The couple, July 3 -- Ivan Beerkus proposed at 1,454 feet. Angela Nikolau said yes. The police were waiting when they came down.

A Love Story, scaled the Empire State Building's spire on July 1, unfurled a banner from the peak, accepted a proposal, and were placed into custody the moment they returned to street level. Specific charges had not been publicly announced by the time The Hollywood Reporter reported on the incident.

The banner they brought with them read: "When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace." The phrase, attributed in various forms to Jimi Hendrix, is an earnest sentiment in print. At the top of a spire tourists are not legally permitted to reach, delivered as part of a marriage proposal stag...