'Resist': Activists Unfurl Massive Banner On Crane Behind White House
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Source: NPR
On Wednesday morning, activists from Greenpeace unfurled a massive yellow and orange banner with the word "Resist" on a tall crane behind the White House.
"We climbed up the crane this morning, and occupied it and locked and chained ourselves in," the environmental group's board chairman Karen Topakian, 62, told The Two-Way.
We reached her as she was chained and locked high up on the construction crane with six other activists.
"I have a long, long history of fear of heights," she said. "As much as I have a fear of heights, I decided that I would do this because the risks are so great and so tremendous at this point with this administration."
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Thank you for your show of courage, resistance and showmanship.
With your daring stunt, you made a big rallying cry that is echoing widely.
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