A man who scaled Big Ben early in the morning on March 8 remained on the tower for nearly 17 hours before finally Either by giving up, or being persuaded down by the negotiators who were on an extended cherry picker/ladder on top of a fire engine. at 12:01 a.m the following day. His actions led to the closure of Whitehall, Westminster, Parliament Square, and Bridge Street near Westminster Bridge, with a heavy emergency services presence, including multiple police vehicles, ambulances, and fire crews. Firefighters previously, and repeatedly used the fire engines cherry picker to persuade him to descend. As he came down, supporters cheered and chanted "Free Palestine" and "We love you, Dan, we do," in reference to his name, Daniel.