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Police: Man Climbed Scaffolding at National Cathedral

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have talked down a man who was climbing scaffolding at the National Cathedral.

Metropolitan police tell WUSA-TV the man was discovered early Thursday and was about 200 feet in the air for about an hour and a half.

Police treated the incident as a medical situation and managed to talk him down. The incident was resolved peacefully.

No charges have been filed in the incident.

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