He's down.
The bearded, ranting man who scaled a tree downtown and forced streets to close on Tuesday and Wednesday, came down after more than 24 hours in the upper branches of the 80-foot sequoia just outside Macy's.
Crowds of people on the sidewalks around the area cheered as he touched the ground, with some yelling "Man in tree!" in unison.
He hit the ground just before noon, but sat and ate a pear at the base of the tree before allowing police and fire officials to load him onto a gurney.
He was then driven away in an ambulance. Police said the man, 28, will not face criminal charges but that authorities are seeing whether he needs medical help. Police said initially that he was thought to be having a mental health crisis.
The man had one prior contact with Seattle police, Detective Patrick Michaud said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon.
Michaud declined to give the man's name and couldn't confirm if any family had been contacted.