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Filipino American teen arrested after sneaking to roof of World Trade Center

Justin CasquejoQuestions are being raised about security after a 16-year-old Filipino American teenager climbed atop the 1 World Trade Center building in New York City, reports the Inquirer.

Justin Casquejo was arrested for misdemeanor trespassing only after getting past a security guard reportedly sleeping and standing atop the roof for two hours taking pictures.

He wasn’t arrested until a construction worker saw him attempt to leave the building.

A police report quotes Casquejo as saying “I walked around the construction site and figured out how to access the Freedom Tower rooftop. I found a way up through the scaffolding, climbed onto the sixth floor, and took the elevator up to the 88th floor. I then took the staircase up to 104th (floor). I went to the rooftop and climbed the ladder all the way to the antenna.”

You can read reaction from his friends in the Inquirer. and watch as reporters tried to question Casquejo in the clip below from WABC.

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