"Open the Window, Please!" French Man Climbing 68-Story Building Falls to Death in Hong Kong

Isolated After Climbing, Knocked on Window
Police Arrived to Find Fall Had Occurred

A French influencer who had been climbing skyscrapers around the world died after falling from a high-rise building in Hong Kong.

According to the Hong Kong South China Morning Post (SCMP), Remy Lucidi (30), a French national, fell from the 68th floor while climbing the Tregunter Towers complex in Hong Kong on the 27th (local time) and died instantly at the scene.

On the 27th (local time), Remy Lucidi fell to his death while climbing a high-rise building in Hong Kong. [Image source=Instagram]

Local police believe Lucidi died from a fall while engaging in extreme sports of climbing supertall buildings. No suicide note was found at the scene, but a sports camera recording the climbing process was discovered. The police plan to determine the exact cause of death through an autopsy.

On the day of his death, Lucidi arrived at the building in the evening and deceived the security guard by saying he was "here to meet a friend living on the 40th floor," then headed to the top floor, where he became trapped outside the building.

When he was isolated outside the building, he knocked on the window of a penthouse on the 68th floor. A housekeeper who witnessed this reported it, but by the time the police arrived, he had already fallen.

Meanwhile, Lucidi was a famous influencer who had climbed high-rise buildings and structures in several countries including France, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, and Portugal, posting dangerous photos and videos on Instagram and other platforms. His last post on Instagram, uploaded on the 25th, featured a night view photo taken atop a skyscraper with a brief caption reading "Hong Kong."

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