NEW YORK (AP) – A naked man ran onto the high-security grounds of the United Nations on Friday while a gate was being opened to allow a car to enter, police said.
The man was running north on First Avenue at 11:07 a.m. when he slipped through the open gate near 42nd Street, said a police spokesman, Detective Kenneth Czartoryski.
The man was stopped by U.N. security guards and held until police arrived. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation, said Czartoryski.
The man identified himself to police and said he was 32 years old. But because he carried no ID, police could not immediately verify his name.
The temperature in nearby Central Park at 11 a.m. was 32 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
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