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'Pro-life Spiderman' charged after scaling Chicago skyscraper

By Fox 32 Digital Staff
Published  October 11, 2023 9:05am EDT
Illinois
FOX 32 Chicago

Man arrested after scaling Ogilvie Transportation Center

A man was arrested after he scaled the Ogilvie Transportation Center downtown Tuesday morning.

CHICAGO - A man from Las Vegas was arrested Tuesday morning in West Loop after climbing to the top of the Accenture Tower.

Video shows the man nearing the top of the building at 500 W. Madison Street around 9:50 a.m. The tower also houses the Ogilvie Transportation Center. Streets were blocked off while police responded to the incident.

Chicago police say 24-year-old Maison Des Champs was charged with two misdemeanors – reckless conduct and criminal trespassing. 

Des Champs says he climbed the 42-story, 588-foot building to raise support for a mother who has an abortion scheduled for this Saturday. 

Des Champs goes by Pro-life Spiderman on Instagram. 

The 24-year-old free-climbed the 40-story Chase Tower in Phoenix this February. He's also scaled the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco in May 2022. 

Pro-life protester scales Phoenix high-rise, faces trespassing charge

A man who's been dubbed the 'pro-life Spiderman' climbs high-rises to protest abortions. Most recently he's gone viral for scaling the former Chase Bank building in Phoenix and now faces trespassing charges.

Des Champs does these free climbs to raise money for Let Them Live, a nonprofit organization that helps "abortion-minded" mothers financially and emotionally.

No injuries were reported.