A drunk commodities broker attempted to start a freight elevator on fire after he mistakingly ended up there. The drunk commodities broker, named Ryan Brinkerhoff was arrested outside of 7 World Trade Center as he was grinning and laughing in a druken stupor as he was being led away by police.
Evidently Brinkerhoff as an obsession for fires, as if you go to his MySpace page, he's seen doing various fire-related antics showing off to his friends. Things like blowing alcohol through a lit lighter.
On his way to work, Brinkerhoff lost his way and ended up in the elevator. Seeing a aerosol foam cleaner which someone had dropped in the elevator, the commodities broker attempted to start a fire by spraying the foam all over the elevator and trying to light it.
Brinkerhoff was only slightly successful, as smoke from the attempt caused a fire alarm to go off and the elevator automatically returned to the ground level where Brinkeroff stumbled out and eventually went out where he was arrested by police.
Because Brinkerhoff had DRW Commodities ID card, he was able to gain access to the building and the elevators.
Brinkerhoff was charged with felony arson, among other counts, and was transferred to Manhattan Criminal Court.
It seems Brinkerhoff was obsessed with fire and performing various fiery feats. He was clueless when he was taken into custody, as the commodities broker had no idea what was going on when attempts to ask him questions by reporters ended with irrelevant answers.
At one point Brinkerhoff even asked the reporters why they were taking his picture.
I don't think the commodites broker will be doing any trading in the near future.
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