making the climb. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
15. Rosie DiManno (2017-04-29). "Thrill-seeking in the age of social media: DiManno". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2017-04-30. There was no audience when she went up, except for the monitoring security cameras which captured her approach and ascent-start, its images flagged about 4 a.m. to Scott McLellan, senior vice-president of Plaza Corp., developer of the downtown Wellesley St. condo project that apparently lured Lazo's adrenalin-pumping interest. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
16. Codi Wilson (2017-04-26). "Woman, 22, rescued from crane at downtown construction site facing 6 mischief charges". CTV News. Retrieved 2017-06-09. He added that he still does not know how the female got up to the top of the crane, which is approximately 12 storeys tall. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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