The couple, who has been identified as Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, were seen holding a pro-peace banner at the very top of the spire.
After a more than two-hour standoff, police have apprehended a woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty.
A protester who climbed the Statue of Liberty's base has been escorted down by police after a roughly four-hour standoff that forced the evacuation of Liberty Island on the Fourth of July.
At least one person climbed the Statue of Liberty on Wednesday, apparently in a protest.
The woman was escorted off the base of the statue after a roughly four-hour standoff that forced an evacuation of Liberty Island.