Frederick Douglass bridge protester climbs down after five days in the sky

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The anti-Trump protester who stayed on top of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington for five days climbed down from the 170-foot arch Wednesday morning.

Guido Reichstadter, an activist from Florida, scaled the structure on Friday to protest the Iran war, President Donald Trump, and artificial intelligence. He frequently documented his dayslong protest on social media.

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