They said it was impenetrable. They said it was more secure than the Fortress of Solitude. They said even cockroaches would need to show IDs. However, 16–year–old Justin said."It was a piece of cake." "It" was the nearly finished One World Trade Center. At 4:10 a.m. one Sunday, Justin climbed through a tiny hole in a perimeter fence. He climbed up scaffolding and entered the building on the sixth floor. A clueless elevator operator took him up to the 88th floor. Then he walked up the staircase to the 104th floor. He snuck past a sleeping security guard and made it to the rooftop. His GoPro camera recorded the view. A construction worker caught him as he was leaving the building about 6 a.m. A Porthole Authority official said. "Of course our security staff saw him. They simply ignored him. They’re trained to protect against terrorists, not hyperactive teenagers."
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