Video shows tagger walking on ledge of $1B LA skyscraper

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A vertigo-inducing video shows a daredevil braving a rainstorm at night to walk along the ledge of the 50th floor of an abandoned $1 billion skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles that has become a major draw for graffiti taggers. The footage, published Tuesday by the Instagram channel GRAFFTV shows the thrill-seeker, identified by the moniker “73ER P.E.C,” making his way around a steel beam and stepping onto the building’s outside ledge with no safety harness in sight as rain douses the city. Red and blue graffiti could be seen on the building’s wall as the urban climber, dressed in a...